Guernsey Rejects Extra Liberation Day Public Holiday

Sources: States of Guernsey (St. Peter Port) and Guernsey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Guernsey's parliamentarians have voted a definite rejection of the possibility of Guernsey declaring another one-off day in lieu non-working public holiday in Guernsey, to compensate the 70th anniversary of Liberation Day falling on a Saturday. [full story]

Guinea Conakry 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: guineeconakry.info (Conakry) and Guinea Conakry bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Guinea Conakry has announced its annual list of 2015 non-working public holidays (jours chômés et payés) in the Republic of Guinea Conakry. [full story]

Turks and Caicos February 5 Public Holiday Amended

Sources: The TCI Journal (Grand Turk) and Turks and Caicos bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Deputy Governor’s office and the TCIG Press Office of the Turks and Caicos Islands has issued a communique announcing that the recently-declared, February 5, 2015, one-off non-working public holiday by the Government Cabinet of the Turks and Caicos Islands, to coincide with the date of the state funeral of Dr. Rosita Butterfield, would be limited to the public sector. [full story]

Thailand Public Holidays May 1-5

Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Thailand's Government Cabinet, once again at the request of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, has declared Monday, May 4, 2015, as an additional, one-off non-working public holiday in Thailand, to create a five-day period of public holidays from the annual Thai public holiday of National Labour Day to the annual, May 5, Coronation Day non-working public holiday of Thailand. [full story]

St. Kitts and Nevis February 17 Public Holiday Likely

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) and St. Kitts and Nevis bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of the Prime Minister of in Saint Kitts and Nevis has announced that the date of the upcoming Election Day in Saint Kitts and Nevis will be on Monday, February 16, 2015. [full story]

Bonaire 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire (Kralendijk) and Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bonaire government has in turn released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Suriname Annual Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). After declaring Chinese Lunar New Year as a one-off non-working public holiday in Suriname in 2011, 2014 and 2015, the government of Suriname has amended its annual list of non-working public holidays in Suriname beginning with the calendar year 2015, by making Chinese Lunar New Year a new annual non-working public holiday in Suriname. [full story]

Jersey May 11 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: States of Jersey (Saint Helier) and Jersey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Jersey Council of Ministers has confirmed that it would also not ask the States of Jersey for an additional non-working public holiday in Jersey on May 11, 2015, to compensate the fact that the 70th anniversary of the end of Jersey's WW2 occupation falls on a Saturday this year. [full story]

Saudi Arabian Public Holiday January 25

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Saudi Arabia's Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman, announced that Sunday, January 25, 2015, tomorrow, will be an official non-working public holiday for all government sectors and students in all phases of education, to facilitate Saudi citizens offering their condolences on the passing of King Abdullah and to give them the opportunity to pledge allegiance to King Salman. [full story]

Luxemburg Public Holidays Amendments Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministère du Travail et de l'Emploi (Luxemburg) and Luxembourg bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Luxembourg Ministry of Labour (Ministère du Travail et de l'Emploi) has announced that the Government of Luxemburg was not considering any changes to the the list of annual non-working public holidays in Luxembourg ("Jours fériés légaux au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg") in light of the upcoming possible revision of the Constitution of Luxemburg. [full story]

Finland 2018 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Suomen Pankki - Finlands Bank (Helsinki) and Finland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Finland's Central Bank (Suomen Pankki) has released its annual list of official bank holidays (Pankkivapaapäivät) in Finland for the calendar year 2018. [full story]

Omani Public Holidays January 23-25

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said has declared 3 days of public holidays in Oman on account of the death of Saudi King Abdullah, earlier this morning. [full story]

Kazakhstan 2015 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan has released an amended list its recently-released annual official list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Tanzanian 2015 Bank Holidays Released

Sources: Bank of Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) and Tanzanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Tanzania, Tanzania's Central Bank, has, in turn, released its annual list of closed bank holidays in Tanzania for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Turks and Caicos Public Holiday February 5

Sources: The TCI Journal (Grand Turk) and Turks and Caicos bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office Of Public Service Management of the Turks and Caicos Islands has announced that the Government Cabinet of the Turks and Caicos Islands had decided to declare Thursday, February 5, 2015, as a one-off nationwide non-working public holiday throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands, to coincide with the date of the state funeral of Dr. Rosita Butterfield. [full story]

Sudan 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة السودان للانباء (SUNA) and Sudanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has released its annual list of official non-working national public holidays in the Republic of Sudan for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Comoros Confirm 2015 Public Holidays

Sources: Présidence de l'Union des Comores (Moroni) and Comoros bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Comoros has announced its list of annual non-working public holidays in the Comoros for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Germany 2017 BE Reformation Public Holiday Update

Sources: Berliner Morgenpost (Berlin) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The SPD and CDU coalition partners of Germany's state (Land) of Berlin, has announced a bill that would also 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]

Namibian 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Namibian (Windhoek) and Namibia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Namibian Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has released its annual list of the official non-working public holidays in Namibia, for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Ghana Mulls March 3 Public Holiday

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Centre for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA), the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), have all called on the Government of Ghana to declare Tuesday, March 3, 2015, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Ghana, on account of the upcoming local level elections being held on that date. [full story]

Guyana Elections May 11

Sources: Guyana Government Information Agency (GINA) and Guyana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar, has announced that the next national parliamentary election would be held on Monday, May 11, 2015. [full story]

Australia 2016 ACT Public Holidays Announced

Sources: ACT Government Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate (Canberra) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister's Office of Australia's Capital Territory (ACT) has released its annual, and possibly initial, list of the official non-working public holidays to be observed in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) of Australia, during the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Egypt Maintains January 25 Public Holiday

Sources: Egypt State Information Service (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A cabinet spokesman for the Ministry of Manpower and Immigration, Hossam El-Qaweish, has announced that Sunday, January 25, 2015, would be a non-working official public holiday in Egypt for both the public sector and the private sector on account of the upcoming fourth anniversary of the January 25 Revolution in Egypt. [full story]

Maldives 2015 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Islamic Affairs of the government of the Maldives has amended the recently-released annual list of official public holidays in the Maldives for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Anguilla 2015 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Government of Anguilla (The Valley) and Anguilla bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Anguilla has released its annual list of the official non-working public holidays in Anguilla for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Cayman Islands Update 2015 Public Holidays

Sources: Cayman Islands Government Information and Services (Grand Cayman) and Cayman Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cayman Islands' Deputy Governor's Office has issued a communique updating the previously-released annual list of official non-working public holidays in the Cayman Islands for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Brazil 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão (Brasilia) and Brazil bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Federal Government of Brazil, through its Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão, has released its annual list of the official Brazilian non-working public holidays for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Ethiopian 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) and Ethiopia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced its annual list of the expected dates of the non-working public holidays in Ethiopia for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Kazakhstan 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan has released its annual official list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Kiribati 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Kiribati Public Service Office (Bairiki) and Kiribati bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kiribati has announced its annual list of official non-working public holidays for the 2015 calendar year. [full story]

Seychelles 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Seychelles (Victoria) and Seychelles bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Seychelles has announced the official list of annual non-working public holidays in the Seychelles for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Bolivian Public Holiday January 22

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Daniel Santalla, has issued a communique reminding the Bolivian population that, once again, Thursday, January 22, 2015, would be observed as an official non-working public holiday throughout Bolivia to commemorate the anniversary of the establishment of the plurinational state of Bolivia (aniversario del Estado Plurinacional). [full story]

Malaysia 2015 Thaipusam Public Holiday Extended

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Alor Setar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The chief Minister of the Malaysian State of Kedah, Menteri Besar Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir, has announced that he would once again declare a non-working public holiday in the Malaysian State of Kedah, on Tuesday, February 3, 2015, on account of the upcoming Thaipusam annual public and federal holiday in Malaysia. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday January 15

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Home Minister of the government of Nepal has announced that Thursday, January 15, 2015, had been declared a nationwide non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming Maghi or Maghe Sankranti annual non-working public holiday of Nepal. [full story]

Barbados 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Barbados Ministry of Labour (Bridgetown) and Barbados bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Barbados has published its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Barbados for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Mozambique Public Holiday January 15

Sources: Agencia de Informção de Moçambique (Maputo) and Mozambique bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Mozambique's Council of Ministers has declared Thursday, January 15, 2015, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Mozambique, on account of the upcoming inauguration of Filipe Jacinto Nyusi as the President of Mozambique. [full story]

Zambian Public Holiday January 20 Officialized

Sources: Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (Lusaka) and Zambia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The acting President of Zambia, Guy Scott, has officially confirmed last week's informal announcement that once again a one-off public holiday would be declared on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, on the occasion of the upcoming Zambian presidential election. [full story]

Western Australia 2017 Public Holidays Released

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 released it annual list of the official non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Western Australia for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

South Australian 2017 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Government of South Australia SafeWork SA (Adelaide) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Australian State of South Australia has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in the Australian State of South Australia for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Sri Lankan Public Holiday January 14

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sri Lankan Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs has announced that the Sri Lankan Government had decided to declare Wednesday, January 14, 2015, as another one-off Special Public holiday and Bank Holiday, throughout Sri Lanka, on account of "the main Eucharistic Celebration that is to be held at the Galle Face Green under the patronage of His Holiness Pope Francis". [full story]

Guam 2015 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: The Government of Guam (Chamorro) and Guam bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Guam has released an amended version of its previously-released annual official list of non-working public holidays in Guam for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Nauru 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Government of the Republic of Nauru (Yaren) and Nauru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Nauru has released its annual list of non-working public holidays in Nauru for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Serbian 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Министарство рада и социјалне политике (Belgrade) and Serbia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Serbian government has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Serbia for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Marshall Islands 2015 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Office of the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Majuro) and Marshall Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Marshall Islands has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in the Marshall Islands for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Cameroon 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Présidence de la République du Cameroun (Yaoundé) and Cameroon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Cameroon has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Cameroon for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Jamaican Bank Holidays 2019-2020

Sources: Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) and Jamaica bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Jamaica, Jamaica's Central Bank, has released the official list of bank holidays in Jamaica for the calendar years 2019 and 2020. [full story]

Japanese 2016 Bank and Public Holidays Announced

Sources: 日本銀行 (Tokyo) and Japan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Japan (Japan's central bank) has released its annual list of official national holidays, public holidays and bank holidays in Japan for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Croatia 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Vlada Republike Hrvatske (Zagreb) and Croatia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Croatia has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Croatia for the upcoming calendar year 2015, once again unchanged in the number of holidays as compared to previous years. [full story]

Jordanian Public Holiday January 11

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordanian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ensour, has issued another circular decreeing another one-off non-working public holiday in Jordan for tomorrow, Sunday, January 11, 2015, due to freezing weather conditions stemming from a polar front which started Tuesday and already caused public holidays closures in Jordan on Wednesday and Thursday. [full story]

Uruguayan 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Presidencia de la República (República Oriental del Uruguay) and Uruguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Uruguay has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Uruguay for the calendar year 2015. [full story]