Portugal Restores 4 Public Holidays

Sources: Assembleia da República (Lisboa) and Portugal bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, as anticipated, Portugal's new Socialist government obtained the Parliamentary approval needed to enact the bill to restore the 4 annual non-working public holidays of Portugal, Corpo de Deus (Corpus Cristi), Implantação da República (October 5), Todos os Santos (November 1), and Restauração da independência (December 1st), that were canceled as part of the 2011 austerity measures, with immediate effect. [full story]