Spain 2017 La Rioja Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletin Oficial De La Rioja (La Rioja) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejería de Industria, Innovación y Empleo of Spain's Autonomous Region of La Rioja, through its spokesperson, Begoña Martínez Arregui, has announced its annual list of regional public holidays in Spain's La Rioja for the upcoming calendar year 2017 ("días inhábiles a efectos laborales, de carácter retribuido y no recuperable, del calendario del próximo año"). [full story]

Spain 2017 Cantabria Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Consejería de Economía y Hacienda del Gobierno de Cantabria (Santander) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejería de Economía y Hacienda del Gobierno de Cantabria has gazetted its previously-released annual list of 2017 annual non-working public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Cantabria (Calendario de Fiestas Laborales para el año 2017 en el ámbito de la Comunidad Autónoma de Cantabria). [full story]

Nepalese Bhoto Jatra Public Holiday July 29

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Home Ministry of the Government of Nepal, via its spokesperson, Yadav Prasad Koiralaha, has announced that the Machhindranath’s chariot had arrived at Jawalakhel, earlier this week and therefore had declared Friday, July 29, 2016, as the date of this year's Bhoto Jatra non-working public holiday in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. [full story]

Jamaican August 8 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and Jamaica bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister of Labour and Social Security of Jamaica, Shahine Robinson, has issued a joint JIS/MLSS (Ministry of Labour and Social Security) news release in which she rules-out the declaration of Monday, August 8, 2016, as a one-off day in lieu non-working public holiday in Jamaica, to compensate the fact that this year's Independence Day annual non-working public holiday will fall on a Saturday. [full story]

Maldives Public Holidays July 31

Sources: ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, has decided to extend the upcoming Independence Day annual public holidays in the Maldives, by one more day, by declaring an additional non-working public holiday in the Maldives on Sunday, July 31, 2016. [full story]

Vanuatu Public Holiday August 1st

Sources: Government of Vanuatu (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of the President and Head of State of Vanuatu, Baldwin Lonsdale, via the Prime Minister of Vanuatu, has announced that Monday, August 1, 2016, had been declared as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Vanuatu, on account of the annual Vanuatu public holiday for the 36th anniversary of Independence falling on a Saturday, in the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Azerbaijan September 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has issued a decree declaring Monday and Tuesday, September 12 and 13, 2016, as non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan on account of this year's annual Gurban Bayram (Feast of Sacrifice, or Eid al-Adha) annual public holidays in Azerbaijan. [full story]

Nicaraguan August 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB), through its coordinator for the council of communications, Rosario Murillo, has issued a communiqué announcing Monday, August 1, and Wednesday, August 10, 2016, as the dates of the upcoming annual fully-paid non-working public holidays in Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua ("decretando como días de asueto el 1 y 10 agosto en el municipio de Managua, en ocasión de las fiestas patronales en honor a Santo Domingo de Guzmán") for the upcoming annual Managua non-working public holidays of Nicaragua. [full story]

Japanese Heisei Era End Could Mean New Public Holiday

Sources: 日本銀行 (Tokyo) and Japan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The announcement, earlier this month, that Japanese Emperor Akihito intended to abdicate his throne while alive, might mean that, based on past precedent, a new annual non-working public holiday could be added to the list of annual non-working public holidays in Japan in the coming years. [full story]

Singapore 2017 Islamic Calendar Released

Sources: Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) and Singapore bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Majilis Ugama Islam Singapura) has released its annual official Singapore Islamic Calendar to be used for the calendar year 2017, in particular for the determination of the dates of the 2 annual non-working public holidays of Singapore based on the Hijra calendar. [full story]

Malaysian 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Lumpur) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malaysia's Cabinet's and the Constitution and Government Relations Department of the Prime Minister's Office have jointly issued the annual official Federal Public Holidays Schedule 2017 and State Public Holiday Schedule 2017 containing the list of official national non-working public holidays in Malaysia for the calendar year 2017 as well as the state-specific regional non-working public holidays in Malaysia for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Costa Rica Public Holiday On July 25

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José) and Costa Rican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Costa Rica's Minister of Labour has once again confirmed that the upcoming día de la Anexión del Partido de Nicoya non-working public holiday would be observed on Monday, July 25, 2016, as per the amended public holidays legislation of Costa Rica. [full story]

Moldova Adds Europe Day Public Holiday

Sources: Agentia Informationala de Stat (Moldpres) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Moldavian government executive, at yesterday's Cabinet meeting, has approved the declaration of Europe Day as another new annual non-working public holiday in Moldova. [full story]

Jordan Public Holiday September 20

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Jordanian Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the government of Jordan have announced that Tuesday, September 20, 2016, had been declared another non-working public holiday in Jordan on account of that day's parliamentary elections. [full story]

Spain 2017 Cantabria Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Consejería de Economía y Hacienda del Gobierno de Cantabria (Santander) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejería de Economía y Hacienda del Gobierno de Cantabria has gazetted its annual list of 2017 annual non-working public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Cantabria (calendario laboral). [full story]

Iraqi Public Holidays July 20-21

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Baghdad) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Iraqi Government, via the Iraqi Cabinet, has once again declared a 2-day mandatory period of non-working public holidays in Iraq, on Wednesday and Thursday, July 20-21, 2016, due to forecasted high temperatures. [full story]

Zambia Mulls Additional August 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (Lusaka) and Zambia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Green Party of Zambia, Peter Sinkamba, has appealed to Zambian President, Edgar Lungu, to declare Wednesday-Friday, August 10-12, 2016, as constitutional public holidays in Zambia to ensure smooth tripartite elections, whereas many voters need to travel to their place of voting on the day before the election and return to their place of work the following day. [full story]

Omani Public Holidays July 23-24

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced similar dates for the upcoming 2016 Blessed Renaissance Day non-working public holidays in Oman, for both the public sector and the private sector of Oman. [full story]

Bosnian January 9 Public Holiday Referendum

Sources: Federalna novinska agencija (Sarajevo) and Bosnia and Herzegovina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The National Assembly of the Republika Srpska (RS) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Banja Luka, has voted to hold a referendum on September 25, 2016, on the January 9 regional public holiday ("Do you agree that January 9 should be marked and celebrated as the Day of Republika Srpska?"), to counteract last year's ruling by the Bosnian Constitutional Court that the January 9 public holiday in the Republika Srpska was "discriminatory and unconstitutional". [full story]

Spain 2017 Navarra Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Boletín Oficial de Navarra (BON) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Directora General de la Politica Económica y Empresarial y Trabajo de Navarra has gazetted its previously-announced annual "calendario laboral" which lists the dates of the non-working public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Navarra for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Turkey Extends 2016 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: Hürriyet Daily News (Istanbul) and Turkey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of Turkey, Binali Yildirim, has announced that the upcoming Feast of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha, in Arabic, or Kurban Bayrami, in Turkish) non-working public holidays of Turkey, would also be extended to last 9 days as was the recent End of Ramadan non-working public holidays in Turkey, which were extended to 9 days of non-working public holidays in Turkey, by declaring Friday, July 9, 2016, as a non-working public holiday to link the recent Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan) Turkish public holidays with the preceding weekend. [full story]

Greece 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Bank of Greece (Athens) and Greece bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Greece, Greece's Central Bank, has released its annual list of the official non-working public holidays and bank holidays in Greece for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Nicaraguan Public Holidays July 19-20

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB), through its coordinator for the council of communications, Rosario Murillo, has announced that Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega Saavedra, had once again authorized the extension of the annual, July 19, non-working public holiday of Nicaragua, with a one-off non-working public sector holiday in Nicaragua on Monday, July 20, 2015 ("el día 20 se decreta como asueto con goce de salario para los trabajadores del Estado"). [full story]

Maldives Public Holidays July 26-30

Sources: ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, has decided to extend the upcoming Independence Day annual public holidays in the Maldives and link it to the following weekend by declaring additional non-working public holidays in the Maldives on Thursday, July 28, 2016. [full story]

Spain Call For New Ceuta Muslim Public Holiday

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la Ciudad de Ceuta (BOCCE) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Various groups in the legislative assembly of Spain's autonomous region of Ceuta (Ilustre Pleno de !a Asamblea de Ceuta) have begun a new push to add another Muslim public holiday to the list of annual non-working public holidays in Spain's autonomous region of Ceuta, the official calendario laboral) of the Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta. [full story]

Austria Could Add New Public Holiday

Sources: Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äusseres (BMEIA) and Austrian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Court of Appeals for the Vienna Circuit has ruled that a provision in the "Act on Rest Periods", the law regulating public holidays in Austria, violates EU law in the manner in which it treats entitlement to the Good Friday holiday in Austria, paving the road for Good Friday to become an annual non-working public holiday for everyone in Austria. [full story]

South Korean Mulls Happy Monday Public Holidays

Sources: Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) and South Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The South Korean Government is considering moving some of the fixed-date non-working public holidays of South Korea so that they always occur on a Monday. [full story]

Transdniestrian 2017 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 or also the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic) for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Spain 2017 Galicia Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Diario Oficial de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Spain's Autonomous Region of Galicia (Consejo de la Xunta de Galicia) has officially gazetted its recently-released annual official list of regional public holidays in Galicia (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

San Marino 2017 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 2017. [full story]

Palau Constitution Day Public Holiday July 9

Sources: Palau Government (Koror) and Palau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Palau has announced that Saturday, July 9, 2016, would be the date of the upcoming 36th Constitution Day annual non-working public holiday in Palau. [full story]

Nepalese 2016 Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holiday

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nepal Ministry of Home Affairs has finally announced that, as per a notice published in the Nepal gazette, Thursday, July 7, 2016, had been declared as the annual non-working public holiday in Nepal on account of the upcoming annual Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) non-working public holiday in Nepal. [full story]

Solomon Islands Confirms Public Holiday July 7

Sources: The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (Honiara) and Solomon Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Solomon Islands Minister for Home Affairs has announced that the Cabinet of the Solomon Islands had confirmed Thursday, July 7, 2016, as the date of the 2016 annual non-working public holiday in the Solomon Islands commemorating the Solomon Island's Independence Day. [full story]

Mauritania Extends 2016 Aid El Fitr Public Holidays

Sources: الوكالة الموريتانية للأنباء (Nouakchott) and Mauritanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, the President of Maurtitania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has issued a communique once again extending the previously-announced date of Wednesday, July 6, 2016, by one day for the upcoming Aid El Fitr (End of Ramadan) annual non-working public holiday in Mauritania ("La journée du jeudi 07 juillet 2016, lendemain de la fête de l’Aïd El Fitr sera fériée, chômée et payée sur toute l’étendue du territoire national."). [full story]

Indian Eid-ul-Fitr 2016 Public Holidays Chaos

Sources: कार्मिक, लोक शिकायत तथा पेंशन मंत्रालय कार्मिक मामलों (New Delhi) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier tonight, local time, the moon sighting committees of a majority of Indian Sates have announced that there were no news of the Shawwal moon, and therefore that the Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) annual Indian public holiday would be celebrated on Thursday, July 7, 2016, instead of the previously-announced date of Wednesday, July 6, 2016. [full story]

Malaysia Rules-Out Further Extension of July 10 State Public Holidays

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kota Baru) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Malaysian state of Kelantan, in the person of Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob, has announced that the Malaysian state of Kelantan had decided not to grant Sunday, July 10, 2016, as a one-off day in lieu public sector holiday in the Malaysian state of Kelantan, though all other Malaysian States, where Friday is a non-working day, have done so. [full story]

Libyan 2016 Eid Public Holidays

Sources: المجلس الوطنى الإنتقالى (Tripoli) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Both rival Libyan governments, namely the Tripoli-based Dar Al-Ifta, headed by Sadek Al-Ghariani, and the Thinni administration in Beida, have announced that the Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) annual non-working public holidays in Libya would start tomorrow, on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. [full story]

Ivory Coast 2016 Aïd el Fitr Public Holiday

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 Wednesday, July 6, 2016, as the date of the annual national non-working public holiday in the Ivory Coast ("jour férié, chômé et payé sur toute l'étendue du territoire national") on account of the upcoming Aïd el Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday of the Ivory Coast. [full story]

Bahrain 2016 Eid Al Fitr Public Holidays

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 stipulating as official non-working public holidays in Bahrain for the upcoming 2016 Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan), the date of the Eid Al-Fitr as well as that of the 2 days that follow, as non-working public holidays in Bahrain to mark the Eid Al Fitr public holidays in Bahrain for the Islamic year 1436. [full story]

Malawi Public Holidays July 6-7

Sources: Government of the Republic of Malawi (Lilongwe) and Malawi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malawi's Ministry Secretary for Local Government and Rural Development, Stuart Ligome, has announced that the date of the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) holidays had been decided by the Muslims Association of Malawi (MAM) as Thursday, July 7, 2016, and that the Malawi government had declared that date as a non-working public holiday in Malawi on account of the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) annual non-working public holiday of Malawi. [full story]

Malaysia July 10 State Public Holidays Extended

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Alor Setar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Malaysian state of Kedah, in the person of Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah, has, in turn, announced that the Malaysian state of Kedah had decided to grant Sunday, July 10, 2016, as a one-off day in lieu public sector holiday in the Malaysian state of Kedah where Friday is a non-working day. [full story]

Philippines End of Ramadan Public Holiday On July 6

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). In a press briefing, earlier this morning, Philippines Presidential Spokesperson, Ernesto Abella, announced that Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte, had declared Wednesday, July 6, 2016, as the date of the upcoming Eid’l Fitr (End of Ramadan) annual non-working public holiday of the Philippines, in accordance with Republic Act 9177. [full story]

Malaysia Mulls July 8 Bank Holiday

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Lumpur) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The General Secretary of the Malaysian National Union of Bank Employees (Nube), J. Solomon, has appealed to the Malaysian Government and Bank Negara Malaysia (Malaysia's Central Bank) to consider also declaring a one-off non-working bank holiday in Malaysia, on Friday, July 8, 2016, for workers in the banking and financial sectors, to link the 2-day annual Hari Raya Aidilfitri (End of Ramadan) Malaysian public holidays of July 6 and 7, with the following weekend. [full story]

Philippines July 6 Public Holiday Expected

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Presidential Communications Office Secretary, Martin Andanar, is reported in the local media as saying that Malacañang, the Philippines' Presidential Palace, may declare July 6 as the date national holiday non-working public holiday in the Philippines, in observance of the upcoming "Eid al-Fitr" (End of Ramadan) annual public holidays of the Philippines. [full story]

Benin Public Holiday July 6

Sources: Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin (Cotonou) and Bénin bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Benin has released the communiqué 028/MTFPAS/DC/SGM/DGT/DRP/SRI, signed by Benin's Ministry of Labour's Cabinet Director, David Vidéhouénou, on behalf of the Ministre Du Travail, De La Fonction Publique Et Des Affaires Sociales, Adidjatou Mathys, announcing that Wednesday, July 6, 2016, had been declared as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the upcoming End of Ramadan annual non-working public holidays in the Bénin. [full story]

Malaysia State Public Holidays July 10

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Johor Baru) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governments of the Malaysian states of Johor and Terengganu, in the respective persons of Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin and Menteri Besar Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman, have, in turn, announced that the Malaysian states of Johor and Terengganu had separately decided to grant Sunday, July 10, 2016, as a one-off day in lieu public sector holiday in the Malaysian states of Johor and Terengganu where Friday is a non-working day. [full story]

UAE 2016 Eid-al-Fitr Bank Holidays

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

Kenyan 2016 Idd Ul Fitr Public Holiday

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kenyan Government's Interior Cabinet Secretary has signed a gazette notice announcing that the date of the annual non-working public holiday in Kenya for the upcoming Idd-Ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) in Kenya would be Thursday, July 7, 2016. [full story]

Pakistan 2016 Eid-ul-Fitr Bank Holidays

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that the State Bank of Pakistan and the commercial banks of Pakistan would observe their annual Eid-ul-Fitr bank holidays in Pakistan from July 5-8, 2016, meaning that, in conjunction with the subsequent weekend, banks in Pakistan will remain closed from July 5-10, 2016. [full story]

Guinea Conakry Public Holiday July 2

Sources: guineeconakry.info (Conakry) and Guinea Conakry bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Guinea Conakry, through its Ministers of Labour and of the Public Sector ("les Ministres en charge de la Fonction Publique et du Travail"), has announced that Saturday, July 2nd, 2016, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Guinea Conakry on account of the upcoming "lendemain de la nuit de Lailatoul Ghadr". [full story]