Monday, January 30, 2017

Week 4: January 23-29, 2017


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, Argentina public holidays, back to the top.