Pakistan Extends 2014 Eid-ulAzha Public Holidays

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Government of Pakistan has once again amended the dates for the upcoming Eid-ulAzha (Feast of sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays throughout Pakistan for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Kazakhstan 2014 Kurban Ait Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan has declared Saturday, October 4, 2014, as the date for the upcoming annual Kurban Ait (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holiday in Kazakhstan. [full story]

Uzbekistan 2014 Eid al-Adha Public Holiday

Sources: O‘zA – O‘zbekiston Milliy axborot agentligi (Tashkent) and Uzbekistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, has signed a decree "On the celebration of Qurbon Hayit" which declares Saturday, October 4, 2014, as the date for the upcoming Kurban Ait (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holiday in Kazakhstan for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Egypt Combines Eid Al-Adha and Army Public Holidays

Sources: Egypt State Information Service (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egyptian authorities have extended the upcoming public sector's Eid Al-Adha non-working public holidays of 2014, for government clerical staff, would run from Friday, October 8, 2014, until Wednesday, October 8, 2014. [full story]

Slovakian 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministerstvo zahranicných vecí Slovenskej republiky (Bratislava) and Slovakia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Slovakia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published its annual official list of calendar year 2015 public holidays and non-working days in Slovakia. [full story]

Spain 2015 Melilla Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Consejo de Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla (BOME) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla has released its annual official list of 2015 non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's autonomous region of Melilla. [full story]

Nigerian 2014 Eid El-Kabir Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Abba Moro, has announced that the Nigerian Government had declared Monday and Tuesday, October 6 and 7, 2014, as paid non-working public holidays throughout Nigeria on account of the upcoming annual Eid El-Kabir (Feast of Sacrifice) public holidays. [full story]

Gambia Eid al-Adha Public Holiday October 4

Sources: Office of the President of the Gambia (Banjul) and Gambia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council (GSIC) has announced yesterday, that Saturday, October 4, 2014, would be the date of the upcoming Muslim feast of Eid Al Adha, better known in the Gambia as Tobaski, and corresponding annual non-working public holiday in the Gambia. [full story]

Morocco 2014 Aid Al Adha Public Holidays

Sources: وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الإسلامية (Casablanca) and Morocco public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Morocco, through its "ministère de la fonction publique et de la modernisation de l'administration", has confirmed its previously-announced, and later amended, date for the upcoming 2014 Aid Al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public hlidays in Morocco, following an announcement by the "ministère des Habous et des affaires islamiques". [full story]

Senegal 2014 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: Site Officiel du Gouvernement du Sénégal (Dakar) and Senegalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The National Moon-Sighting Commission of Sénégal (Commission nationale d’observation du croissant lunaire - CNOCL) has announced that the upcoming Tabaski (Aid el Kébir, aka. Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holiday would be on Sunday, October 5, 2014. [full story]

Bangladesh 2014 Eid-ul-Azha Public Holidays

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's Religious Affairs Minister, and Chairman of the National Moon Sighting Committee, Matiur Rahman, has announced that Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee had determined that the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha (Feast of Sacrifice), annual non-working public holiday would be observed on Monday, October 6, 2014, in Bangladesh, as the Moon for the month of Zil Hajj was not sighted last night. [full story]

Pakistan 2014 Eid-Ul-Azha Public Holidays

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chairman of Pakistan's Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, has announced that the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays will be celebrated beginning on Monday, October 6, 2013, as the Moon of the month of Zil-Hajj was not sighted anywhere in Pakistan, last night. [full story]

Tunisian 2014 Aïd El-Idha Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة تونس افريقيا للانباء (Tunis) and Tunisian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Tunisia (Présidence du Gouvernement) has announced that the upcoming Aïd El-Idha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays throughout Tunisia would be observed on Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5, 2014. [full story]

Jordan 2014 Eid Al Adha Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordanian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ensour, has issued a circular, once again decreeing a 5-day period of public holidays, from October 3 to October 7, 2014, for the upcoming Eid Al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays in Jordan. [full story]

Oman 2014 Eid al Adha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced the dates of the upcoming Eid al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays for the private sector and the public sector, for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

UAE 2014 Eid Al Adha Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE Federal Government, through its respective ministries, has announced the dates of the annual upcoming 2014 Eid Al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays, as usual in separate announcements for the public sector and the private sector of the UAE. [full story]

Indian October 2 Public Sector Holiday Canceled

Sources: कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेंशन मंत्रालय कार्मिक मामलों (New Delhi) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Indian Central Government Cabinet Secretary, Ajit Seth, has announced that as part of the Narendra Modi government's "Clean India" campaign, the upcoming, October 2, annual non-working public holiday for the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, would be canceled for all Indian central government employees. [full story]

Nigerian Public Holiday October 1st

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Magaji A.G., has announced that the Nigerian Government, via its Minister of the Interior, Abba Moro, had declared Wednesday, October 1st, 2014, as a non-working public holiday throughout Nigeria on account of Nigeria's upcoming 54th annual independence anniversary. [full story]

Indonesian 2014 Idul Adha Public Holiday Spat

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Once again, Indonesia's Muhammadiyah, the second-largest Muslim organization in Indonesia, is challenging the officially announced date of the upcoming Idul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holiday in 2014 in Indonesia, with some Muhammadiyah officials agreeing to accept the date of Sunday, October 5, 2014, while others stick to their "hisab hakiki" (astronomical observation) date of Saturday, October 4, 2014. [full story]

Saudi Arabia Eid al Adha Public Holiday October 4

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that today would be the first day of the month of "Dhul Hijja", the date on which are based the Eid Al Adha-related sets of annual public sector and private sector non-working public holidays in Saudi Arabia. [full story]

Thailand Mulls January 2 Public Holiday

Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Tourism Council of Thailand has announced that it had asked Thailand's Cabinet to declare Friday, January 2, 2015, as another additional, one-off non-working public holiday in Thailand, to create a four-day period of public holidays around the upcoming Western New Year, as was done last year. [full story]

Russian Crimea 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Tass News Agency (Moscow) and Russia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Acting Head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Valeryevich Aksyonov, has issued a decree mirroring last month's Russian Federation annual "Government Resolution On The Transfer Of Public Holidays in 2015" which lists the official public holidays and bridge holidays in Russian Crimea for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Kuwaiti 2014 Eid Al-Adha Public Holidays Extended

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Council of Ministers has extended the duration of the KCSC-proposed upcoming Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays in Kuwait from 5 to 9 days, to run from Friday, October 3, until Saturday, October 11, 2014, inclusively. [full story]

Slovakia Maintains Public Holidays List

Sources: Ministerstvo zahranicných vecí Slovenskej republiky (Bratislava) and Slovakia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). On the occasion of today's "Day of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows" annual non-working public holiday in Slovakia, a spokesperson for the ruling SMER-SD party, Lubica Koncalová, was quoted as confirming that the recent attempts at reducing the number of annual non-working public holidays in Slovakia had been shelved for the foreseeable future due to the unlikeliness of reaching a broad consensus on the issue with the current opposition parties. [full story]

China Mulls End Of Golden Week Public Holidays

Sources: 中央政府门户网站国务院办公厅 (Beijing) and China bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following the recent announcement that the National Holiday Office (NHS) was being shutdown, Cai Jiming, a professor at Beijing's Tsinghua University and a well-known member of the national committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, has conjectured that it is only a question of time before the Golden Week public holidays in China are scrapped. [full story]

Kuwaiti 2014 Eid Al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has proposed to the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers that the dates of the upcoming Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays in Kuwait should run, this year, for 5 days. [full story]

Russian Crimea Public Holiday Bill

Sources: Tass News Agency (Moscow) and Russia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Lawmakers in the Russian Duma have called for the introduction of legislation to declared October 7, the birthday of Vladimir Putin, as a new annual non-working public holiday in Russia, to commemorate the seizing of Crimea from the Ukraine, earlier this year. [full story]

Ecuador Public Holiday October 10

Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ecuador's Ministry of Tourism (Ministerio de Turismo) has issued a communique confirming that the upcoming October 9, feriado nacional por la Independencia de Guayaquil, is a compulsory annual non-working public holiday in Ecuador which will be observed, this year, on Friday, October 10, 2014. [full story]

Ghana Public Holiday September 22

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's new Minister of the Interior, Mark Woyongo, has announced that, earlier today, Ghana's President had declared Monday, September 22, 2014, as another additional statutory non-working public holiday in Ghana on account of the upcoming Birthday of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah annual public holiday. [19-Sep-2014]

Malaysian 2015 Public Holidays Clarified

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Lumpur) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malaysia's Department of the Prime Minister's Office has issued a statement confirming that, as per the recently-released list of annual non-working public holidays in Malaysia for the calendar year 2015, the annual Maulidur Rasul (Prophet's Birthday) non-working public holiday will indeed occur twice in 2015, once in January and once in December. [full story]

Spain 2015 Madrid Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid (Madrid) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid has announced that it had approved the annual list of official 2015 non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Comunidad de Madrid. [full story]

Argentina September 24 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's Ministry of the Interior and Transportation has issued a statement ruling-out the rumoured declaration of another non-working public holiday in Argentina on September 24. [full story]

British Virgin Islands 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office (BVI) and British Virgin Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has approved and announced the annual list and dates of official non-working public holidays for 2015 in the British Virgin Islands, in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap 199). [full story]

China Axes National Public Holidays Office

Sources: 中央政府门户网站国务院办公厅 (Beijing) and China bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). China's General Office of the State Council has announced that the National Holiday Office (NHS), created in 2000, and tasked with the determination of China's annual non-working public holidays schedule, was being shutdown as a consequence of the public opinion backlash against its most recent overhaul of China's annual non-working public holidays system. [full story]

Germany 2017 BW Reformation Public Holiday Update

Sources: Stuttgarter Zeitung (Stuttgart) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister President of Germany's southern state (Land) of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, has given his approval to a bill that would declare October 31, 2017, as a one-off public holiday (gesetzlichen Feiertag) to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther posting his ninety-five theses on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg. [full story]

Philippines Eid ul-Adha Public Holiday October 6

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines Government has issued Proclamation No.875 which finally specifies Monday, October 6, 2014, as the date for the observance of the upcoming Philippines annual non-working public holiday to mark Eidul Adha. [full story]

Malaysian State Public Holiday September 25

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Pengkalan Kubor) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of the government of Malaysia's State of Kelantan, Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yaakob, has declared Thursday, September 25, 2014, as a one-off state public holiday in conjunction with the upcoming Pengkalan Kubor polling day. [full story]

France Business Wants to Ax 2 Public Holidays

Sources: Le Figaro (Paris) and France public holidays (qppstudio.net). France's main employers' union (MEDEF), in a document widely believed to have been leaked by the current ruling socialist party ahead of tomorrow's vote of confidence, has proposed that 2 of France's public holidays be dropped. [full story]

Spain 2015 Valencia Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana (Valencia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana has confirmed and gazetted the previously-announced official calendar of 2015 non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's autonomous region of Valencia. [full story]

Bolivian Sunday Public Holidays Update

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Ministry of Labour has confirmed that the upcoming public holidays of September 14 and November 2, 2014, which fall on a Sunday, would be observed on the following Monday, as per the "Decreto Supremo 22352, del 27 de octubre de 1989". [full story]

Fiji September 17 Public Holiday

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Fiji has issued a reminder of the previously-announced Wednesday, September 17, 2014, additional one-off non-working public holiday in Fiji on account of the upcoming general election, and of the details of its observance. [full story]

Montserrat Public Holiday September 12

Sources: Government of Montserrat (Brades) and Montserrat bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Friday, September 12, 2014, has been declared a one-off non-working public holiday in Montserrat, following today's PDM victory in the general election held in Montserrat. [full story]

Honduras Votes October Public Holidays Changes

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The bill, recently introduced to Honduras' Asamblea Legislativa to combine the 3 annual October non-working public holidays, on the 3rd, the 12th and the 21st, into a contiguous period of public holidays at the end of October, has been passed, with immediate effect. [full story]

Western Australia 2014 Queen's Birthday Public Holiday

Sources: Western Australia Department of Labour Relations and Commerce (Perth) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Australian state of Western Australia has announced the date of the upcoming Queen's Birthday annual non-working public holiday in the Australian State of Western Australia. [full story]

Romanian January 24 Public Holiday Final Vote

Sources: Mediafax (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following the recent favorable opinion of the Committee On Employment And Social Protection of the Romanian Chamber Of Deputies, the bill to declare January 24 as a new annual non-working public holiday, passed by the Romanian Senate, has been included on the agenda of the Chamber of Deputies for an upcoming final vote. [full story]

Samoan Public Holiday September 8

Sources: Samoan Ministry Of Commerce, Industry And Labour (Matagaluega o Pisinisi, Alamanuia, Leipa) and Samoan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry And Labour has declared tomorrow, Monday, September 8, 2014, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Samoa to mark the successful completion of the recent 3rd Small Islands Developing States conference (SIDS) held in Samoa this past week. [full story]

Azerbaijani 2014 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has issued a decree declaring Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5, 2014, as non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan on account of this year's annual Gurban Bayram (Feast of Sacrifice, or Eid al-Adha) public holidays in Azerbaijan. [full story]

Honduras Mulls October Public Holidays Changes

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A bill has been introduced in Honduras' parliament which would combine the 3 annual October non-working public holidays, on the 3rd, the 12th and the 21st, into one week of public holidays at the end of October. [full story]

Australian Victoria 2015-2020 Local Public Holidays

Sources: State Government of Victoria (Melbourne) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Government of Australia's State of Victoria has officially announced an amended list of official local non-working public holidays in some localities in Australia's State of Victoria for the period of 2015-2020. [full story]

Slovakia Confirms September 1 Public Holiday

Sources: Ministerstvo zahranicných vecí Slovenskej republiky (Bratislava) and Slovakia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). At the recent ceremonies commemorating Slovakia's Constitution Day, Slovakia's President, Andrej Kiska, made remarks which strongly re-assert September 1st as a founding date, and therefore seems to rule-out the cancelletion of that annual non-working public holiday in Slovakia, as had been proposed in the past. [full story]