Romanian January 24 Public Holiday Approved

Sources: Mediafax (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Romanian Government has announced that it had finally approved the long-expected new annual non-working Romanian public holiday on January 24, to commemorate the reunification of Wallachia and Moldavia. [full story]

Rwanda Public Holiday April 18

Sources: Rwanda Bureau Of Information and Broadcasting (ORINFOR) and Rwanda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Rwanda has released a communique reminding the population of Rwanda that Friday, April 18, 2014, will be a non-working public holiday throughout Rwanda on account of the upcoming annual Rwandan public holiday to mark Good Friday. [full story]

Ghana 2014 Easter Public Holidays

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Kwesi Ahwoi, has announced that Friday, April 18, and Monday, April 21, 2014, had been declared a statutory non-working public holidays in Ghana on account of the upcoming annual Good Friday and Easter Monday public holidays in Ghana. [full story]

Nigerian Easter 2014 Public Holidays

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Minister of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Abba Moro, has announced that the Nigerian Government had declared Friday, April 18, and Monday, April 21, 2014, as non-working public holidays to commemorate this year's upcoming Good Friday and Easter Monday annual non-working public holidays, respectively. [full story]

Cape Verde 2014 Easter Public Holidays

Sources: Ministro da Administração Interna (República de Cabo Verde) and Cape Verde bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Cape Verde has declared another one-off public sector holiday (tolerância de ponto) for the afternoon of Thursday, April 17, 2014. [full story]

Swaziland Public Holiday April 24

Sources: Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs (Mbabane) and Swaziland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Swaziland's Home Affairs Minister, Princess Tsandzile, has announced that, once again, the annual non-working public holiday in Swaziland to mark King Mswati III's birthday would be moved to Thursday, April 24, 2014, due to its set date falling during the Easter weekend in 2014. [full story]

Timor Leste Public Holidays April 17 and 21

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 declare additional day-off public sector holidays (toleránsia pontu) for Maundy Thursday and Easter Monday, on April 17 and 21, 2014, respectively. [full story]

Cuban Public Holiday April 18

Sources: Órgano Oficial del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (Granma) and Cuban bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Cuba's Council of Ministers has issued a communique indicating that, pending the taking effect of recent changes to Cuba's public holidays legislation, it had decided to declare Friday, April 18, 2014, the date of the upcoming Good Friday holiday, as another one-off non-working public holiday in Cuba. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holidays April 18 and 21

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 announced that Monday, April 21, 2014, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Macedonia "for all citizens of the Republic of Macedonia" on account of the upcoming "second day of Easter according to the Orthodox calendar" annual public holiday in Macedonia. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago 2014 Easter Public Holidays

Sources: Trinidad and Tobago Government Portal (Port of Spain) and Trinidad and Tobago bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has updated its previously-released list of 2014 non-working public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago by proclaiming the dates of the upcoming annual non-working public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago for Good Friday, Easter, and Corpus Christi 2014. [full story]

Bolivian May 2 Public Holiday Cancelled

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Daniel Santalla, has announced that the Government of Bolivia had finally decided not to declare of Friday, May 2, 2014, as a non-working public holiday in Bolivia, despite the unambiguous terms of the Decreto Supremo 1210 which officialized the practice of declaring bridge public holidays for the Mondays before Labour Day and the Friday after Labour Day. [full story]

Nepalese 2071 BS New Year Public Holiday

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that Monday, April 13, 2014, had been declared as a non-working public holiday throughout Nepal, on account of the 2071 B.S. (Bikram Sambat era) New Year public holiday in Nepal. [full story]

Montserrat 2014 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Montserrat (Brades) and Montserrat bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Montserrat's Office of the Deputy Governor has announced its annual list of public holidays, and in lieu public holidays in Montserrat for the calendar year 2014. [full story]

Paraguay Public Sector Holiday April 16

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Paraguay's President, Horacio Cartes, has decreed a non-working public sector holiday for Wednesday, April 16, 2014, to let Paraguayan civil servants once again begin their Holy Week non-working public holidays earlier. [full story]

Liberia Public Holiday April 11

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia) and Liberian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of the Republic of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a Proclamation declaring Friday, April 11, 2014, as the National Fast and Prayer Day annual non-working public holiday. [full story]

Macau 2015 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: 澳门特区政府入口网站 (Macau) and Macau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Macau SAR has announced the full list of official Macau non-working annual public holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2015. [full story]

Bolivian Public Holiday May 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, Daniel Santalla, has announced that it was too soon ("es muy adelantado hablar sobre este tema") to discuss the declaration of Friday, May 2, 2014, as a non-working public holiday in Bolivia, despite the unambiguous terms of the Decreto Supremo 1210. [full story]

Singapore 2015 Public Holidays Released

Sources: Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Singapore bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has released its annual official list of non-working public holidays in Singapore for the upcoming calendar year 2015 which, for once, does not include an error in the date of the 2015 Deepavali public holiday in Singapore. [full story]

Romania May 2 Public Holiday Update

Sources: Mediafax (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Romanian Government has announced that civil servants would work on Saturday, April 26, 2014, to compensate the recently-approved declaration of another one-off non-working bridge public sector holiday on Friday, May 2, 2014, to tie the annual May 1st public holiday in Romania with the following weekend. [full story]

Nicaraguan Easter 2014 Public Sector Holidays

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Alba Luz Torres Briones, has announced that Nicaragua's public sector workers and government services would once again close down for 9 consecutive days of public sector holidays on account of the upcoming Holy Week (desde el Sábado de Ramos hasta el Domingo de Pascua, período que marca la Semana Santa y que este año está comprendido entre los días 12 al 20 de abril, será declarado feriado). [full story]