Panama May Day Public Holiday May 2nd

Presidencia de la República de Panamá (Panama City) and Panama public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Panama has issued a decree which, once again, moves the upcoming, Labour Day, non-working public holiday of Panama from Sunday, May 1st, 2016, to Monday, May 2, 2016. [full story]

Finland Votes Annual Holidays Act Amendments

Sources: Helsingin Sanomat (Helsinki) and Finland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Finnish Parliament has approved changes to the Finnish Annual Holiday Act as part of the current austerity reforms, and these amendments will come into effect on April 1st, 2016. [full story]

Greece Public Holiday May 3rd

Sources: The Bank of Greece (Athens) and Greece bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Greece, Greece's Central Bank, has issued a communiqué amending the previously-released list of 2016 bank holidays in Greece, by moving this year's annual May 1st bank holiday to Tuesday, May 3, 2016, as was done on some previous occasions in the past. [full story]

Kazakhstan May 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan has announced that Monday, May 10, 2016, had been declared a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Kazakhstan to compensate the annual Victory Day public holiday of Kazakhstan falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Malaysian Johor Bank Holidays Extended

Sources: The Association Of Banks In Malaysia (Johor Baru) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Association Of Banks In Malaysia (Persatuan Bank Bank Dalam Malaysia) has announced that 17 of its member banks in the Malaysian State of Johor has decided to henceforth declare a Monday day in lieu bank holiday in Malaysia's State of Johor, whenever a non-working public holiday in Malaysia falls on a Sunday. [full story]

Ukraine May 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Social Policy of the Ukraine has issued a communiqué confirming and detailing the official list of May 2016 non-working public holidays in the Ukraine, as had been announced late last year. [full story]

Fiji Cancels March 30 Public Holiday

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Fiji's Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations, Semi Koroilavesau, has announced that the upcoming March 30, 2016, non-working public holiday in Fiji, as set out in the "Gazette Notice No.68" listing the annual non-working public holidays in Fiji in 2016, had been canceled ("All workers, employers and the public are advised that there will not be a public holiday on Wednesday next week"). [full story]

Ivory Coast Public Holidays March 27-28

Sources: Gouvernement de Côte d'Ivoire (Abijan) and Ivory Coast bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Ivory Coast, through its Ministère de l’Emploi, des Affaires Sociales et de la Solidarité Nationale, has announced that it had declared Monday, March 28, 2016, the day after the Easter Sunday non-working public holiday, as another non-working public holiday in the Ivory Coast. [full story]

Lebanon April 4 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: جمعيّة مصارف لبنان (Beirut) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Lebanon, reacting to the recent declaration of Monday, April 4, 2016, as a compensatory non-working bank holiday in Lebanon in 2016 to compensate the fact that the Annunciation non-working public holiday of Lebanon falls on the date of another non-working public holiday of Lebanon in 2016, namely Western Good Friday, has re-issued an unchanged list of official Lebanese non-working public holidays in Lebanon for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Bolivian Easter 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Ramón Vilca, has announced that the upcoming Easter public holidays in Bolivia would once again begin on the afternoon of Maundy Thursday, with Good Friday (March 25, 2016) having been declared a national public holiday in Bolivia (feriado nacional). [full story]

Gambian Public Holidays March 25 and 28

Sources: Office of the President of the Gambia (Banjul) and Gambia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Gambia's president, Yahya Jammeh, has declared Friday, March 25, 2016, and Monday, March 28, 2016, as non-working public holidays throughout the Gambia " in recognition of Good Friday and Easter Monday". [full story]

Philippines Easter 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines Government Labor and Employment Secretary, Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, has emailed a reminder to the Philippines population that Thursday and Friday, March 24 and 25, 2016, had both been declared as non-working public holidays in the Philippines, on account of the upcoming Maundy Thursday and Good Friday public holidays of the Philippines. [full story]

Sint Maarten Public Holiday March 25

Sources: Government of Sint Maarten (Great Bay) and Sint Maarten bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sint Maarten's Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic and Telecommunication (Ministry TEATT), has officially declared Friday, March 25, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Sint Maarten on account of the upcoming Good Friday annual non-working public holiday in Sint Maarten. [full story]

Nigerian Easter 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido, on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has announced that the Nigerian Government had declared Friday, March 25, and Monday, March 28, 2016, as non-working public holidays in Nigeria to commemorate this year's upcoming Good Friday and Easter Monday non-working public holidays in Nigeria, respectively. [full story]

Lebanon 2016 Bank Holidays Amended Again

Sources: جمعيّة مصارف لبنان (Beirut) and Lebanon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Association of Banks in Lebanon in conjunction with the Banque du Liban (Lebanon's Central Bank), has issued yet another amended version of the annual list of non-working bank holidays in Lebanon for the calendar year 2016, by declaring a compensatory non-working bank holiday in Lebanon in 2016 to compensate the fact that the Annunciation non-working public holiday of Lebanon falls on the date of another non-working public holiday of Lebanon in 2016, namely Western Good Friday. [full story]

Pakistan Public Holiday March 23

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 announced that Wednesday, March 23, 2016, would be the date of the upcoming annual non-working public holiday throughout Pakistan on account of the Pakistan Day 2016 non-working public holiday of Pakistan. [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holiday March 24

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 2016 annual Easter non-working public holidays in Timor Leste by declaring an additional day-off public sector holiday (toleránsia pontu) for Maundy Thursday, on Thursday, March 24, 2016. [full story]

Malaysian July 22 Sarawak Public Holiday Update

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuching) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of Malaysia's State of Sarawak, Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem, following-up on his earlier request for a July 22 non-working public holiday in Malaysia, has announced that his government "is set to make July 22 a public holiday [in Sarawak] in recognition of those who helped fight for independence from British rule in 1963". [full story]

Venezuela Easter 2016 Bank Holidays Not Expanded

Sources: Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario (Sudeban) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Venezuelan regulatory body for the banking sector, Sudeban (Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario) has announced that, despite the Venezuelan government announcing non-working public holidays in Venezuela for the entire upcoming Easter week for both the private and public sectors, Monday to Wednesday, March 21-23, 2016, would not be bank holidays in Venezuela ("instituciones bancarias laborarán en horario normal los días 21, 22 y 23 de marzo, por ser su actividad un servicio público"). [full story]

Portugal Public Holidays Officially Restored

Sources: Assembleia da República (Lisboa) and Portugal bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Portugal has promulgated the recent decree restoring the 4 annual non-working public holidays of Portugal ("Corpo de Deus, 5 de outubro, 1 de novembro e 1 de dezembro") which had been canceled as part of the 2011 austerity package. [full story]

Paraguay Public Sector Holiday March 23

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 in Paraguay for Ash Wednesday, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, to let Paraguayan civil servants begin their Holy Week non-working public holidays earlier. [full story]

Armenian Public Holiday March 28

Sources: Հայերեն լրատվական գործակալությանը (ARMENPRESS) and Armenian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Armenia has announced, once again, that Monday, March 28, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday in Armenia, on account of the upcoming "Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ", to be compensated by declaring Saturday, April 2, 2016, as a regular working day. [full story]

Ghana 2016 Easter Public Holidays

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Kwesi Ahwoi, has announced that Friday, March 25, and Monday, March 28, 2016, had once again been declared statutory non-working public holidays in Ghana on account of the upcoming annual Good Friday and Easter Monday public holidays in Ghana. [full story]

Honduras Public Sector Holidays March 21-27

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 21-27, 2016) as additional non-working public holidays for Honduras' public sector employees. [full story]

Venezuela Easter 2016 Public Holidays Expanded

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has issued the decree 2276 in Venezuela's Gaceta Oficial, declaring the entire upcoming Holy Week 2016, from March 19 until March 27, 2016 inclusively, as non-working public holidays in Venezuela for both the Venezuelan public sector and private sectors, as part of another attempt at load shedding ("la declaratoria de días feriados señalada en este artículo, es aplicable tanto al sector público como al sector privado"). [full story]

Nicaraguan Easter 2016 Public Sector Holidays Extended

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Coordinadora del Consejo de Comunicación y Ciudadanía, Rosario Murillo, has announced that Nicaragua's public sector workers and government services this year close down for 9 and a half consecutive days of public sector holidays in Nicaragua on account of the upcoming Holy Week. [full story]

Kazakhstan Nauryz 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan has announced that the upcoming Nauryz 2016 public holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the calendar year 2016 would be made-up of 5 consecutive non-working public holidays in Kazakhstan, from March 19-23, 2016. [full story]

Venezuela Declares Weeklong Easter 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has declared the entire upcoming Holy Week 2016, from March 19 until March 27, 2016 inclusively, as non-working public holidays in Venezuela for the Venezuelan public sector as part of another attempt at load shedding. [full story]

Iranian 2016-2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وب سایت رسمی مجلس ایران (Majlis) and Iran public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis), has officially announced the annual official list of non-working public holidays in Iran for the upcoming Persian year 1395, running from March 20, 2016, to March 20, 2017 (though the date of the last day of the Persian year 1395 in this announcement is incorrect in our opinion). [full story]

Norway 2018 Bank Holidays and Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Norges Bank (Oslo) and Norway bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Norway's Central Bank (Norges Bank) has updated its multi-year list of bank holidays in Norway with the announcement of Norwegian bank holidays, as well as public holidays in Norway, for the calendar year 2018. [full story]

Sri Lankan National Holiday March 13

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sri Lankan Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs, J.J. Rathnasiri, has announced that the Sri Lankan Government had decided to declare March 13, 2016, as a national day of mourning in Sri Lanka in view of the funeral on that day of the Mahanayake of the Asgiriya Chapter, Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thera. [full story]

Guyana Rules-Out March 18 Public Holiday

Sources: Guyana Government Information Agency (GINA) and Guyana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister of Natural Resources of Guyana, Raphael Trotman, at a post-cabinet press briefing, announced that Friday, March18, 2016, the day designated for the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE) will not be a one-off non-working public holiday in Guyana, as was the case on previous electoral dates. [full story]

Thailand 2016 Public Holidays Extension Approved

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Thailand's Government Cabinet has officially approved last autumn draft decision to declare 3 additional one-off non-working public holidays in 2016 in Thailand, to create a four-day period of public holidays in Thailand near the annual Coronation Day public holiday, and a five-day period of public holidays for the annual Thai public holidays of Asalha Puja and Buddhist Lent. [full story]

UK Mulls Wales Public Holidays Bill

Sources: BBC News (BBC) and UK bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Private Members' Bill "Devolution (Bank Holidays) (Wales) Bill 2015-16" has been introduced in the UK House of Commons under the "Ten Minute Rule" (SO No 23) by MP Mark Williams, and had its first reading. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holidays March 7-8-9

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Home Ministry of the Government of Nepal has announced that the Cabinet of the Government of Nepal had decided to declare 3 consecutive non-working public holidays in Nepal on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, March 7-8-9, 2016, on account of the upcoming "Shivaratri", "Women’s Day" and "Lhosar", respectively. [full story]

Jersey May 9 Public Holiday Compensated

Sources: States of Jersey (Saint Helier) and Jersey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Jersey States Employment Board has announced that the States of Jersey had overwhelmingly voted to award an extra non-working day of leave to the Jersey public sector, to compensate them for the Liberation Day non-working public holiday of Jersey falling on a Saturday, last year. [full story]

Mongolia Mulls Naadam 2016 Public Holidays Shift

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн Монцамэ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the Government of Mongolia has announced to the Mayor of Ulaanbaatar, and the governors of all Mongolian provinces, that the upcoming Naadam 2016 non-working public holidays in Mongolia should be shifted due to the conflict of the 2016 Naadam non-working public holidays in Mongolia with the upcoming 11th ASEM Summit. [full story]

San Marino 2016 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Banca Centrale della Repubblica di San Marino (San Marino) and San Marino bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). San Marino's Central Bank has published the San Marino Government's annual official list of bank holidays and non-working public holidays in San Marino for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

North Cyprus 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Kuzey Kibris Türk Cumhuriyeti Disisleri Bakanligi (Lefkosa) and Cyprus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The deputy director of the Office of Personnel of the Republic of Northern Cyprus has released the annual list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Northern Cyprus for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Bermuda 2016 Bank Holidays Amended

Sources: The Bermuda Monetary Authority (Hamilton) and Bermuda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) which regulates the financial services sector of Bermuda, has in turn released an amended version of its previously-released annual list of the official bank holidays in Bermuda for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Nepal Rules-Out Eclipse Public Holiday

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Spokesperson for the Home Ministry of the Government of Nepal, Yadav Koirala, has announced that the Cabinet of the Government of Nepal had decided not to declare a one-off non-working public holiday in Nepal on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, on account of that day's partial solar eclipse which, according to the Nepal Calendar Determination Committee, will be visible in Nepal on Wednesday morning, March 9, 2016. [full story]

Mongolian Public Holiday March 8

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн Монцамэ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mongolian government has announced that Tuesday, March 8, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday in Mongolia, on account of International Women's Day. [full story]

Ghana Public Holidays March 6-7

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Prosper Bani, has issued a statement reminding the public that Sunday, March 6, 2016, will be a statutory public holiday in Ghana marking Ghana’s Independence Anniversary. [full story]

Benin March 4 Public Holiday Canceled

Sources: Site Officiel du Président Béninois (Cotonou) and Bénin bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier tonight, the government of Benin issued a television statement infirming the previous announcement that Friday, March 4, 2016, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Bénin on account of the upcoming Presidential elections that will be held on Sunday, March 6, 2016. [full story]

Kazakhstan 2016 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan has released an amended and expanded version of its previously-released annual official list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Benin Public Holiday March 4

Sources: Site Officiel du Président Béninois (Cotonou) and Bénin bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Benin, through its "ministre du travail et de la fonction publique", Aboubacar Yaya, has declared Friday, March 4, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Bénin ("la journée du vendredi 04 Mars 2016 est déclarée chomée et payée sur toute l’étendue du territoire national") on account of the upcoming Presidential elections that will be held on Sunday, March 6, 2016. [full story]

Vietnamese April 2016 Public Holidays

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 recent amendments to the official list of 2016 non-working public holidays in Vietnam, which extend the dates for the upcoming Hung Kings, Liberation Day, and May Day, annual non-working public holidays in Vietnam for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Uganda Rules-Out March 2 Public Holiday

Sources: Uganda Media Centre, Office of the President of the Republic of Uganda (Kampala) and Ugandan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Uganda's permanent secretary in the Ministry of Public Service, Catherine Bitarakwate, has announced that the government of Uganda will not declare Wednesday, March 2, 2016, as yet another non-working public holiday in Uganda, on account of the upcoming election of elections for mayors and councilors. [full story]

Moldovan Public Holidays March 7-8

Sources: Agentia Informationala de Stat (Moldpres) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Moldova's Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection, Nighina Azizov, has announced that Monday, March 7, 2016, had been declared another one-off bridge public sector holiday in Moldova to link the weekend to the annual March 8 International Women's Day public holiday of Moldova. [full story]

Armenian March 1st Public Holiday Bill

Sources: Հայերեն լրատվական գործակալությանը (ARMENPRESS) and Armenian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A bill has been introduced to the Armenian Parliament by the Armenian National Congress (ANC) NA faction's secretary Aram Manukyan, proposing to make March 1st a new annual non-working public holiday in Armenia or, failing that, a new observance holiday in Armenia. [full story]