Australia Extends QLD Easter Public Holidays

Sources: Department of Justice and Attorney-General (State of Queensland) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Palaszczuk Government of Australia's state of Queensland is moving to make Easter Sunday a new annual non-working public holiday in Australia's state of Queensland, beginning in 2017. [full story]

Maldives Eid Public Holidays Extended to September 17

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 Alhaa Eid holidays annual public holidays in the Maldives, by one day, by declaring an additional non-working public holiday in the Maldives on Friday, September 15, 2016. [full story]

Malta Day In Lieu Public Holidays 2017 Update

Sources: Malta Department of Information (Valetta) and Malta bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malta's General Workers' Union (GWU), through its general secretary, Josef Bugeja, has called on the government of Malta to reinstate, in the upcoming 2017 draft budget, as promised, the system of day in lieu non-working public holidays in Malta when a Maltese annual Malta public holiday falls on a weekend. [full story]

Australian ACT Reconciliation Day Public Holiday In 2018

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), through its Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Chris Bourke, has confirmed that there will be a new annual Reconciliation Day non-working public holiday in Australia's ACT (Australia's Capital Territory), beginning in 2018. [full story]

Turkey 2016 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays Confirmed

Sources: Hürriyet Daily News (Istanbul) and Turkey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of Turkey, Binali Yildirim, has issued an official communiqué confirming last month's announcement that the upcoming Feast of Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha, in Arabic, or Kurban Bayrami, in Turkish) non-working public holidays in Turkey, would be extended to last 9 days as were the recent End of Ramadan non-working public holidays in Turkey. [full story]

Jersey 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: States of Jersey (Saint Helier) and Jersey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The States of Jersey (the government of Jersey) have released the annual list of official Jersey non-working public holidays and bank holidays in Jersey for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Uzbekistan Public Holidays September 1-2-3

Sources: O‘zA – O‘zbekiston Milliy axborot agentligi (Tashkent) and Uzbekistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, has signed the resolution "On shifting day-off from Sunday, 4 September, to Friday, 2 September 2016, in connection with the 25th anniversary of Independence of Uzbekistan" which declares Friday, September 2, 2016, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Uzbekistan, in connection with the celebration of the Independence Day of Uzbekistan annual non-working public holiday in Uzbekistan to be observed on September 1st, 2016. [full story]

Malaysian PRK 2016 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Kangsar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesperson for the government of Malaysia's State of Perak, has announced that the Perak government had decided to effect the change of the Perak State public holiday in Malaysia ("Hari Keputeraan Sultan Perak"), from November 27, to early November, effective immediately in 2016, and not only beginning in 2017, as has previously been announced. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday September 12

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname, via its Minister of the Interior, Mike Noersalim, has announced that the upcoming "Ied Ul Adha" (Feast of Sacrifice) annual non-working public holiday in Suriname would be observed on Monday, September 12, 2016, a date which has been declared a non-working public holiday in Suriname. [full story]

Moldovan Public Holidays August 27-31

Sources: Agentia Informationala de Stat (Moldpres) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Moldova's Cabinet of Ministers has approved the Government Resolution 1005 of August 24, 2016, which declared Monday and Tuesday, August 29 and 30, 2016, as one-off bridge public holidays in Moldova, to link the upcoming, August 31, Romanian Language Day, annual public holiday of Moldova, with the preceding weekend (which also includes the, August 27, Independence Day of the Republic of Moldova annual public holiday of Moldova. [full story]

Liberia Mulls 2 New Muslim Public Holidays

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia) and Liberian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Liberian Senator for Nimba County, Prince Yormie Johnson, has submitted, for enactment, a bill calling for the declaration of 2 new Muslim non-working public holidays in Liberia, one public holiday to be observed in Liberia for the End of Ramadan and another public holiday to be observed in Liberia for the "Feast of Abraham (Lungee)" (better known as the Feast of sacrifice or Eid al-Adha). [full story]

Kazakhstan August 29 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Kazakhstan, via its Ministry of Health and Social Development, has issued a statement denying the social media rumor that Monday, August 29, 2016, had been declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in Kazakhstan, to link the upcoming annual Constitution Day non-working public holiday of Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, August 30, 2016, with the preceding weekend, as was done five years ago under similar circumstances. [full story]

Peruvian August 29 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo del Perú (MTPE) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Peru's Minister of Labour (Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo-MTPE), Alfonso Grados, has issued another communique aimed at putting an end to the social media rumours about the declaration of a one-off non-working public holiday in Peru on Monday, August 29, 2016, to link the upcoming annual Santa Rosa de Lima non-working public holiday of Peru, on Tuesday, August 30, 2016, with the preceding weekend. [full story]

New Zealand Rules-Out Land Wars Public Holiday

Sources: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following last Friday's announcement that a date was likely to be set to commemorate the New Zealand land wars , New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, earlier today, issued a statement that "a public holiday isn't on the agenda" echoed by a similar statement by New Zealand's Deputy PM, Bill English, also ruling-out the addition of a new annual non-working public holiday in New Zealand ("The Land Wars commemoration day will not be a public holiday"). [full story]

Liberian Public Holiday August 24

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia) and Liberian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Wednesday, August 24, 2016, as a national non-working public holiday in Liberia to be observed across the country on account of Liberia's National Flag Day. [full story]

Nepal Mulls Gaijatra Public Holiday Extension

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nepalese lawmakers, speaking at the Legislature-Parliament, have demanded that the current regional Gaijatra non-working public holiday of Nepal, currently only observed in the Kathmandu Valley, be declared as a nationwide non-working public holiday in Nepal, starting in 2017. [full story]

Australian NT 2018-2019 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment of the Northern Territory Government (Darwin) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Australia's Northern Territory has published its list of official non-working public holidays in Australia's Northern Territory for the calendar years 2018 and 2019. [full story]

Guernsey 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: States of Guernsey (St. Peter Port) and Guernsey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The States of Guernsey (the Guernsey Government) has published its official list of annual non-working public holidays in Guernsey, for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Thailand September 24-27 Public Holidays Ruled-Out

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Thailand Government spokesman, Maj-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd, has announced that, in line with recent remarks by Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-ocha, the recent proposal to declare September 24-27, 2016, as additional one-off non-working public holidays in Thailand to promote internal tourism, was not discussed at yesterday's cabinet meeting, and that it would not be discussed at any later cabinet meeting. [full story]

Philippines 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte, signed Proclamation No. 50, s. 2016, which lists the annual special and regular non-working public holidays in the Philippines for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Ukraine 2017 Public Holidays Draft

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ukraine's Ministry of Social Policy has prepared a draft resolution for the Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukraine specifying the annual official list of 2017 non-working public holidays in the Ukraine, but in contrast to last year's announcement of the official list of 2016 non-working public holidays in the Ukraine, does not yet include a decision to postpone working days in 2016, in order to create favorable conditions for the rational use of working time. [full story]

Vanuatu 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Vanuatu (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Vanuatu has announced its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Vanuatu for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Dominican Republic Public Holiday August 16

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Over this past weekend, the Ministry of Labour of the Dominican Republic once again issued a communiqué announcing that, as per the current public holidays legislation in the Dominican Republic, Tuesday, August 16, 2016, would be the date of the official annual non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic on account of the upcoming Día de la Restauración non-working public holiday. [full story]

Thailand 2017 Public Holidays Completed

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Thailand has announced the date of the 2017 Royal Ploughing Ceremony annual non-working public holiday, thus completing the previously-released partial list of official annual non-working public holidays in Thailand for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Guinea Conakry Public Holiday August 15

Sources: Portail Officiel du Gouvernement de la République de Guinée (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 du Travail et de la Fonction Publique"), has announced that Monday, August 15, 2016, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Guinea Conakry on account of the upcoming "Assomption". [full story]

Peru Declares 3 APEC Public Holidays

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo del Perú (MTPE) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Peruvian executive has issued the "decreto supremo 059-2016-PCM" declaring 3 days in November 2016 as one-off non-working public holidays in Peru, on account of the upcoming 24th meeting of the leaders of the APEC countries ("Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia Pacífico"). [full story]

Costa Rica Mother's Day 2016 Public Holiday

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 Public works and Transportation (Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes - MOPT) has confirmed that the upcoming August 15 non-working public holiday for Mother's Day (Día de la Madre) was an official non-working public holiday, and that, as per the amended public holidays legislation of Costa Rica, its observance would not and could not be moved to another date. [full story]

Benin Public Holiday August 15

Sources: Site officiel du gouvernement du Bénin (Cotonou) and Bénin bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Benin has released a communiqué signed by Benin's Minister of Labour and Social Security, Adidjatou Mathys, announcing that the government of President Patrice Guillaume Athanase Talon had declared Monday, August 15, 2016, as a non-working public holiday throughout Bénin on account of the upcoming "fête de l’Assomption" annual non-working public holidays in the Bénin. [full story]

Fiji Public Holiday August 22

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Fiji's Acting Prime Minister, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has confirmed that Fiji's Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, had declared a one-off non-working public holiday in Fiji, on Monday, August 22, 2016, to celebrate it's Olympic Team's victories in Rio. [full story]

Venezuelan Bank Holiday August 15

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 Monday, August 15, 2016, would be another bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the annual "Asunción de Nuestra Señora") annual bank holiday of Venezuela. [full story]

Bhutan Public Holiday September 27

Sources: Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan (Thimphu) and Bhutanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Election Commission of Bhutan has announced that Tuesday, September 27, 2016, the date of Bhutan's upcoming "Local Government Elections 2016", would be declared a one-off non-working public holiday in Bhutan as per paragraph (S) of the ECB/NOTIF-01/2016/193. [full story]

Swaziland Umhlanga/Reed Dance 2016 Public Holiday

Sources: Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs (Mbabane) and Swaziland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Swaziland's Indvuna Yembali Nonduduzo Zubuko in a joint statement with Sijabuliso Ginindza and Swaziland's Chairman of Culture, Prince Bukhosi, has announced the date when the upcoming non-working public holiday in Swaziland for the 2016 Umhlanga (aka. Reed Dance) would be observed. [full story]

Zambian Public Holiday August 11

Sources: Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (Lusaka) and Zambia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Zambian Government Secretary to the Cabinet, Roland Msiska, has announced that the Government of Zambia had declared a one-off non-working public holiday in Zambia on Thursday, August 11, 2016, "to facilitate the holding of the general elections and referendum". [full story]

Ecuador Public Holiday August 12

Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ecuador's Minister of Tourism (Ministro de Turismo) has issued a communique confirming that the upcoming August 10, Primer Grito de Independencia, annual public holiday of Ecuador is a compulsory annual non-working public holiday in Ecuador which will be observed, this year, on Friday, August 12, 2016. [full story]

Slovakian 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministerstvo zahranicných vecí Slovenskej republiky (Bratislava) and Slovakia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Slovakia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published its annual official list of 2017 Slovakian bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Slovakia for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Isle of Man 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Isle of Man Public Services (Tynwald) and Isle of Man bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Isle of Man Treasury Finance has officially announced the actual dates of the official annual Isle of Man bank holidays and of the non-working public holidays in the Isle of Man for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Spain 2017 La Rioja Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Boletin Oficial De La Rioja (La Rioja) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The recently-released annual list of regional public holidays in Spain's autonomous region of La Rioja for the upcoming calendar year 2017 ("días inhábiles a efectos laborales, de carácter retribuido y no recuperable, del calendario del próximo año") has been gazetted. [full story]

Samoan 2016 Public Holidays Revised

Sources: Samoan Ministry Of Commerce, Industry And Labour (Matagaluega o Pisinisi, Alamanuia, Leipa) and Samoan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry And Labour has released a revised list of the official non-working public holidays in Samoa for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Spain 2017 Extremadura Public Holidays

Sources: Diario Oficial de Extremadura (DOE) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Extremadura of Spain's Autonomous Region of Extremadura has published its annual list of regional public holidays in Spain's Extremadura (Calendario Laboral) for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Russian 2017 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Лента новостей РИА Новости (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, has signed and officially gazetted its previously-announced annual "Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 04.08.2016 № 756 "О переносе выходных дней в 2017 году", which lists the official non-working public holidays and bridge holidays in Russia for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Ivory Coast Public Holidays August 7-8

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, August 8, 2016, the day after the upcoming Independence Day non-working public holiday in the Ivory Coast, as another non-working public holiday in the Ivory Coast. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday August 9

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 Dag der Inheemsen (Indigenous People's Day) annual non-working public holiday in Suriname would be observed on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, a date which has been declared a non-working public holiday in Suriname. [full story]

Cook Islands Public Holiday August 4

Sources: Office of Prime Minister Organization (Avarua) and Cook Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Cook Islands has announced that Thursday, August 4, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday in the Cook Islands on account of the upcoming Cook Islands public holiday for Constitution Day. [full story]

Argentina Mulls August Public Holiday Change

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A bill has been introduced into Argentina's Lower House (Cámara de Diputados), by MP Gustavo Valdés (UCR), which would change the rule governing the date when the "conmemoración del fallecimiento del General Don José de San Martín", annual non-working public holiday in Argentina, is observed, from the current 3rd Monday of August to the fixed date of August 17. [full story]

Bolivian Public Holidays August 5-6

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Minister of Labour, has issued a communique confirming that the upcoming August 6, aniversario de fundación del actual Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, annual public holiday of Bolivia is a compulsory annual non-working public holiday in Bolivia for both the private and public sectors and that it will be observed on Friday, Saturday, August 6, 2016. [full story]

Hong Kong Nida Public Holiday August 2

Sources: 香港政府一站通 (HKSAR) and Hong Kong bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Early Tuesday morning, local Hong Kong time, a level 8 cyclone warning was raised in Hong Kong, in expectation of cyclone Nida's passage later in the day, and the government of Hong Kong declared Tuesday, August 2, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Hong Kong, as well as a bank holiday in Hong Kong, with closed government offices and schools for the day. [full story]

Rwanda Public Holiday August 5

Sources: Rwanda Bureau Of Information and Broadcasting (ORINFOR) and Rwanda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Rwanda through the Rwandan Ministry of Labor, has released a communique declaring Friday, August 5, 2016, as a non-working public holiday throughout Rwanda on account of the upcoming annual Umuganura Rwandan public holiday, which "normally takes place on August, 1st every year". [full story]

Australian NT 2016-2017 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment of the Northern Territory Government (Darwin) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Australia's Northern Territory has gazetted, late last week, amendments to its previously-released list of 2016 public holidays in Australia's Northern Territory and list of 2017 public holidays in Australia's Northern Territory. [full story]