Saturday, December 19, 2015

Portugal Public Holidays Restoration Vote January 8

Sources: Assembleia da República (Lisboa) and Portugal bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The bill which aims to restore the 4 annual non-working public holidays of Portugal that were canceled as part of the current austerity measures ("Projeto de Lei n.º 749/XII - Restitui os feriados nacionais obrigatórios eliminados"), and has the support of the new left-wing governing coalition in Portugal, will be debated in Portugal's Parliament on January 8, 2016. [full story]