Romanian January 24 Public Holiday Promulgated

Sources: Senatului României (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Romanian President, Klaus Johannis, has signed into law the recently-voted public holidays bill declaring January 24 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Romania, for both the public and private sectors, to commemorate the reunification of Wallachia and Moldavia. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday October 10

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname, via its Minister of the Interior, Mike Noersalim, has announced that the upcoming "Dag der Marrons" annual non-working public holiday in Suriname would be observed on Monday, October 10, 2016, a date which has been declared a non-working public holiday in Suriname. [full story]

Malaysian 2018 Islamic Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Kuala Lumpur) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malaysia's governmental Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia, aka. JAKIM) has published its annual Islamic calendar of public holidays in Malaysia for the western year 2018 (corresponding to 1439-1440 AH). [full story]

Bhutanese October 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan (Thimphu) and Bhutanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Royal Civil Service Commission of the Government of Bhutan has announced the dates of the upcoming non-working public holidays in Bhutan and in its capital, Thimphu, for the month of October 2016, due to the annual Bhutanese public holidays for Thimphu Drubchen, Thimphu Tshechu and Dassain. [full story]

Taiwan Public Holidays Reduction Rammed Through Committee

Sources: 行政院人事行政局 (Taipei) and Taiwan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), in an apparent break with its promise before coming to power last May 20, has rammed through legislative committee, amendments to the Labor Standards Act implementing a five-day workweek and an overall reduction of the number of annual public holidays in Taiwan from 19 to 12, as is already the case for civil servants and the many service businesses that already follow a five-day work week. [full story]

Egyptian Public Holiday October 6

Sources: Egypt State Information Service (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Egyptian Minister of Manpower and Immigration, Mohamed Safaan, has announced that Thursday, October 6, 2016, would be a non-working official public holiday in Egypt for both the public sector and the private sector on account of the upcoming 43rd, anniversary of the 1973 war, annual non-working public holiday of Egypt. [full story]

Trinidad and Tobago Divali Public Holiday October 29

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 announced that Saturday, October 29, 2016, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago, on account of the upcoming Divali annual public holiday of Trinidad and Tobago in 2016. [full story]

Mongolian Public Holiday October 19

Sources: Үндэсний Мэдээллийн Монцамэ Агентлаг (Ulaanbaatar) and Mongolia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Head of the Information, Research and Technology Department of the Mongolian General Election Committee, B. Oyumaa, has announced that Wednesday, October 19, 2016, the date of the upcoming provincial councils local elections, would be another one-off electoral non-working public holiday in Mongolia. [full story]

Spain 2017 Melilla Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Consejo de Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla (BOME) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla has released its calendario laboral, the annual official list of 2017 non-working public holidays in Spain's autonomous region of Melilla, in the Boletín Oficial de Melilla (BOME). [full story]

Pakistan 2016 Ashura Public Holidays

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Government of Pakistan has announced the dates for the upcoming Ashura (Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain ) annual non-working public holidays throughout Pakistan for the calendar year 2016, as Tuesday and Wednesday, October 11 and 12, 2016 (Muharram 9 and 10, 1438 AH). [full story]

Bangladesh 2016 Ashura Public Holiday

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee has announced that it had sighted the New Moon crescent last night and, therefore, that the upcoming Ashura, and related annual non-working public holiday in Bangladesh, would be observed across the country on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, which corresponds to the previously-announced date for Ashura, and related Ashura public holiday in Bangladesh. [full story]

Canada New November 11 Public Holiday Bill

Sources: The House of Commons of Canada (Ottawa) and Canada bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Canadian House of Commons bill C-311, An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day), yet another bill aiming to extend the observance of the regional, November 11, Remembrance Day, non-working public holiday of Canada, this time by making it a nationwide non-working public holiday in Canada ("is a legal holiday and shall be kept and observed as such throughout Canada") and by specifying a day in lieu when November 11 falls on a weekend ("When November 11 is a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday is a legal holiday and shall be kept and observed as such"), got its first reading last Friday. [full story]

Spain 2017 Ceuta Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la Ciudad de Ceuta (BOCCE) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). After a month of divisive and rancorous debate, the legislative assembly of Spain's autonomous region of Ceuta (Ilustre Pleno de !a Asamblea de Ceuta) has finally approved the annual official list of 2017 non-working Ceuta public holidays (calendario laboral) in the Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta. [full story]

Morocco 1438 Islamic New Year Public Holiday

Sources: وزارة الأوقاف والشؤون الإسلامية (Casablanca) and Morocco public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Morocco, through its "ministère de la fonction publique et de la modernisation de l'administration", has confirmed its previously-announced date for the upcoming 2016 Fatih Moharam 1438 (Hijri New Year 1438) non-working public holiday in Morocco, following an announcement by the "ministère des Habous et des affaires islamiques". [full story]

Omani Hijri New Year 1438 Public Holiday October 3

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier tonight, Oman's Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (MERA) has announced that the previously-announced non-working public holiday in Oman on the occasion of the upcoming annual Hijri New Year 1438 non-working public holiday in Oman, would occur on Monday, October 3, 2016, as "The moon was not sighted on Saturday". [full story]

Guinea Conakry Public Holiday October 3

Sources: Portail Officiel du Gouvernement de la République de Guinée (Conakry) and Guinea Conakry bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Guinea Conakry, through its Minister of Labour and Public Sector ("Ministre de la Fonction Publique, de la réforme de l'Administration et du Travail"), has announced that Monday, October 3, 2016, had been declared as a non-working public holiday in Guinea Conakry on account of the upcoming "58è anniversaire de l'indépendance nationale". [full story]

Turkey Adds July 15 Public Holiday

Sources: Hürriyet Daily News (Istanbul) and Turkey bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has announced that, from next year onward, July 15 would be observed as a non-working public holiday in Turkey to recall the aborted coup of last summer ("Every July 15 will be marked as a public holiday to commemorate our martyrs and veterans"). [full story]

Egyptian Hijri 1438 Public Holiday Announced

Sources: Egypt State Information Service (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A cabinet spokesman for the Ministry of Manpower and Immigration has announced that Sunday, October 2, 2016, would be a non-working official public holiday in Egypt for both the public sector and the private sector on account of the upcoming Hijri 1438 Islamic New Year annual non-working public holiday of Egypt. [full story]

Nigerian Public Holiday October 3

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, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, via his Acting Permanent Secretary, Muhammadu Maccido, has announced that the Nigerian Government, had declared Monday, October 3, 2016, as a non-working public holiday throughout Nigeria on account of Nigeria's upcoming 56th annual independence anniversary. [full story]

Palau 22nd Independence Day Public Holiday October 1st

Sources: Palau Government (Koror) and Palau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Palau has announced that Saturday, October 1, 2016, would be the date of the non-working public holiday in Palau for upcoming 22nd Independence Day annual non-working public holiday in Palau. [full story]