Nigerian Eid Public Holidays July 5-6

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Nigerian Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, in a statement on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria, has announced that Tuesday and Wednesday, July 5-6, 2016, had been declared as non-working public holidays throughout Nigeria on account of the upcoming Eid-el-Fitri (End of Ramadan) annual public holidays of Nigeria. [full story]

Ghana 2016 Ramadan Public Holiday

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Prosper D.K. Bani, has announced that Wednesday, July 6, 2016, had been declared as the date of the upcoming 2016 annual Eid-Ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holidays in Ghana. [full story]

Cyprus 2017 Bank Holidays Released

Sources: Kεντρική Τράπεζα Κύπρου (Nicosia) and Cyprus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Cyprus has released its annual official list of bank holidays to be observed in Cyprus for the calendar year 2017, in line with the list of annual non-working public holidays in Cyprus for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Jordanian Bank and Public Holidays July 5-8

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan has issued the Memorandum 23/2016, Ref.10/2/8693, which announces bank holidays in Jordan from July 5 to 8, 2016, on account of the annual Eid al-Fitr non-working bank holidays and public holidays in Jordan, for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday July 5

Sources: Министерство за труд и социјална политика (Skopje) and Macedonian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Macedonia's Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has announced that Tuesday, July 5, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Macedonia "for all citizens of the Republic of Macedonia" on account of the upcoming "first day Ramadan Bairam" annual public holiday in Macedonia for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Philippines June 30 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines' Communications Secretary, Herminio Coloma Jr., quoting Executive Secretary, Paquito Ochoa, Jr., has announced that, in the end, current Philippines President, Benigno Aquino III, had decided not to declare Thursday, June 30, 2016, the date of the upcoming inauguration of president-elect, Rodrigo Duterte, as a one-off non-working public holiday in the Philippines. [full story]

Pakistan Bank Holiday July 1st

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has declared Friday, July 1st, 2016, as a bank holiday throughout Pakistan on account of the upcoming Mid-Year Accounts annual bank holiday in Pakistan for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday July 1 and 6

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname has announced that Friday, July 1st, 2016, and Wednesday, July 6, 2016, would be non-working public holidays in Suriname on account of the annual "Dag der Vrijheden" (Emancipation Day), and "Ied-Ul-Fitre" (End of Ramadan), public holidays in Suriname, for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Kuwaiti 2016 Eid al Fitr Bank Holidays

Sources: The Central Bank of Kuwait (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwait Banking Association (KBA) has relayed the announcement by the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK), that the upcoming bank holidays for the annual Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays of Kuwait, would also run from July 5, until July 9, 2016, inclusively. [full story]

Qatar 2016 Eid Public Holidays

Sources: قنـا الموقع العربي الصفحة الرئيسية (QNA) and Qatar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Qatar's Emiri Diwan has announced that the period of annual non-working Qatar public holidays for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan), had once again been extended to 11 consecutive days of public sector holidays. [full story]

UAE 2016 Eid-al-Fitr Public Holidays Finalized

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE Ministry of Labour has, in turn, announced the dates of the upcoming 2016 Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holidays in the UAE for the UAE private sector. [full story]

Guatemalan Bank Holidays July 1-4

Sources: Diario de Centro América (Diario público de Guatemala) and Guatemala bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The supervisory body in charge of the banking sector in Guatemala (the Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala) has announced that a day in lieu bank holiday would be observed in Guatemala on Monday, July 4, 2016, in conjunction with the annual, Día del Empleado Bancario bank holiday of Guatemala, as well as of the annual Día del Ejército non-working public holiday in Guatemala. [full story]

Kyrgyzstan 2016 Orozo Ait Public Holiday

Sources: Кабар - Кыргыз Улуттук Маалымат Агенттиги (Bishkek) and Kyrgyzstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic has announced that Tuesday, July 5, 2016, would be the date of the upcoming annual non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan on account of the Orozo Ait (End of Ramadan) annual public holiday of Kyrgyzstan. [full story]

Pakistan 2016 Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holidays Extended

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Federal Government of Pakistan has once again amended the dates for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays throughout Pakistan for the calendar year 2016, by expanding these annual Pakistani public holidays to last 6 days. [full story]

Oman 2016 Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have once again announced similar dates for the upcoming 2016 Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holidays in Oman, for both the public sector and the private sector of Oman. [full story]

Egyptian Public Holiday For Third June 30th Anniversary

Sources: Egypt State Information Service (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egyptian Prime Minister, Sherif Ismail, has issued a decision announcing that Thursday, June 30, 2016, had been declared as another one-off non-working public holiday in Egypt on account of the third anniversary of the beginning of the mass protests which led to the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi in 2013. [full story]

UAE 2016 Eid-al-Fitr Public Holidays

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE Government's Cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the dates of the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holidays for the UAE's Ministries and Federal entities (the public sector), beginning on Ramadan 28, 1437 AH. [full story]

Bangladesh Bank Holiday July 4

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's Central Bank (Bangladesh Bank) has amended its previously-released list of official bank holidays in Bangladesh for the calendar year 2016, by also declaring Monday, July 4, 2016, as a one-off non-working bank holiday in Bangladesh's "all state-owned and private commercial banks". [full story]

Philippines Mulls June 30 Public Holiday

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Philippines Government Communications Secretary, Herminio Coloma Jr., has announced that current Philippines President, Benigno Aquino III, has not yet decided if Thursday, June 30, 2016, the date of the upcoming inauguration of president-elect, Rodrigo Duterte, would be declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in the Philippines, as was the case on the occasion of the inaugurations of Benigno Aquino III and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. [full story]

Indian 2017 Public Holidays Released

Sources: कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेंशन मंत्रालय कार्मिक मामलों (New Delhi) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). India's Central Government's Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, has released its annual list of India's public holidays and restricted holidays to be observed in all the Administrative Offices of the Central Government of India, for the upcoming calendar year 2016. [full story]

Ghana Republic Public Holiday July 1st

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Prosper Bani, has announced that Friday, July 1st, 2016, was an annual statutory non-working public holiday in Ghana on account of the upcoming Republic Day annual public holiday, and should be observed as a non-working public holiday throughout Ghana. [full story]

Spain 2017 Asturias Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial del Principado de Asturias (BOPA) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Principado de Asturias autonomous region of Spain has announced its annual list of regional non-working public holidays in Spain's autonomous regions of the Asturias (calendario laboral en el ambito del Principado de Asturias), for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Malaysia Mulls Extended End of Ramadan Public Holidays

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Lumpur) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia, Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa, has announced that the Government of Malaysia would consider declaring Friday, July 8, 2016, as a one-off bridge non-working public holiday in Malaysian states where Friday is a regular working day. [full story]

South African Electoral Public Holiday August 3

Sources: South African Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and South Africa bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). South African President, Jacob Zuma, has finally declared Wednesday, August 3, 2016, the date of the upcoming South African Local Government Elections, as a one-off non-working public holiday in South Africa. [full story]

Uganda Promises Father's Day 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 Second Deputy Prime Minister, Kirunda Kivejinja, has announced that the government of Uganda had pledged to declare "Father's Day", marked in Uganda annually on June 21st, as a new annual non-working public holiday in Uganda. [full story]

Kuwaiti 2016 Eid al Fitr Public Holidays

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Head of Civil Service Commission (CSC) has announced that the extent of the 2016 annual non-working public holidays in Kuwait for the upcoming annual Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays will be five days, "whether Ramadan is 29 or 30 days". [full story]

Argentina Public Holiday July 8

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's Minister of Tourism, Gustavo Santos, has announced that Argentina's President, Mauricio Macri, had declared Friday, July 8, 2016, as a one-off bridge non-working public holiday in Argentina, to extend the upcoming, July 9, Día de la Independencia public holiday of Argentina into a 3-day weekend. [full story]

Bangladesh Extends 2016 End of Ramadan Public Holidays

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, a public administration ministry official announced that Bangladesh's Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, had approved a one-off non-working public holiday in Bangladesh on Monday, July 4, 2016, by virtue of her executive powers (নির্বাহী আদেশে ৪ জুলাই,২০১৬ তারিখ সরকারি ছুটি ঘোষণা এবং ১৬ জুলাই, ২০১৬ তারিখ শনিবার কর্মদিবস ঘোষণা), meaning that Bangladesh's government offices will be closed from July 1st to July 9, 2016, inclusively, for the upcoming Jumatul Bidah, Shab-e-Qadar, and End of Ramadan public holidays of Bangladesh. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago Eid Public Holiday July 6

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has announced that Wednesday, July 6, 2016, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago, on account of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) annual public holiday of Trinidad and Tobago in 2016. [full story]

Brazil Adds 3 Olympics Public Holidays

Sources: Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão (Brasilia) and Brazil bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The prefecture of Rio de Janeiro has published the Decreto nº 41.867, de 21 de junho de 2016, which declares 3, one-off, non-working public holidays in Brazil's city of Rio de Janeiro on account of the upcoming Olympic games. [full story]

Spain 2017 Valencia Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana (Valencia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana has announced its annual official calendar of non-working public holidays in Spain's autonomous region of Valencia ("calendario laboral en toda la Comunidad Valenciana") for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Spain 2017 Balears Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Dirección General de Trabajo Y Salud Laboral (Govern de les Illes Balears) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consell de Govern of Spain's autonomous region of the Balears (ámbito autonómico de las Islas Baleares) has announced its official annual calendar of 2017 regional and national public holidays in Spain's autonomous region of the Balears (calendario laboral en el ámbito de las Illes Balears). [full story]

Israel Votes Alyah National Holiday

Sources: Haaretz (Tel Aviv) and Israel public holidays (qppstudio.net). Later today, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) is expected to unanimously approve the second and third reading of a bill which will introduce a new holiday in Israel to commemorate the Aliyah. [full story]

Venezuelan 2017 Bank Holidays And Public Holidays

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 (La Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario) has released the official list of the dates of the non-working public holidays in Venezuela in 2017 as well as of the bank holidays in Venezuela for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

South African Local Elections August 3

Sources: South African Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and South Africa bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The South African Government Communication and Information System has announced the date of the upcoming South African Local Government Elections as Wednesday, August 3, 2016, midweek as was the case 5 years ago, when it was also declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in South Africa. [full story]

Indian HR and PB Public Holidays June 21

Sources: Government of Punjab (Chandigarh) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governments of India's states of Haryana and of the Punjab have separately announced that they had declared the morning of Tuesday, June 21, 2016, as a one-off non-working public holiday in their respective states on account of the upcoming International Yoga Day. [full story]

Sri Lankan June 20 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sri Lankan Ministry of Public Administration and Local Government has announced that the Sri Lankan Government had decided not to declare Monday, June 20, 2016, as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Sri Lanka in view of the annual Poson Poya Day public holiday of Sri Lanka falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Myanmar 2016 Public Holidays Amended Again

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Yangoon) and Myanmar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security of the government of Myanmar has issued another amendment to its previously-released annual list of the dates of the official non-working public holidays in Myanmar for the calendar year 2016, this time correcting the date of the upcoming annual Full Moon Day of Waso (Beginning of Buddhist Lent) non-working public holiday in Myanmar. [full story]

Malaysian State Public Holiday July 8

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Penang) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Malaysia's State of Penang has announced that Friday, July 8, 2016, would be a one-off non-working public holiday in Malaysia's State of Penang, due to the coincidence of the annual Pengisytiharaan Tapak Warisan Dunia Pulau Pinang state public holiday and of the second day of the upcoming Malaysian public holidays for Hari Raya Puasa (End of Ramadan), on July 7, 2016. [full story]

Latvian 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: LETA News Agency (Riga) and Latvia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Latvia has released the annual official list of official non-working national public holidays in Latvia, and bridge non-working public holidays in Latvia, for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Suriname Ied-Ul-Fitr Public Holiday July 6

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname announced that the upcoming "Ied-Ul-Fitr" (End of Ramadan) annual non-working public holiday in Suriname would be observed on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, a date which has been declared a non-working public holiday in Suriname. [full story]

Romanian June 1 Public Holiday Update

Sources: Senatului României (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Romanian Government has approved a legislative proposal to amend Article 139 of Law No. 53/2003, the Romanian Labour Code, with the aim of declaring June 1, Children's Day as a new annual non-working public holiday in Romania. [full story]

Bhutanese Public Holiday June 15

Sources: Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan (Thimphu) and Bhutanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Royal Civil Service Commission of the Government of Bhutan has announced that Wednesday, June 15, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Bhutan on the occasion of the upcoming annual Bhutanese non-working public holiday for the Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche, also known as Guru Padmasambhava, who is believed to have brought Buddhism to Bhutan. [full story]

Mongolia Announces 9-Day Naadam Public Holidays

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн Монцамэ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the Government of Mongolia has announced that the upcoming Naadam 2016 non-working public holidays in Mongolia would run from July 9-17, 2016. [full story]

Ireland Reconsiders April 24 Public Holiday

Sources: Houses of the Oireachtas- National Parliament (Dublin) and Ireland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Dublin Member of Parliament, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, had introduced another bill in his longstanding quest to have April 24 declared as a new annual non-working bank holiday and public holiday in the Republic of Ireland to commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising. [full story]

Argentina's June 17 Public Holiday Gazetted

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's President, Mauricio Macri, has ended the suspense over his possibly vetoing the recently-passed bill to declare a new annual non-working public holiday in Argentina on June 17, commemorating General Martín Miguel de Güemes, and has signed the bill into law via the "decreto 765/2016 que promulga la ley 27.258". [full story]

Turkey Extends 2016 Ramadan Public Holidays

Sources: Hürriyet Daily News (Istanbul) and Turkey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Turkey has decided to extend the upcoming End of Ramadan non-working public holidays in Turkey, by declaring Friday, July 8, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Turkey to link the upcoming Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan) Turkish public holidays with the preceding weekend. [full story]

Argentina's Senate Approves June 17 Public Holiday

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, Argentina's Senate finally approved, by a vote of 47-6, the bill that would declare June 17 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Argentina, to commemorate the anniversary of the death of General Martín Miguel de Güemes ("Conmemoración del fallecimiento del general Martín Miguel de Güemes"). [full story]

Taiwan 2017 Public Holidays Officialized

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Taiwanese Directorate General of Personnel Administration has announced that the Cabinet of Taiwan had formally approved the previously-released list of annual calendar of official non-working public holidays in Taiwan for its administrative agencies during the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Australian ACT Mulls Public Holidays Changes

Sources: ACT Government Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate (Canberra) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the ACT (Australia's Capital Territory) has launched public consultations on the possibility of declaring a new annual non-working public holiday in the ACT, beginning in 2017, and which would replace one of the current annual non-working public holidays of Australia's ACT; either Family and Community Day, in September, or the "Queen's Birthday", non-working public holiday of Australia's ACT in June. [full story]