Latvian 2018 Public Holidays Announced
(Posted on Sunday, February 26, 2017)
Source: The Welfare Ministry of the Government of Latvia (Riga) - Summary: The government of Latvia has released the annual official list of official non-working national public holidays in Latvia, and bridge non-working public holidays in Latvia, for the upcoming calendar year 2018. - Links: full story, other Latvia news and updates,
Latvia
public holidays, back to the top.Tongan Public Holiday March 1st
(Posted on Saturday, February 25, 2017)
Source: Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications (Nuku'alofa) - Summary: Tonga's Prime Minister's Office has issued a communiqué announcing that Wednesday, March 1st, 2017, would be marked as an official non-working public holiday in Tonga in honour of the Queen Mother, Halaevalu Mata’aho, who died last Sunday. - Links: full story, other Tonga news and updates,
Tonga
public holidays, back to the top.Bolivian Public Holidays February 27-28
(Posted on Friday, February 24, 2017)
Source: Agencia Boliviana de Información (La Paz) - Summary: Bolivia's Minister of Labour has issued a communiqué announcing that Monday and Tuesday, February 27-28, 2017, would be observed as official non-working public holidays throughout Bolivia to on account of the upcoming Carnival. - Links: full story, other Bolivia news and updates,
Bolivia
public holidays, back to the top.Timor Leste Public Holiday March 1st
(Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2017)
Source: Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste (Dili) - Summary: The government of Timor Leste announced that it had once again decided to grant an additional day-off public sector holiday in Timor Leste ("Governu deside ona hodi fó toleránsia pontu iha loron 1 fulan-marsu - Kuarta-Feira Sinzas, iha kalendáriu katóliku") for Ash Wednesday, on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, to to all employees and agents of the ministries or their dependent services, as well as the institutes and integrated indirect State administration bodies. - Links: full story, other East Timor news and updates,
East Timor
public holidays, back to the top.Haiti 2017 Carnival Public Holidays Extended
(Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2017)
Source: Communiqués de presse de la Présidence de la République d'Haïti (Port-au-Prince) - Summary: The Office of Communication of the Presidency of Haiti announced that Haiti's President had issued an Executive Order (arrêté présidentiel) declaring Wednesday, March 1, 2017, had been declared as another non-working public holidays in Haiti to coincide with the 2017 Carnival public holidays in Haiti, and most particularly Ash Wednesday. - Links: full story, other Haiti news and updates,
Haiti
public holidays, back to the top.Kyrgyzstan Public Holidays February 23
(Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2017)
Source: Kabar Kyrgyz National News Agency (Bishkek) - Summary: The Ministry of Labor and Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic has announced that Wednesday, February 22, 2017, would be official non-working public holidays in Kyrgyzstan on account of the upcoming Defender of the Fatherland Day annual non-working public holiday in Kyrgyzstan. - Links: full story, other Kyrgyzstan news and updates,
Kyrgyzstan
public holidays, back to the top.Kuwait Public Holidays February 25-26
(Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2017)
Source: Kuwait Civil Service Commission (Kuwait City) - Summary: The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission has announced that it had declared Saturday and Sunday , February 25-26, 2017, as non-working public holidays for the upcoming National Day and Liberation Day annual public holidays, without, this time, a day in lieu public holiday due to the upcoming Liberation Day annual public holiday falling on a weekend day in Kuwait. - Links: full story, other Kuwait news and updates,
Kuwait
public holidays, back to the top.Slovenian Constitutional Court Public Holidays Ruling
(Posted on Monday, February 20, 2017)
Source: Slovenska tiskovna agencija (Ljubljana) - Summary: The Constitutional Court of Slovenia has rejected a petition to review the constitutionality of the list of official annual public holidays in Slovenia, based on the fact that it does not contain any Muslim public holidays. - Links: full story, other Slovenia news and updates,
Slovenia
public holidays, back to the top.
Source: Government of West Bengal (Kolkata) - Summary: The Chief Minister of the Government of India's state of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, has announced that Buddha Purnima would be a non-working public holidays in India's state of West Bengal. - Links: 
Source: Bernama News Agency (Pengkalan Kubor) - Summary: The Deputy Chief Minister of the government of Malaysia's State of Kelantan, Deputy Menteri Besar Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah, has declared Sunday, February 19, 2017, as another one-off state public holiday in Malaysia's State of Kelantan to allow Kelantanese to participate in the Act 355 rally, which will take place on February 18, 2017, in Kuala Lumpur. - Links: 
Source: The Government of the Province of British Columbia (Victoria) - Summary: The petition launched in 2015 to request that the Government of Canada's Province of British Columbia change the date of the annual Family Day non-working public holiday has now reached 20000 signatures. - Links: 
Source: Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul) - Summary: The government of Afghanistan has declared Tuesday, February 14, 2017 (Dalwa 26 in the Afghan calendar), as a non-working public holiday in Afghanistan on account of the upcoming "Soviet defeat and withdrawal from Afghanistan". - Links: 
Source: The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan (Khartoum) - Summary: The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has released its annual list of the official non-working national public holidays in the Republic of Sudan for the calendar year 2017. - Links: 
Source: Site Officiel du président Béninois Boni Yayi (Cotonou) - Summary: The government of Bénin has announced its annual list of non-working public holidays in Bénin for the calendar year 2017. - Links: 
Source: Malta Bankers Association (Valetta) - Summary: The Malta Bankers' Association has released its annual list of bank holidays in Malta for the calendar year 2017; dates when banks in Malta will be closed in addition to the previously-announced 2017 general non-working public holidays in Malta for the calendar year 2017. - Links: 
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia) - Summary: The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has issued a proclamation declaring Saturday, February 11th, 2017, as the date of the upcoming Armed Forces Day, a non-working public holiday of Liberia to be observed throughout the country as a national holiday. - Links: 
Source: The Jakarta Post (ANTARA) - Summary: Jakarta's Acting Governor Sumarsono has announced a regional non-working public holiday in Jakarta, Indonesia's political and economic capital, on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, on the date of the upcoming Jakarta gubernatorial election (Pemilukada). - Links: 
Source: Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (Saint Vincent) - Summary: The Governor General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Fredrick Ballantyne, at the recommendation of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, has declared Tuesday, February 14, 2017, as a one-off non-working public holiday in St Vincent and the Grenadines for the official opening and commencement of operations at the Argyle International Airport. - Links: 
Source: Thai News Agency (Bangkok) - Summary: Assistant government spokesman, Athisit Chainuwat, has announced that Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, at the request of King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun, had signed a resolution to keep December 5th as an annual non-working public holiday in Thailand in honour of his Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. - Links: 
Source: ACT Government Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate (Canberra) - Summary: The Chief Minister's Office of Australia's Capital Territory (ACT) has released the list of the official non-working public holidays to be observed in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) of Australia, during the calendar years 2018 and 2019. - Links: 
Source: Banco Nacional de Panamá (Panama City) - Summary: The Banco Nacional de Panamá has released its annual list of bank holidays and public holidays in Panama for the calendar year 2017. - Links: 
Source: Diario Oficial de la Federación (Ciudad de México) - Summary: Mexico's Asociación de Bancos de México (ABM) and Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNVB) have jointly issued a communiqué announcing that Monday, February 6, 2017, would be a bank holiday throughout Mexico, on account of the upcoming Constitution Day annual non-working public holiday in Mexico. - Links: 
Source: El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa) - Summary: Honduras' Presidency has once again issued an executive decree declaring Friday, February 3, 2017, a one-off public sector holiday, on the occasion of the "Day of the Virgin of Suyapa", the patron saint of Honduras. - Links: 
Source: Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires) - Summary: The Decreto de Necesidad y Urgencia (Decreto 80/2017), announced earlier this week by Argentine President, Mauricio Macri, as a follow-up to last week's Decreto 52/2017, has been published in the Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina, thus further amending the legislation governing non-working public holidays in Argentina, effective immediately. - Links: 
Source: Association des Banques du Liban (ABL) - Summary: The Association of Banks in Lebanon has announced that Tuesday, February 14, 2017, had once again been declared a bank holiday for all banks and financial institutions of Lebanon, including the Beirut Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Lebanon, to commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (Commémoration de l'assasinat du PM Rafic Hariri). - Links: 
Source: Filankevitry ny Governemanta (Mahazoarivo) - Summary: Madagascar's Conseil de Gouvernement has taken into advisement the "Projet de décret fixant la liste des jours fériés, chômés et payés au titre de l’année 2017", which declares the list of non-working public holidays in Madagascar for the calendar year 2017. - Links: 
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) - Summary: The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced its annual list of the expected dates of the non-working public holidays in Ethiopia for the calendar year 2017. - Links: 
Source: Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukraine (Kiev) - Summary: The Institute of National Remembrance of the Ukraine (IPN) has released a draft law "On public holidays in Ukraine", which would cancel the March 8 and May 9 annual non-working public holidays of the Ukraine as part of the on-going purging of Soviet-era legacy. - Links: 
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