Lebanon 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government Portal for Information and Forms (Republic of Lebanon) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Lebanon has announced its annual list of official Lebanese non-working public holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Panama Announces Mid-Week Public Holidays Amendments

Presidencia de la República de Panamá (Panama City) and Panama public holidays (qppstudio.net). Panama's President, Juan Carlos Varela, has announced that he would take measures so that the annual non-working public holiday of Panama on November 28, Día de la Independencia de Panamá de España, would also never again be moved from its set date. [full story]

North Korean 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: 조선중앙통신 (Pyongyang) and North Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The North Korean government has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in North Korea for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Malawi 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of the Republic of Malawi (Lilongwe) and Malawi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malawi's Government has announced the annual list of official non-working public holidays in Malawi for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Costa Rica December 1 Public Holiday Postponed

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José) and Costa Rican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Costa Rica's Minister of Labour, Harold Villegas, has stated that the bill being voted on by the Costa Rica national assembly to declare December 1 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Costa Rica would likely pass, but not in time for this year. [full story]

Grenada 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister of Grenada (St George's) and Grenada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Grenada has released its annual official list of non-working public holidays in Grenada, for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Philippines Declares 2015 Papal Public Holidays

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mayor of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, Joseph Estrada, has jumped the gun on the Philippines national government and declared January 15-19, 2015, as municipal public sector holidays on account of the upcoming visit of Pope Francis in the Philippines. [full story]

Bhutanese 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan (Thimphu) and Bhutanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Royal Civil Service Commission of the Government of Bhutan has released its annual official list of national and regional non-working public holidays in Bhutan for the upcoming calendar year 2015, comprising the end of the Year of the Wood Male Horse and most of the Year of the Wood Female Sheep. [full story]

Tongan November 27 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications (Nuku'alofa) and Tonga bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Tonga's supervisor of elections, Pita Vuki, has ruled-out the declaration of a one-off non-working public holiday in Tonga on Thursday, November 27, 2014, on account of that day's legislative elections in Tonga. [full story]

Azerbaijani 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has announced the full list of official annual non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

India 2015 Tamil Nadu Public Holidays Released

Sources: Government of Tamil Nadu (Chennai) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of India's state of Tamil Nadu has announced its annual list of the days which will be non-working public holidays in India's state of Tamil Nadu for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Vanuatu 2014 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Government of Vanuatu (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Vanuatu has extended its previously-announced annual list of official non-working public holidays in Vanuatu for the calendar year 2014, by declaring Monday, December 1, 2014, as a one-off additional non-working public holiday in Vanuatu on the occasion of the annual National Unity Day public holiday of Vanuatu which falls on a Saturday, this year. [full story]

Monaco Announces 2014 Public Holidays Extension

Sources: Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté (Monaco) and Monaco bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A few weeks before the expected birth of the Monaco Royal Twins, Monaco's ruling Prince Albert II has announced that their upcoming birth would be marked by a one-off non-working public holiday in Monaco. [full story]

Liechtenstein 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Liechtensteinischer Bankenverband (Bankenplatz Liechtenstein) and Liechtenstein bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Liechtenstein has released its annual official list of Liechtenstein bank holidays and public holidays for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Guam Public Holiday November 28

Sources: The Government of Guam (Chamorro) and Guam bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of Guam, Eddie Calvo, has once again declared the Friday after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 28, 2014, as a one-off GovGuam public sector holiday in Guam. [full story]

Saipan Public Holiday November 21

Sources: The Saipan Tribune (Garapan) and Saipan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of Saipan (CNMI), Eloy S. Inos, has declared Friday, November 21, 2014, as a one-off legal non-working public holiday in Saipan, on account of the need, once again, to hold a gubernatorial runoff election on that date. [full story]

Mauritius Public Holiday December 10

Sources: Government of Mauritius (Port-Louis) and Mauritius bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of Mauritius has informed the local news media that the date of the upcoming general elections, Wednesday, December 10, 2014, would once again be a one-off, non-working public holiday throughout Mauritius. [full story]

Guernsey May 10 Day In Lieu Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: States of Guernsey (St. Peter Port) and Guernsey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Guernsey's governmental department of Commerce and Employment and Culture and Leisure has stated that it has no plans to declare May 10, 2015, as an additional, one-off non-working public holiday to compensate the fact that the 2015 70th anniversary of Guernsey's liberation falls, once again, on a weekend. [full story]

Omani 2014 National Day Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Oman's minister of the Diwan of Royal Court, and Oman's Minister of Manpower, have announced the dates of the upcoming annual National Day annual non-working public holidays for the public sector and the private sector, repectively in 2014 in Oman. [full story]

Philippines Mull Papal Public Holidays

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines deputy presidential spokesperson, Abigail Valte, has announced that Malacañang, the Presidential Palace, is considering declaring certain days as one-off non-working public holidays in the Philippines during Pope Francis’ upcoming visit in January 2015. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday November 24

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Suriname Raad van Ministers ( Council of Ministers) has announced that it had decided to declare Monday, November 24, 2014, as another one-off non-working public holiday throughout Suriname, this time to commemorate Javanese New Year (Javaans Nieuwjaar - Sasi Sura). [full story]

Moldova Extends 2015 Public Holidays

Sources: Agentia Informationala de Stat (Moldpres) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Moldova has announced the list of the annual additional non-working public holidays in 2015 in Moldova ("cu privire la zilele de odihna în anul 2015"), thus completing its previously-released its initial annual official list of non-working public holidays in Moldova for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

UAE 2015 New Year Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A top official from the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources of the UAE government has announced the dates for the upcoming Western New Year 2015 annual non-working public holidays in the UAE. [full story]

Albanian 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bank of Albania (Tirana) and Albanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Albania has announced its annual list of the official non-working public holidays in Albania for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Argentina Full 2015 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's Ministry of the Interior has released the full annual official list of non-working public holidays, including the previously-released bridged public holidays ("feriados con fines turísticos"), in Argentina for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Cambodia 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Cabinet of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia (Phnom Penh) and Cambodia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Cambodia's Prime Minister has signed the Cambodian Royal Government's sub-decree Nº 248 - Prakas Nº 248 Kor.Bor/Bror.Kor establishing Cambodia's annual list of official non-working public holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Latvian 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: LETA News Agency (Riga) and Latvia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Latvia has released its annual official list of non-working national public holidays, and bridge non-working public holidays, in Latvia for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Ecuador 2015 Public Holidays Announced

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 listing the annual dates of Ecuador's non-working public holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Sri Lankan 2015 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் கூட்டுத்தாபனம் (SLBC) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sri Lanka Banks' Association has released its annual list of the official bank holidays in Sri Lanka for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

UAE 2014 National Day Public Holidays Finalized

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Minister of Labour, Saqr Gobash, has finally announced the dates of the upcoming annual National Day non-working public holidays in the UAE, for the private sector, as Wednesday, December 2, 2014. [full story]

Solomon Islands Public Holiday November 19

Sources: The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (Honiara) and Solomon Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Solomon Islands caretaker Minister for Home Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Manasseh Maelanga, the minister responsible for declaring national public holidays, has announced that the upcoming National Election day, Wednesday, November 19, 2014, would once again be declared a national non-working public holiday in the Solomon Islands. [full story]

Ukraine January 2015 Public Holidays

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the Ukraine has announced a resolution which extends the annual January 2015 non-working public holidays to 9 days off in the Ukraine. [full story]

Malaysian 2014 Public Holidays Amended Once More

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Kangsar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The chief Minister of the Malaysian State of Perak, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir, has announced that, in a reversal of an earlier announcement, the Sultan of Perak had decided that there would not be a state public holiday this November 27 for the Sultan of Perak's birthday, as the birthday of the previous Sultan of Perak had already been observed as a non-working public holiday in Perak earlier this year. [full story]

Belarus 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Постановления Совета Министров (Minsk) and Belarus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Belarus has released its annual list of official public holidays in Belarus for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Vietnam 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Vụ Thông Tin Báo Chí - Bộ Ngoại Giao (Hanoi) and Vietnamese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam has announced its annual list of the official non-working public holidays in Vietnam for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Nepal Declares 2 SAARC Public Holidays

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Deputy Prime and Home Minister of the government of Nepal, Bamdev Gautam, has announced that Nepal's Home Ministry had approved the declaration of November 26 and 27, 2014, as one-off non-working public holidays in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal on account of the upcoming SAARC summit in Kathmandu. [full story]

Russia Mulls December 31 Public Holiday

Sources: Tass News Agency (Moscow) and Russia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A bill has been introduced to the Russian State Duma which would make amendments to the Labor Code concerning national holidays, and in particular declare December 31 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Russia. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has released its official list of 2015, non-working public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago. [full story]

Mozambique Municipal Public Holiday November 10

Sources: Agencia de Informção de Moçambique (Maputo) and Mozambique bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Mozambique's Minister of Labour, and president of the Consultative Council of Labour, Helena Taipo, has announced that Monday, November 10, 2014, had been declared as another one-off sectorial optional public holiday (tolerância de ponto) to mark the 127th anniversary of the foundation of the capital of Mozambique, Maputo. [full story]

Panama Public Holiday December 1

Presidencia de la República de Panamá (Panama City) and Panama public holidays (qppstudio.net). Panama's President, Ricardo Martinelli, has issued a decree based on the Ley 70 del 2007 que modificó el artículo 47 del Código de Trabajo, which announces that the upcoming annual, November 28, non-working public holiday in Panama will, once again, be moved, this time to Monday, December 1st, 2014. [full story]

Vatican 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Prefettura della Casa Ponitificia (Vatican City) and Holy See/Vatican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Vatican's Prefecture of the Papal Household has released its annual list of the 2015 closed public holidays for the Holy See (aka. Vatican City). [full story]

UAE 2014 National Day Public Sector Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE Minister for Education and Chairman of the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, under the orders of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktou, has announced the dates of the upcoming annual National Day non-working public sector holidays in the UAE. [full story]

Guyana 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Guyana Government Information Agency (GINA) and Guyana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Guyana has announced its annual list of non-working public holidays in Guyana for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Gibraltar 2015 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Government of Gibraltar Press Office (Gibraltar) and Gibraltar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Gibraltar has issued the "Bank And Public Holidays Order 2014" (LN. 2014/204 Corrigendum) which amends the recently-announced annual bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Gibraltar for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

US Virgin Islands Public Holiday November 18

Sources: The Governor's Office (St. Croix) and British Virgin Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). US Virgin Islands Government House has released a statement informing the population that Tuesday, November 18, 2014, had been declered as a one-off non-working public holiday in the US Virgin Islands due to the need to, once again, hold a run-off gubernatorial election, this time between Donna Christensen and Kenneth Mapp. [full story]

Latvian Public Holiday November 17

Sources: LETA News Agency (Riga) and Latvia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Welfare Ministry of the Government of Latvia has issued a communique reminding the Latvian population that Monday, November 17, 2014, was a one-off bridge public holiday in Latvia. [full story]

Bulgarian 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Република България Министерски Съвет (Sofia) and Bulgarian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bulgarian Council of Ministers has released its annual list of regular non-working public holidays and annual one-off bridge public holidays for the calendar year 2015 in Bulgaria. [full story]

Australian Victoria Rules-Out Public Holidays Changes

Sources: State Government of Victoria (Melbourne) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Premier of the State Government of Australia's State of Victoria, Denis Napthine, has stated that the annual non-working public holiday for the Melbourne Cup would remain set on a Tuesday, and that there is no need need for a bridge non-working public holiday on the Monday preceding the annual non-working public holiday for the Melbourne Cup. [full story]

Canada November 11 Public Holiday Update

Sources: The House of Commons of Canada (Ottawa) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The current Conservative Goverment of Canada has announced that it would support the NDP Bill C-597 ("An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day)") another bill which would make November 11, Remembrance Day, a national statutory holiday, throughout Canada. [full story]

Azerbaijani 2015 New Year Public Holidays

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has made its annual year-end public holidays announcement, whereby the period of Wednesday, December 31, 2014, to Sunday, January 4, 2015, inclusively, has been declared as official non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan on account of the upcoming annual "Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis" and "Western New Year" public holidays. [full story]