Armenian Mulls 2015 Public Holidays Amendments

Sources: Հայերեն լրատվական գործակալությանը (ARMENPRESS) and Armenian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Armenia has announced that an amendment to the recently-announced annual list of official public holidays in Armenia for the calendar year 2015, will be discussed at the next Cabinet meeting on Thursday, April 2, 2015. [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holiday April 2

Sources: Komunikadu Imprensa Sekretaria Estadu Konsellu Ministru Timor-Leste (Dili) and Timor Leste bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Timor Leste has announced that it had once again decided to extend the annual Easter non-working public holidays in Timor Leste by declaring an additional day-off public sector holiday (toleránsia pontu) for Maundy Thursday, on April 2, 2015. [full story]

Turks and Caicos Public Holiday April 2-3-6

Sources: The TCI Journal (Grand Turk) and Turks and Caicos bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Anya Williams, had announced the list of public and private sector non-working public holidays throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands, to coincide with the upcoming Easter holidays. [full story]

Australian 2015 ACT Public Holiday April 27

Sources: ACT Government Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate (Canberra) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Municipal Services Minister of the Government of Australia's Capital Territory (ACT), Shane Rattenbury, has confirmed that ACT government employees have been given a non-working public holiday day off on Monday, April 27, 2015 because Anzac Day falls on a Saturday in 2015. [full story]

Costa Rican Public Holidays April 2-3

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 Ministry of Labour has announced that Thursday and Friday, April 2 and 3, 2015, would be non-working public holidays in Costa Rica on account of the upcoming feasts of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday ("Jueves y Viernes Santo son feriados de pago obligatorio para los trabajadores"). [full story]

Spain 2016 Andalucia Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía (BOJA) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía has released and gazetted in the BOJA (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía), its annual list of non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Region of Andalucia for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Jordanian Public Holidays April 5 and 12

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordanian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ensour, has issued a circular decreeing 2 additional one-off non-working public holidays in Jordan for Sunday, April 5, and Sunday, April 12, 2015, on account of the upcoming Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. [full story]

Madagascar 2015 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) and Madagascar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Madagascar's Conseil de Gouvernement has approved the "Projet de décret portant additif du décret n°2015-055 du 03 février 2015 fixant la liste des jours fériés, chômés et payés au titre de l’année 2015", which amends the list of non-working public holidays in Madagascar for the calendar year 2015, by the addition of 2 non-working public holidays reserved for Muslims. [full story]

Panama Public Holidays April 10-11

Presidencia de la República de Panamá (Panama City) and Panama public holidays (qppstudio.net). Panama's President, Juan Carlos Varela, has declared Friday and Saturday, April 10 and 11, 2015, as one-off non-working public holidays on account of the upcoming Cumbre de las Américas being held on those days in Panama City. [full story]

Honduras Public Holiday April 1st

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The private employers' confederation of Honduras (Consejo Hondureño de la Empresa Privada - Cohep), has announced that employees of the Honduras private sector would start the annual Easter non-working Honduras public holidays on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at 12 noon. [full story]

St. Kitts and Nevis Public Holiday April 1st

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 Deputy Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis, Eustace John, acting on the advice of the Nevis Island Administration Cabinet, has declared Wednesday, April 1st, 2015, from 12 noon, as a one-off regional non-working public half-holiday on the island of Nevis, on the occasion of the Gulf Insurance Inter-Primary Schools Championship. [full story]

Honduras Public Sector Holidays March 30 to April 1

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, has once again approved the declaration of the entire upcoming Holy Week (March 30 to April 3, 2012) as additional non-working public holidays for Honduras' public sector employees. [full story]

Paraguay Public Sector Holiday April 1

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Paraguay's President, Horacio Cartes, has once again decreed a non-working public sector holiday for Wednesday, April 1, 2015, to let Paraguayan civil servants begin their Holy Week non-working public holidays earlier. [full story]

Malaysian November 22 State Public Holiday Canceled

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Johor Baru) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Malaysian State of Johor has announced that it was in the process of removing the November 22, annual state non-working public holiday, commemorating the birthday of the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim. [full story]

Malaysian State Public Holiday March 22

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, Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob, has declared Sunday, March 22, 2015, as another one-off state public holiday in conjunction with the upcoming Chempaka by-election. [full story]

Australian 2016 Public Holidays Amended in Queensland

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Industrial Relations Minister of the Australian State of Queensland, Curtis Pitt, has finally announced the details of the announced further amendments to the Holidays Act 1983, involving the change of date of the Labour Day annual non-working Queensland public holiday. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan March 23 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic has announced that the Government of Kyrgyzstan had ruled-out the declaration of another additional non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan on Monday, March 23, 2015, to compensate the fact that the upcoming Nowruz annual non-working public holiday of Kyrgyzstan falls on a Saturday in 2015. [full story]

Malaysia Confirms March 23 State Public Holiday

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Johor Baru) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Head of the Malaysian State of Johor Royal Council, Datuk Abdul Rahim Ramli, has urged the Johor private sector to observe the previously-announced March 23 one-off non-working public holiday in the Malaysian State of Johor. [full story]

Liberian Public Holiday March 15-16

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia) and Liberian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Sunday, March 15, 2015, as a non-working public holiday to be observed throughout the Republic of Liberia as a national non-working public holiday marking the 206th Birth Anniversary of Liberia's first President Joseph Jenkins Roberts. [full story]

Singapore Public Holidays August 7-10

Sources: Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Singapore bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier this morning, Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) issued a press release declaring an additional, one-off non-working public holiday in Singapore on Friday, August 7, 2015, to extend the upcoming annual National Day public holiday in Singapore to 4 consecutive days. [full story]

Mexico Mulls Public Holidays Revision

Sources: Diario Oficial de la Federación (Ciudad de México) and Mexico bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Mexico's parliament ("Cámara de Diputados") is considering a bill by Chihuahua federal legislator, Karina Velázquez, which would repeal the terms of the 2006 amendments to the Mexican labour code, which moved to the nearest Monday the Mexican annual non-working public holidays of February 5, March 21 and November 20. [full story]

Australian Queensland Labour Day Public Holiday Change Re-Confirmed

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesman for Premier Palaszczuk government of the Australian State of Queensland, has re-confirmed that it would carry-out further amendments to the Holidays Act 1983, so that, the Labour Day annual non-working Queensland public holiday, would be moved back to "its traditional place on the Queensland calendar", the first Monday in May. [full story]

Swaziland Public Holiday April 20

Sources: Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs (Mbabane) and Swaziland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Swaziland's Home Affairs Minister, Princess Tsandzile, has announced that, once again, the annual non-working public holiday in Swaziland to mark King Mswati III's birthday would be observed on Monday, April 20, 2014, due to its set date falling on a Sunday, in 2015. [full story]

El Salvador Public Holiday March 26

Sources: Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador (San Salvador) and El Salvador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The National Assembly of El Salvador has approved a bill requested by President Salvador Sánchez Cerén and which declares a new March 26 non-working public holiday in El Salvador to be called "Día Nacional por la Vida la Paz y la Justicia" (National day of life, peace and justice). [full story]

Jersey May 8 Public Holiday Also Ruled-Out

Sources: States of Jersey (Saint Helier) and Jersey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The States of Jersey has issued an official commentary on the proposition of proposition of Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier for an additional non-working public holiday in Jersey on Friday, May 8, 2015, the second such proposal to compensate the fact that the 70th anniversary of the end of Jersey's WW2 occupation falls on a Saturday this year. [full story]

Slovenia Adds October 25 National Holiday

Sources: Slovenska tiskovna agencija (Ljubljana) and Slovenia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Slovenian National Assembly has approved by a vote of 70-4 the declaration of October 25, henceforth to be observed as "Sovereignty Day", a new national holiday in Slovenia to mark the day in 1991 when the last Yugoslav soldier left Slovenia. [full story]

Vietnam 2015 Public Holidays Amendments Confirmed

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 confirmed the previously-announced revised version of the initial list of annual non-working public holidays in Vietnam for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Palau Public Holiday March 15

Sources: Palau Government (Koror) and Palau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Palau has announced that Sunday, March 15, 2015, would be the date of the upcoming Youth Day annual non-working public holiday in Palau. [full story]

Netherlands May 5 Public Holiday Recommended

Sources: Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Amsterdam) and Netherlands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The "Comité 4 en 5 mei", the committee which organises the commemorations for the end of World War II in the Netherlands, has once again come out in support of the movement to make the May 5th, Liberation Day, public holiday a nationwide annual non-working public holiday in the Netherlands. [full story]

Ukraine Amends Annual Public Holidays Law

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Parliament of the Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada) has voted amendments to the Ukrainian Labour Law by declaring October 14 as a new annual non-working public holiday in the Ukraine to be called "the Day of Defender of Ukraine". [full story]

Turks and Caicos Public Holiday March 9

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 Government Cabinet of the Turks and Caicos Islands had announced that Monday, March 9, 2015, is a nationwide non-working public holiday throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands, to coincide with the date of the upcoming Commonwealth Day which will be marked in 2015 with the theme "A Young Commonwealth". [full story]

Angola Public Holiday March 9

Sources: Rádio Nacional de Angola (Luanda) and Angolan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet Director of Angola's Ministry of Public Service and Social Security (MAPESS) has announced that as per the law revising Angolan official non-working public holidays, Monday, March 9, 2015, would be a non-working public holiday. [full story]

Nepalese 2015-2016 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has gazetted its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Nepal for the Nepalese year B.S.2072 (April 2015-April 2016). [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday March 6

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname has announced that the upcoming Holi (Holi Phagwa) annual non-working public holiday in Suriname would be observed on Friday, March 6, 2015. [full story]

Azerbaijan Public Holidays March 7-9

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has issued a decision, once again declaring the Monday after the upcoming Women's Day annual non-working public holiday in Azerbaijan, Monday, March 9, 2015, as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Azerbaijan. [full story]