Friday, April 24, 2015

Kyrgyzstan Mulls May 7 Public Holiday

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following the recent decision of the President of Kyrgyzstan, Almazbek Atambayev, to be in Moscow on May 9, and the resignation of the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic has suggested that the date of the moved Victory Day Parade, on May 7, might be declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan ("It will probably be the decision of the government to postpone the weekend, or will be added another holiday"). [full story]