Turks and Caicos Public Holiday October 1st

Sources: The TCI Journal (Grand Turk) and Turks and Caicos bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Turks and Caicos Islands has announced that, due to "continued inclement weather in Providenciales including heavy rain, strong wind gusts and flooding in certain areas", Thursday, October 1st, 2015 had been declared a one-off public sector holiday in the Turks and Caicos Islands. [full story]

Guinea Conakry Public Holiday October 2

Sources: guineeconakry.info (Conakry) and Guinea Conakry bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Guinea Conakry, through its Minister of Labour and Public Sector ("Ministre de la Fonction Publique, de la réforme de l’Administration et du Travail"), Sékou Kourouma, has announced that Friday, October 2nd, 2015, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Guinea Conakry on account of the upcoming "57è anniversaire de l’indépendance nationale". [full story]

Peruvian October 1-2 Public Holidays Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo del Perú (MTPE) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Peru's Minister of Labour (Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo-MTPE), Daniel Maurate, has issued a communique squashing the social media rumours about the declaration of other one-off non-working public holidays in Peru on October 1 and 2, 2015. [full story]

Taiwan Typhoon Public Holiday September 29

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Taiwan, the Executive Yuan, has announced that due to the arrival of typhoon Dujuan, another one-off non-working public holiday had been declared in Taiwan for tomorrow, and that all businesses will be closed on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. [full story]

Nigerian Public Holiday October 1

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Abubakar Magaji, has announced that the Nigerian Government, in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Director of Press, Yusuf Isiaka, had declared Thursday, October 1st, 2015, as a non-working public holiday throughout Nigeria on account of Nigeria's upcoming 55th annual independence anniversary. [full story]

Palau Public Holiday October 1

Sources: Palau Government (Koror) and Palau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Palau has announced that Thursday, October 1, 2015, would be the date of the upcoming 21st Independence Day annual non-working public holiday in Palau. [full story]

Russian 2016 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Лента новостей РИА Новости (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation has officially gazetted its previously-announced annual "Government Resolution On The Transfer Of Public Holidays in 2016" (Decree №1017 of September 24, 2015), which lists the official non-working public holidays and bridge holidays in Russia for the upcoming calendar year 2016. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday September 27

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Sunday, September 27, 2015, had once again been declared a non-working public holiday in the Kathmandu Valley on account of the upcoming Indra Jatra annual non-working public holiday of Nepal. [full story]

Ukraine 2016 Public Holidays Draft

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ukraine's Ministry of Social Policy has prepared a draft resolution for the Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukraine specifying the annual official list of 2016 non-working public holidays in the Ukraine, as well as the decision to postpone working days in 2016, in order to create favorable conditions for the rational use of working time. [full story]

Armenian September 28 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Հայերեն լրատվական գործակալությանը (ARMENPRESS) and Armenian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Armenia has ruled-out rumours to the effect that Monday, September 28, 2015, would be declared as another non-working public holiday in Armenia, on account of the upcoming Blessing of the Holy Chrism feast, to be held at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin on Sunday, September 27, 2015. [full story]

Nepalese 2015 Eid-ul-Adha Public Holiday

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal, through its Ministry of Home Affairs, has finally announced that Friday, September 25, 2015, had been declared as the date of the upcoming annual non-working public holiday across the country on account of the upcoming Baqar-Eid (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holiday of Nepal. [full story]

Saudi Extends 2015 Eid al Adha Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Saudi Arabia, via a royal decree issued by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman, has announced that this year's Eid al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) public sector holidays would be extended by 3 days (the 16th, 17th and 18th of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah 1436 AH), with work for all sectors of the state starting again on Sunday, Dhu al-Hijjah 21, 1436 AH. [full story]

Togolese Tabaski 2015 Public Holiday

Sources: Primature du Togo (Lome) and Togo bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister of Labour of the government of Togo has announced that Thursday, September 24, 2015, had been declared as the date of the annual non-working public holiday throughout Togo for the upcoming Aīd al-Kébir (Feast of Sacrifice, aka. Tabaski). [full story]

Niger 2015 Tabaski Public Holidays

Sources: Ministère de la Fonction Publique et du Travail du Niger (Niamey) and Niger bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministre de l'Emploi, du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale of the government of Niger has declared Thursday and Friday, September 24 and 25, 2015, as the date of the upcoming "Tabaski" (Feast of sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays in Niger. [full story]

Dominican Republic Confirms Public Holiday September 24

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour of the Dominican Republic has issued a communiqué confirming that, as per the current public holidays legislation, Thursday, September 24, 2015, would be an official non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic on account of the upcoming Día de Las Mercedes annual immovable non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic. [full story]

Spain 2016 Murcia Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Dirección General de Trabajode la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia (Murcia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Spain's autonomous region of La Murcia through the Dirección General de Trabajode la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia has finally gazetted the calendar of official public holidays (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2016, which it had unofficially announced last winter. [full story]

Spain 2016 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 2016 non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Comunidad de Madrid. [full story]

Fiji 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Fiji Governing Cabinet has approved, through Gazette Notice No. 68, dated yesterday, its annual list of the dates of official non-working public holidays in Fiji for the upcoming calendar year 2016, including the new National Sports Day and Constitution Day annual non-working public holidays of Fiji, announced since last year. [full story]

Egyptian Eid Al-Adha 2015 Bank Holidays

Sources: The Central Bank of Egypt (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egypt's Central Bank has announced that all Egyptian banks would be closed from September 23-27, 2015, inclusively, dates which have been declared bank holidays in Egypt on account of the upcoming Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual Egyptian bank and public holidays. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan September 25 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The press service of the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Youth 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 Friday, September 25, 2015, to link the upcoming Kurman Ait (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holiday of Kyrgyzstan with the subsequent weekend. [full story]

Qatar 2015 Eid Al Adha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: قنـا الموقع العربي الصفحة الرئيسية (QNA) and Qatar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Qatar's Emiri Diwan has once again extended the Eid al-Adha public sector holidays, for ministries, government departments, general authorities and institutions, so that they will be on holiday for 7 days for the upcoming Eid Al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) public holidays in 2015 in Qatar. [full story]

Bahrain 2015 Eid Al Adha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: مصرف البحرين المركزى (Manama) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, has issued a circular declaring Wednesday to Monday, September 23 to 28, 2015, as the annual non-working public sector holidays in Bahrain to mark the upcoming Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) public sector holidays for the Islamic year 1436. [full story]

Egyptian 2015 Eid Al-Adha 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 annual non-working public holidays of 2015, for government clerical staff, which will run from Wednesday, September 23, 2015, until Sunday, September 27, 2015. [full story]

Transdniestria 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Interfax (Tiraspol) and Transdniestrian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Transdniestria's government has announced its annual list of official non-working public holidays in the Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic (TMR, aka Transdniestria) for the upcoming calendar year 2016. [full story]

Afghanistan Public Holiday September 20

Sources: آژانس خبرى پژواك (Kabul) and Afghanistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Afghanistan has declared Sunday, September 20, 2015, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Afghanistan to commemorate the fourth assassination anniversary of the former president and high peace council chief Burhanuddin Rabbani. [full story]

Gambia Extends 2015 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: Office of the President of the Gambia (Banjul) and Gambia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has announced that the upcoming annual non-working public holiday in the Gambia for the Tobaski (aka Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice) would be extended from its previously-announced date of September 24, 2015, to last 4 days, until Sunday, September 27, 2015, inclusively. [full story]

Spain 2016 Castilla y León Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Castilla y León (Valladolid) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Castilla y León has announced its annual list of official regional non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Mauritius Mulls Public Holidays Legislation Amendments

Sources: Government of Mauritius (Port-Louis) and Mauritius bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Mauritius' Parliament has passed the first reading of the "Public Holidays (Amendment) Bill" which aims to revamp the list of official annual non-working public holidays in Mauritius and the rules that govern their observance, in particular by enshrining into law 2 new annual non-working public holidays in Mauritius. [full story]

Gambia Eid al-Adha Public Holiday September 24

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 Thursday, September 24, 2015, 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]

Suriname Public Holiday September 24

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname has confirmed that the upcoming "Ied Ul Adha" (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holiday in Suriname would be observed on Thursday, September 24, 2015, a date which has been declared a non-working public holiday in Suriname. [full story]

Senegal 2015 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 in Sénégal would be on Friday, September 25, 2015. [full story]

Afghanistan 2015 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays Announced

Sources: آژانس خبرى پژواك (Kabul) and Afghanistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Afghanistan has declared the period of Wednesday to Saturday, September 23 to 26, 2015, as non-working public holidays on the occasion of the upcoming Eidul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays in Afghanistan. [full story]

Oman 2015 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 2015. [full story]

Spain 2016 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 2016 non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's autonomous region of Melilla. [full story]

Lebanon 2015 Eid al-Adha Public Holiday

Sources: جمعيّة مصارف لبنان (Beirut) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Lebanon has announced that upcoming annual non-working public holiday for the Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) in Lebanon, would be observed on Thursday, September 24, 2015, instead of the previously-announced date of Wednesday, September 23, 2015. [full story]

Turkey Extends 2015 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: Hürriyet Daily News (Istanbul) and Turkey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Turkey has once again decided to extend the Eid al-Adha annual non-working public holidays in Turkey, by declaring September 21-22-23, 2015, as "administrative holiday" public sector holiday to link the weekend with the upcoming Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) public holiday which was set to begin on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 23, 2015. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holidays September 20-21

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nepal's government has announced that, as per a Cabinet decision, Sunday and Monday, September 20 and 21, 2015, had been declared as additional non-working public holidays to celebrate the passage of Nepal's new constitution. [full story]

Ghana 2015 Eidul-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Deputy Minister of Interior, James Agalga, has issued a statement indicating that Monday and Thursday, September 21 and 24, 2015, are non-working public holidays in Ghana, and that both days are statutory holidays and should be observed as such. [full story]

Kuwait Amends 2015 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 shifted by a day the previously-announced dates for the upcoming Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays in Kuwait, to run from September 23 until September 27, 2015, inclusively. [full story]

Philippines Eid ul-Adha Public Holiday September 25

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines Government has issued Proclamation No.1128 which finally specifies Friday, September 25, 2015, as the date for the observance of the upcoming Philippines annual non-working public holiday to mark Eidul Adha. [full story]

Maldives Restores 2015 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Maldivian President, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, has once again changed the dates of the upcoming Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual public holidays in the Maldives, and announced via the Twitter account of President’s Office Spokesperson, Ibrahim Muaz Ali, that September 20-21-22 would once again be non-working public holidays in the Maldives, and that Sunday, September 27, 2015, would be kept as a government public holiday. [full story]

UAE 2015 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 2015 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]

Pakistan Extends 2015 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 2015, extending the upcoming Eid-ulAzha non-working public holidays period to 4 days. [full story]

Bangladesh 2015 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 Friday, September 25, 2015, in Bangladesh, as the Moon for the month of Zil Hajj was not sighted last night. [full story]

Morocco 2015 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 date for the upcoming 2015 Aid Al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holidays in Morocco, following an announcement by the "ministère des Habous et des affaires islamiques". [full story]

Tunisian 2015 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 Thursday and Friday, September 24 and 25, 2015. [full story]

Jordan 2015 Eid Al Adha Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Jordan's Prime Minister has issued a circular, once again decreeing a 5-day period of public holidays, from September 23 to September 27, 2015, for the upcoming Eid Al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays in Jordan. [full story]

Maldives Cuts 2015 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following last night's surprise announcement of a change in the date of the upcoming Eid al Adha by Saudi Arabia, Maldivian President, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, has decided to cancel the recent declaration of September 20-21-22 as non-working public holidays in the Maldives, and instead declare Sunday, September 27, 2015, as a one-off non-working public sector holiday in the Maldives. [full story]

Algerian 2015 Aïd El Adha Public Holidays

Sources: الموقع الرسمي للمديرية العامة للوظيفة العمومية (Alger) and Algeria banks holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following tonight's surprise announcement of a change in the date of the upcoming Eid al Adha by Saudi Arabia, the Algerian public sector ministry (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique) has announced that Thursday and Friday, September 24 and 25, 2015, had been declared as the new dates of the upcoming Aïd El Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holidays in Algeria. [full story]

Nigerian 2015 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). Following tonight's surprise announcement of a change in the date of the upcoming Eid al Adha by Saudi Arabia, the Minister of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that the Nigerian Government had decided to move the date of the upcoming Eid al Adha public holiday in Nigeria to September 24, as well. [full story]