Iraqi 2017 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: البنك المركزي العراقي (Baghdad) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Iraq has released its official list of 2017 bank holidays in Iraq related to the list of non-working public holidays in Iraq for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Malaysian State Public Holiday October 31

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Alor Setar) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, the Secretary of Malaysia's State of Johor announced that the government of Malaysia's State of Johor had declared that Monday, October 31, 2016, would be a one-off additional non-working public holiday in the State of Johor, to celebrate their winning of the Malaysia Cup against Selangor. [full story]

Bermuda 2019-2021 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bermuda Department of Communication and Information (Hamilton) and Bermuda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Bermuda, has released its list of official non-working public holidays in Bermuda for the calendar years 2019-2021, as well as amending its previously-released list of the official non-working public holidays in Bermuda for the calendar years 2017, 2018 and 2019. [full story]

Argentina Reduces 2017 Public Holidays

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). After a few weeks of indecision, the administration of Argentine President, Mauricio Macri, has finally decided to stop the process of declaring one-off non-working public holidays in Argentina ("feriados con fines turísticos") effective next year, for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Madagascar October 31 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) and Madagascar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Madagascar's direc¬teur général du Travail du ministère des Fonctions publiques, Hermann Tandra, has issued a communiqué squashing rumours that Monday, October 31, 2016, would be declared as a one-off non-working public holiday in Madagascar, to link the upcoming November 1st annual public holiday of Madagascar with the preceding weekend ("Les travailleurs vont devoir rejoindre leur bureau ce lundi 31 octobre"). [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago To Declare Carib Public Holiday Next Year

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley, has announced that the First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago will be given a one-off national non-working public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago, in 2017, in recognition of their contribution to Trinidad and Tobago, thus partially meeting a long-standing request for a public holiday for the Trinidad and Tobago Caribs, aka. First Peoples. [full story]

Liechtenstein 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Liechtensteinischer Bankenverband (Bankenplatz Liechtenstein) and Liechtenstein bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Liechtenstein has released its annual official list of Liechtenstein bank holidays and public holidays in Liechtenstein for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Mongolian Public Holiday October 31

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн Монцамэ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Mongolian government has confirmed Monday, October 31, 2016, as the date for the upcoming 2016 Chinggis Khaan annual non-working public holiday in Mongolia, added a few years ago to the list of annual non-working public holidays in Mongolia. [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holiday November 3

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 All Saints Day and All Souls Day non-working public holidays in Timor Leste by declaring an additional day-off public sector holiday in Timor Leste (toleránsia pontu) for Thursday, November 3, 2016 ("Governu deside ona hodi fó toleránsia pontu iha loron 3 fulan-novembru tinan 2016"). [full story]

Chilean 2017 Public Holidays Amended Again

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social (Valparaiso) and Chile bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Chile's Ministro Secretario General de Gobierno has announced another revised version of the annual list of bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Chile for the calendar year 2017 ("Feriados de carácter general" and "Irrenunciable"), which it had recently released and amended in conjunction with Chile's Ministerio del Trabajo y Previsión Social. [full story]

Bhutanese 2017 Public Holidays Announced

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 released its annual official list of national and regional non-working public holidays in Bhutan for the upcoming calendar year 2017, and for 2018 until the Losar Lunar New Year public holiday of Bhutan, comprising the end of the present Year of the Fire Male Monkey and most of the upcoming Year of the Fire Female Bird. [full story]

Algerian Revolution Day Public Holiday 2016

Sources: الموقع الرسمي للمديرية العامة للوظيفة العمومية (Alger) and Algeria banks holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Algerian Ministry of Labour (Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Sécurité Sociale) has announced that Tuesday, November 1st, 2016, had been declared a non-working public holiday in Algeria on account of the annual "fête de la Révolution" annual non-working public holiday of Algeria. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday November 2

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nepalese government spokesperson and Minister for Information and Communications, Surendra Kumar Karki, has announced that the government of Nepal had decided, at this morning's meeting, to declare Wednesday, November 2, 2016, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Nepal to mark the arrival in Nepal of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, in Nepal for a three-day state visit. [full story]

Bolivian Public Holidays November 1-2

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 November2, día de los difuntos, 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 Wednesday, November 2, 2016. [full story]

Tonga 2016-2017 Year-End Public Holidays

Sources: Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications (Nuku'alofa) and Tonga bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Tonga's Prime Minister's Office has issued a communiqué ("Government Christmas holidays start Dec 21") announcing that the Cabinet of the Government of Tonga had once again declared a 2-week period of additional public sector holidays in Tonga, from Wednesday, December 21, 2016, until Sunday, January 1, 2017, inclusively. [full story]

Burkina Faso Public Holiday October 31

Sources: Ministère du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale (Ouagadougou) and Burkina Faso public holidays (qppstudio.net). Burkina Faso's Minister of Labour (Ministère du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale) has issued the communiqué 16.808 announcing that Monday, October 31, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday in Burkina Faso ("déclarée chômé et payé"). [full story]

Turkey July 15 Public Holiday Official

Sources: Hürriyet Daily News (Istanbul) and Turkey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Turkey's Parliament has unanimously passed a bill to declare July 15 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Turkey, named Democracy and National Solidarity Day, beginning next year, to mark the anniversary of this past summer’s attempted coup. [full story]

Nicaraguan 2016 All Souls Public Holiday

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, as per instructions of President Daniel Ortega Saavedra announced that MITRAB had issued a communique declaring that Wednesday, November 2, 2016, would be a full-day paid public sector holiday in Nicaragua ("el próximo 2 de noviembre será día de asueto con goce de salario para los trabajadores del Estado"). [full story]

Australian 2019 Public Holidays In Tasmania

Sources: Tasmanian Government Media Releases (Hobart) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Workplace Standards Tasmania of Australia's State of Tasmania, has released its annual list of official 2018 non-working public holidays in the Australian State of Tasmania and bank holidays in Tasmania for the calendar year 2019. [full story]

Monaco 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté (Monaco) and Monaco bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Monaco's State Ministry has published its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Monaco (liste des jours chômés et payés) and Monaco bank holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Vatican 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Prefettura della Casa Ponitificia (Vatican City) and Holy See/Vatican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Vatican's Prefecture of the Papal Household has released its annual list of the 2017 closed public holidays for the Holy See (aka. Vatican City). [full story]

Macedonian 2017 Public Holidays Announced

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 released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Macedonia and Macedonian bank holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Serbian 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Министарство рада и социјалне политике (Belgrade) and Serbia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Serbian government has released its annual list of official 2017 non-working public holidays in Serbia and Serbian bank holidays for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Thailand 2017 Public Holidays Will Be Overhauled

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister, Wissanu Krea-ngam, has announced that, following last week's passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Thai government would soon change up to 4 of the annual non-working public holidays in Thailand, effective in 2017, and therefore has asked public and private organizations to wait for the upcoming announcement of changes to Thailand's public holidays, including previously announced and completed 2017 public holidays in Thailand, before producing any 2017 calendars. [full story]

Sri Lankan 2017 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் கூட்டுத்தாபனம் (SLBC) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sri Lanka Banks' Association has released its annual list of the official bank holidays in Sri Lanka for the upcoming calendar year 2017, in line with, but expanding upon, the official list of annual Sri Lankan public holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2017. as published last spring. [full story]

Vietnam 2017 Public Holidays Draft

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 issued a draft containing its proposed annual list of the official non-working public holidays in Vietnam for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Romanian June 1st Public Holiday Passes Lower House

Sources: Senatului României (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Romania's Chamber of Deputies has passed by 237 votes for (unanimity, if our count is correct), a bill passed by the Senate already, and which would amend the Romanian Labour Code and make June 1st, Children's Day, as another new annual non-working public holiday in Romania for both the private and public sectors. [full story]

Dominican Republic Mulls Reyes Public Holidays Amendments

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Dominican Republic National Assembly is currently examining yet another bill that would remove the annual January 6 non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic from the scope of the law No.139-97 which moves some mid-week public holidays in the Dominican Republic ("proyecto que modifica los artículos 2 y 4 de la Ley 139-97, para excluir el seis de enero, Día de los Santos Reyes, del ámbito de los feriados sujetos a traslados"). [full story]

Kazakhstan 2017 Public Holidays Confirmed

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Health and Social Development of the government of Kazakhstan has confirmed the earlier-released draft of the annual list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan, including bridge public holidays in Kazakhstan and compensatory working Saturdays, for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Moldova 2017 Public Holidays Extended

Sources: Agentia Informationala de Stat (Moldpres) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Moldova has announced an extension to the list of 2017 annual non-working public holidays in Moldova ("cu privire la zilele de odihna în anul 2017"), by adding 3 one-off 2017 non-working public holidays in Moldova to the annual official list of non-working public holidays in Moldova for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Guyana 2016 Deepavali Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Guyana Government Information Agency (GINA) and Guyana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Guyana's Minister Of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, has announced that the government of Guyana had gazetted Saturday, October 29, 2016, as the date of the upcoming Deepavali non-working public holiday in Guyana. [full story]

Hungary 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest) and Hungary bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Hungary, upon the recommendation of the Hungarian National Economy Minister, has confirmed that there would be no expanded version of its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Hungary for the calendar year 2017, due to the fact that there are no "orphan" Hungarian public holidays on Tuesday or Thursday in the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Ecuador Mulls Public Holidays Legislative Changes

Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). During his weekly address to the nation of yesterday (Enlace Ciudadano 496), Ecuador's President, Rafael Correa, announced that he had sent a bill to the Ecuadorean Asamblea Nacional to declare as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Ecuador, the Friday before, or the Monday after, an annual non-working public holiday of Ecuador which falls on the weekend. [full story]

Saba 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire (Kralendijk) and Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Executive Council of the Public Entity Saba (the regional government of Saba) has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Saba, which should also apply as non-working public holidays to all of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Indian Assam Public Holiday October 17

Sources: Daily News and Analysis (Guwahati) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of the Government of India's state of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal, has declared a non-working government public holiday in India's state of Assam on Monday, October 17, 2016, on the occasion of Kati Bihu, "so that everyone can unequivocally take part into the observation of Kati Bihu rituals". [full story]

Haiti Public Holiday October 17

Sources: Communiqués de presse de la Présidence de la République d'Haïti (Port-au-Prince) and Haiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of Communication of the Presidency of Haiti (Bureau de la communication de la Primature) has announced that Haiti's President has issued an Executive Order declaring Monday, October 17, 2016, as a non-working public holiday throughout Haiti to coincide with this year's public holiday of Haiti commemorating the death of the Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines. [full story]

Bahrain 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: مصرف البحرين المركزى (Manama) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's Central Bank has published its annual list of expected bank holidays and public holidays in Bahrain for the calendar year 2017. [full story]

Israel 2017 Bank Holidays and Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Bank of Israel (BOI) and Israel public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Israel has released the official list of the days in 2017 which will be observed as bank and public holidays in Israel, as part of its annual announcement of the "List of days in 2017 apart from Saturdays, which will be observed as Bank and Public Holidays in Israel". [full story]

Jordanian 2017 Bank and Public Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Jordan has announced its annual list of religious and national non-working public holidays and bank holidays in Jordan for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Bhutanese October 2016 Public Holidays Extended

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, on direct instructions from King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, has also declared Friday, October 14, 2016, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Bhutan to mourn Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej. [full story]

Thailand Public Holiday October 14

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Thailand's Government Cabinet has declared a one-off non-working public holiday in Thailand, on Friday, October 14, 2016, to mourn King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died earlier today. [full story]

British Virgin Islands 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office (BVI) and British Virgin Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has approved and announced the annual list of, and dates of, official non-working public holidays in the British Virgin Islands for the calendar year 2017, in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap 199), as amended. [full story]

Bulgaria Mulls 2017 Public Holidays Rules Overhaul

Sources: Република България Министерски Съвет (Sofia) and Bulgarian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bulgaria's Minister of Labour, Zornitca Rusinova, has announced that she would soon propose changes to the Bulgarian Labour Code, put an end to the government practice of "rearranging working days" whereby the Bulgarian Council of Ministers would annually declare Monday and Friday one-off public holidays in Bulgaria, whenever an annual non-working public holiday of Bulgaria fell on a Tuesday or Friday. [full story]

Palau Public Holiday November 1st

Sources: Palau Government (Koror) and Palau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The incumbent President of Palau, Tommy Remengesau Jr., has confirmed that Tuesday, November 1, 2016, the date of the upcoming Palau Election Day, would be a non-working public holiday in Palau, once again. [full story]

Bolivian Public Holiday October 11

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 announcing that Tuesday, October 11, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday in Bolivia for Bolivian Women's Day Día de la Mujer Boliviana as a compulsory non-working public holiday in Bolivia for both the private and public sectors. [full story]

Pakistan 2016 Bank Holidays For Moharram-ul-Haram

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier this morning, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has in turn announced that the State Bank of Pakistan and the commercial banks of Pakistan would observe their annual Moharram-ul-Haram (aka. Ashura) Pakistani bank holidays on October 11-12, 2016, analogously to the same non-working public holidays in Pakistan announced last week by the Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Government of Pakistan. [full story]

Algerian 2016 Ashura Public Holiday Announced

Sources: الموقع الرسمي للمديرية العامة للوظيفة العمومية (Alger) and Algeria banks holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Algerian Ministry of Labour (Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Sécurité Sociale) has announced that Wednesday, October 12, 2016, had been declared as the date of the "10 Moharram 1438 de l'Hégire" and a non-working public holiday in Algeria on account of annual Achoura (Ashura) non-working public holiday in Algeria. [full story]

Spain 2017 National Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following the recent gazetting of the 2017 public holidays in the last of Spain's autonomous regions (Ceuta, Melilla and Murcia), the national government of Spain has gazetted its annual list of official national non-working public holidays in Spain (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Spain 2017 Ceuta Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la Ciudad de Ceuta (BOCCE) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The recently-announced annual list of 2017 non-working Spanish public holidays (calendario laboral) in the Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta, as announced by the legislative assembly of Spain's autonomous region of Ceuta (Ilustre Pleno de !a Asamblea de Ceuta), has been officially gazetted in the BOCCE (Boletín Oficial de la Ciudad de Ceuta). [full story]

Spain 2017 Murcia Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Dirección General de Trabajode la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia (Murcia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Spain's autonomous region of La Murcia through the Dirección General de Trabajode la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia has finally gazetted the calendar of official Spanish public holidays in Murcia (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2017, which it had unofficially announced last spring. [full story]