Venezuela Public Holiday February 1st
(Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2017)
Source: Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Comunicación e Información (Caracas) - Summary: Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has issued a decree declaring Wednesday, February 1, 2017, as one-off non-working public holiday to commemorate the bicentennial of the birth of general Ezequiel Zamora. - Links: full story, other Venezuela news and updates,
Venezuela
public holidays, back to the top.North Cyprus 2017 Public Holidays Announced
(Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2017)
Source: Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Lefkosa) - Summary: The deputy director of the Office of Personnel of the Republic of Northern Cyprus has released the annual list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Northern Cyprus for the calendar year 2017. - Links: full story, other North Cyprus news and updates,
North Cyprus
public holidays, back to the top.Australia Rules-Out Tasmania Aboriginal Public Holiday
(Posted on Friday, January 27, 2017)
Source: Tasmanian Government Media Releases (Hobart) - Summary: The Premier of Australia's State of Tasmania, Will Hodgman, has stated that the government of the Australian State of Tasmania had no intentions of including, in his government?s reconciliation agenda, a new non-working public holiday Tasmania in honour of the state?s First People. - Links: full story, other Australia news and updates,
Australia
public holidays, back to the top.Dominican Republic Public Holiday January 30
(Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2017)
Source: Ministerio de Trabajo República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) - Summary: The Ministry of Labour of the Dominican Republic has issued an official communiqué confirming that, as per the current legislation on public holidays in the Dominican Republic, the upcoming "Día del Patricio Juan Pablo Duarte" annual non-working public holiday in the Dominican Republic, would be moved, in 2017, from its traditional date of January 26, to Monday, January 30, 2017. - Links: full story, other Dominican Republic news and updates,
Dominican Republic
public holidays, back to the top.Belize 2017 Public Holidays Announced
(Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2017)
Source: Belize Ministry of National Security (Belmopan) - Summary: The press office of the Government of Belize has sent out a press release announcing its official list of annual non-working public holidays in Belize for the calendar year 2017. - Links: full story, other Belize news and updates,
Belize
public holidays, back to the top.Germany Mulls Schleswig-Holstein Public Holiday Extension
(Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2017)
Source: Lübecker Nachrichten (Lübeck) - Summary: The Minister of Economics (Ministerpräsident) of Germany's state of Schleswig-Holstein, Reinhard Meyer, has announced that he was in favour of adding Reformation Day as a new annual non-working public holiday in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, after the 2017 exception whereby October 31, 2017, was declared a one-off national non-working public holiday in Germany. - Links: full story, other Germany news and updates,
Germany
public holidays, back to the top.New Caledonia 2017 Bank Holidays Announced
(Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2017)
Source: Medef Nouvelle-Calédonie (Nouméa) - Summary: The government of New Caledonia, following its earlier release of the list of non-working public holidays in New Caledonia in 2017, has released its annual expanded list of bank holidays for the calendar year 2017. - Links: full story, other New Caledonia news and updates,
New Caledonia
public holidays, back to the top.Guinea Conakry 2017 Public Holidays Announced
(Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2017)
Source: guineeconakry.info (Conakry) - Summary: The government of Guinea Conakry has announced its annual list of 2017 non-working public holidays (jours chômés et payés) in the Republic of Guinea Conakry. - Links: full story, other Guinea news and updates,
Guinea
public holidays, back to the top.Argentina Public Holidays Legislation Changes Gazetted
(Posted on Monday, January 23, 2017)
Source: Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires) - Summary: The Decreto de Necesidad y Urgencia (Decreto 52/2017), announced last week by Argentine President, Mauricio Macri, to set forth his proposed revisions to the rules governing non-working public holidays in Argentina, has been published in the Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina to take effect tomorrow, Tuesday, January 24, 2017. - Links: full story, other Argentina news and updates,
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Source: Armenian News Agency (ARMENPRESS) - Summary: The Government of Armenia has announced the annual list of official public holidays in Armenia for the calendar year 2017. - Links: 
Source: Primature du Togo (Lome) - Summary: The government of Togo has issued released the list of non-working public holidays in Togo for the calendar year 2017. - Links: 
Source: Government of Anguilla (The Valley) - Summary: The government of Anguilla has released its annual list of the official Anguilla bank holidays and non-working public holidays in Anguilla for the calendar year 2017. - Links: 
Source: Assembleia da República (Lisboa) - Summary: Portugal's leading coalition partner Socialists have formally announced that they were against their coalition partner's, the Greens' proposal to declare Carnival as a new annual non-working public holiday in Portugal, thus killing the initiative. - Links: 
Source: Komunikadu Imprensa Sekretaria Estadu Konsellu Ministru Timor-Leste (Dili) - Summary: The government of Timor Leste has issued a press communiqué containing its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Timor Leste for the calendar year 2017 (Feriadu sira iha tinan 2017). - Links: 
Source: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José) - Summary: The Committee on Social Affairs of Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly has finally rejected last year's bill introduced by MPs from the Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) and the Frente Amplio (FA) which would have declared December 1st, the anniversary of the the abolition of the army, as a new annual non-working public holiday in Costa Rica, to replace the October 12, celebration meeting of cultures annual public holiday of Costa Rica. - Links: 
Source: Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana) - Summary: The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, has finally signed a decree officializing the list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan, including bridge holidays and compensatory working Saturdays, for the upcoming calendar year 2017. - Links: 
Source: Laman Web Rasmi Bahagian Kabinet Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Kuala Lumpur) - Summary: Malaysia's Cabinet's and the Constitution and Government Relations Department of the Prime Minister's Office has announced that, in response to a change to the upcoming Islamic New Year 1439, decided by the Islamic Development Department, it had decided to also change the date of the upcoming Islamic New Year 1439 official non-working public holiday in Malaysia ("the 2017 federal holiday calendar has been amended accordingly"). - Links: 
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) - Summary: Chile's Senate has approved the declaration of the date of the upcoming National Census, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, as a one-off compulsory public holiday in Chile (feriado irrenunciable), thus making Wednesday, April 19, 2017, an official one-off compulsory public holiday in Chile. - Links: 
Source: Mediafax (Bucharest) - Summary: Romanian Prime Minister, Sorin Grindeanu, has announced that the Romanian government Cabinet had decided to declare Monday, January 23, 2017, as a one-off bridge public holiday in Romania, to link the new annual Romanian public holiday of January 24, commemorating the Day of Unification of the Romanian Principalities, with the preceding weekend. - Links: 
Source: Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul) - Summary: The government of Afghanistan has announced its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Afghanistan for the calendar year 2017. - Links: 
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