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.


Monday, January 23, 2017

Week 3: January 16-22, 2017




Armenian 2017 Public Holidays Announced
(Posted on Friday, January 20, 2017)
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: full story, other Armenia news and updates, Armenia public holidays, back to the top.



Togo 2017 Public Holidays Announced
(Posted on Friday, January 20, 2017)
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: full story, other Togo news and updates, Togo public holidays, back to the top.



Anguilla 2017 Public Holidays Released
(Posted on Friday, January 20, 2017)
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: full story, other Anguilla news and updates, Anguilla public holidays, back to the top.



Argentina 2017 Public Holidays Emergency Decree
(Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2017)
Source: Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires) - Summary: Argentine President, Mauricio Macri, has announced that he would soon ("en las próximas horas") issue a Decreto de Necesidad y Urgencia (DNU) setting forth his proposed revisions to the 2017, and beyond, non-working public holidays in Argentina. - Links: full story, other Argentina news and updates, Argentina public holidays, back to the top.



Portugal Carnival Public Holiday Rejected
(Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2017)
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: full story, other Portugal news and updates, Portugal public holidays, back to the top.



Timor Leste 2017 Public Holidays Announced
(Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2017)
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: full story, other East Timor news and updates, East Timor public holidays, back to the top.



Costa Rica December 1st Public Holiday Rejected
(Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2017)
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: full story, other Costa Rica news and updates, Costa Rica public holidays, back to the top.



Kazakhstan 2017 Public Holidays Officialized
(Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2017)
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: full story, other Kazakhstan news and updates, Kazakhstan public holidays, back to the top.



Malaysian 2017 Public Holidays Amended
(Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2017)
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: full story, other Malaysia news and updates, Malaysia public holidays, back to the top.



Chile 2017 Census Public Holiday Approved
(Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2017)
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: full story, other Chile news and updates, Chile public holidays, back to the top.



Romanian Public Holiday January 23
(Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2017)
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: full story, other Romania news and updates, Romania public holidays, back to the top.



Afghanistan 2017 Public Holidays Announced
(Posted on Monday, January 16, 2017)
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: full story, other Afghanistan news and updates, Afghanistan public holidays, back to the top.



Malaysian 2017 Islamic Calendar Amended
(Posted on Monday, January 16, 2017)
Source: Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) - Summary: Malaysia's governmental Department of Islamic Development (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia, aka. JAKIM) has announced that it has revised its previously-announced Islamic calendar for the western year 2017 (corresponding to 1438-1439 AH). - Links: full story, other Malaysia news and updates, Malaysia public holidays, back to the top.



Dominican Republic Public Holiday January 21
(Posted on Monday, January 16, 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 the upcoming "Día de La Altagracia" annual non-working public holiday would be observed, as usual, on its traditional date of Saturday, January 21, 2017. - Links: full story, other Dominican Republic news and updates, Dominican Republic public holidays, back to the top.