Luxemburg 2017 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Luxemburger Bankenvereinigung (Luxemburg) and Luxembourg bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Luxembourg Bankers' Association (Luxemburger Bankenvereinigung) has issued its annual list of official bank holidays in Luxembourg for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Mauritius 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Government of Mauritius (Port-Louis) and Mauritius bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of the Government of Mauritius has released its official annual list of the non-working public holidays in Mauritius for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Sri Lanka Cancels May 23 Public Holiday

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sri Lankan Minister of Home Affairs has announced that, "after considering current inclement weather resulting in floods and landslides in several parts of the country", the Sri Lankan Government had decided to cancel its previously-declared day in lieu non-working public holiday in Sri Lanka granted to public officers on Monday, May 23, 2016, due to the annual Vesak full Moon Poya day of Sri Lanka falling on a Saturday in 2016. [full story]

Spain 2017 Canaries Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Diario de Avisos (Santa Cruz De Tenerife) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno of the regional government of Spain's autonomous region of las Islas Canarias, has gazetted the previously-announced official list of 2017 regional non-working public holidays in the Canaries Islands (calendario laboral). [full story]

Argentina Mulls June 17 Public Holiday

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Committee on Constitutional Affairs of Argentina's Senate has approved a bill which would declare a new annual non-working public holiday in Argentina on June 17, to commemorate General Martín Miguel de Güemes ("conmemoración al paso a la inmortalidad del general Don Martin de Güemes"). [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday May 24

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 Tuesday, May 24, 2016, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Macedonia "for all citizens of the Republic of Macedonia" on account of the upcoming "Saints Cyril and Methodius' Day" annual public holiday in Macedonia. [full story]

Spain 2017 Andalucia Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía (BOJA) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía has released and gazetted in the BOJA (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía), its annual list of non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in Spain's Autonomous Region of Andalucia for the calendar year 2017 ("calendario de fiestas laborales en Andalucía para el año 2017"). [full story]

Ukraine June 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Social Policy of the Ukraine has issued a communiqué confirming and detailing the official list of June 2016 non-working public holidays in the Ukraine, as had been announced late last year. [full story]

Nepalese National Day Public Holidays Moved

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal, at its latest cabinet meeting, decided to change the date of the official National Day public holiday in Nepal, from May 28, as recently-announced in the list of official non-working public holidays in Nepal for the Nepalese year B.S. 2073 (April 2016-April 2017), to the date of the anniversary of the signing of the new constitution last year, on September 20. [full story]

Tajikistan Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Majlisi namoyandagon of Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan (MNMORT) and Tajikistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Tajikistan’s President, Emomali Rahmon, has issued a decree signing into law the public holidays amendments recently passed by Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament (the Majlisi Namoyandagon) and which declare a new annual non-working public holiday in Tajikistan to mark the presidency of Tajikistan’s longtime ruler Emomali Rakhmon. [full story]

Malaysian State Public Holiday May 15

Sources: Bernama News Agency (Johor Baru) and Malaysian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier tonight, the State Secretary of Malaysia's State of Johor, Datuk Ismail Karim, has announced that the government of Malaysia's State of Johor had declared that Sunday, May 15, 2016, would be a one-off additional non-working public holiday in the State of Johor, to celebrate tonight's winning by Johor's team of this year's FA Cup. [full story]

Jordanian Bank and Public Holidays May 25

Sources: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية بترا (Amman) and Jordan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan has issued the Memorandum 15/2016, Ref.10/2/6720, which announces a bank holiday on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, on account of the annual Independence Day non-working Jordanian public holiday and bank holiday. [full story]

Liberia Public Holiday May 14

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 Saturday, May 14, 2016, as the National Unification Day of the Republic of Liberia non-working public holiday to be observed throughout the Republic as a national holiday. [full story]

Spain 2017 Basque Public Holidays Approved

Sources: Boletín Oficial del País Vasco (BOPV) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The executive of Spain's Basque autonomous region (País Vasco) has approved the recently-released draft of its annual calendar of official Spanish regional public holidays and bank holidays for the upcoming calendar year 2017 in Spain's Basque region (calendario oficial de fiestas laborales de la Comunidad Autónoma Vasca). [full story]

Spain 2017 Canaries Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario de Avisos (Santa Cruz De Tenerife) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejo de Gobierno of the regional government of Spain's autonomous region of las Islas Canarias, has announced its official annual list of 2017 Spanish regional non-working public holidays in the Canaries Islands ("El Consejo de Gobierno de Canarias aprobó ayer el calendario laboral al que a las cuatro fiestas de ámbito nacional se suman siete elegidas por la Comunidad Autónoma"). [full story]

Comoros Public Holiday May 11

Sources: Présidence de l'Union des Comores (Moroni) and Comoros bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Comoros Council of Ministers has declared Wednesday, May 11, 2016 as a one-off non-working public holidays in the Comoros ("journée chômée et payée"), on account of the upcoming "partial" presidential election of that same date in the Comoros. [full story]

Ecuador Public Holiday May 27

Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ecuador's Minister of Tourism (Ministro de Turismo), Fernando Alvarado, has issued a communique confirming that the upcoming May 24, conmemoración de la Batalla de Pichincha, annual public holiday of Ecuador is a compulsory annual non-working public holiday in Ecuador which will be observed, this year, on Friday, May 27, 2016. [full story]

Ugandan Public Holiday May 12

Sources: Uganda Media Centre, Office of the President of the Republic of Uganda (Kampala) and Ugandan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Uganda had declared that Thursday, May 12, 2016, would be yet another non-working public holiday in Uganda, this time on account of the upcoming swearing-in ceremony for President Yoweri Museveni. [full story]

Bangladesh Shab-e-Barat May 22

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Late last night, Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee and Religious Affairs Committee announced that the moon of the month of Shaban had been sighted in Bangladesh's sky earlier that night and therefore that the upcoming Shab-e-Barat (night of fortune and forgiveness) would be observed on Sunday, May 22, 2016, to be accompanied by the corresponding annual non-working public holiday in Bangladesh. [full story]

Suriname Public Holiday May 16

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname announced that the upcoming "2e Pinksteren" (Whitmonday) annual non-working public holiday in Suriname would be observed on Monday, May 16, 2016, a date which has been declared a non-working public holiday in Suriname. [full story]

Dominican Republic Public Holidays May 14-15

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, República Dominicana (Santo Domingo) and Dominican Republic bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Presidency of the Dominican Republic has issued a decree announcing that, as per the provisions of electoral law, Saturday and Sunday, May 14-15, 2016, would be an official non-working electoral public holidays in the Dominican Republic ("establece los días no laborables por el proceso votación el 15 de mayo"). [full story]

Macau 2017 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 its annual full list of official non-working annual public holidays in Macau for the upcoming calendar year 2017, thus completing the recently-released list of one-off public holidays in Macau for 2017. [full story]

Spain 2017 Galicia Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario Oficial de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Spain's Autonomous Region of Galicia (Consejo de la Xunta de Galicia) has published its annual official list of regional public holidays in Galicia ("calendario laboral") for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Thailand Public Holiday May 9

Sources: ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Thailand has confirmed the date of the 2016 Royal Ploughing Ceremony annual non-working public holiday, on May 9, 2016, in line with the previously-released list of official annual non-working public holidays in Thailand for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Bolivia Decrees Extended Public Holidays

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's government has issued a decree, signed by President Evo Morales, which regulates the declaration of one-off day in lieu non-working public holidays in Bolivia, whenever a fixed-date annual non-working public holiday falls on a Sunday ("regula el calendario y traslado de feriados nacionales del país cuando caen en domingo"). [full story]

Sri Lankan Public Holiday May 23

Sources: அரசாங்க சேவை ஆணைக்குழு இலங்கை (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sri Lankan Minister of Home Affairs has announced that the Sri Lankan Government had decided to declare Monday, May 23, 2016, as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Sri Lanka in view of the annual Vesak full Moon Poya day of Sri Lanka falling on a Saturday in 2016. [full story]

Australian Territory Day Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment of the Northern Territory Government (Darwin) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of the Government of Australia's Northern Territory, Adam Giles, has announced that he had ruled-out the replacement of the May Day annual non-working public holiday in the Australian Northern Territory, by a new annual non-working Australian public holiday for Territory Day. [full story]

Fiji November 11 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Fiji Ministry of Information (Suva) and Fiji bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Fiji's Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, has announced that there would be no one-off, or otherwise, non-working public holiday in Fiji, on Friday, November 11, 2016, to commemorate the centennial of the end of the arrival of Indian indentured laborers to Fiji. [full story]

Rwanda Public Holiday May 2

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 Monday, May 2, 2016, will be a day in lieu non-working public holiday throughout Rwanda on account of the upcoming annual Rwandan public holiday to mark Workers' Day falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Spain 2017 Cataluña Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Diario Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consell Català de Relacions Laborals has released its annual list of the 2017 non-working public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Cataluña (calendario oficial de fiestas laborales para el año 2017), including both the nationwide public holidays in Spain, as well as the Catalonia-specific public holidays in 2017. [full story]

Hong Kong 2017 Public Holidays Released

Sources: 香港政府一站通 (HKSAR) and Hong Kong bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has released its annual official list of the gazetted 2017 public holidays to be observed in Hong Kong ("General holidays for 2017"), in accordance with the Employment Ordinance and General Holidays Ordinance as well as amendments thereto. [full story]

Paraguay New July 4 Public Holiday Vetoed

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Paraguayan President, Horacio Cartes, has vetoed the recently-passed bill declaring a new July 4 non-working public holiday in Paraguay, marking the battle of Nanawa, permanently, and not just a one-off public holiday in Paraguay. [full story]

Saint Helena Day 2016 Public Holiday Date Announced

Sources: St Helena Government (Jamestown) and Saint Helena bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Saint Helena, has issued a communiqué confirming that the day in lieu non-working public holiday in Saint-Helena, for St Helena’s Day 2016, will remain on Friday, May 20, 2016. [full story]

Peruvian May 2 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo del Perú (MTPE) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Peru's Minister of Labour (Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo-MTPE), Daniel Maurate, has issued another communique squashing the social media rumours about the declaration of a one-off non-working public holiday in Peru on Monday, May 2, 2016, on account of the annual, May 1st, non-working public holiday in Peru, falling on a Sunday. [full story]

Kuwaiti Public Holiday May 5

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The head of the Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission (CSC), Abdulaziz Al-Zebin, has declared that Thursday, May 5, 2016, would be an official non-working public holiday in Kuwait on account of the upcoming annual Kuwaiti public holiday for the Ascension of Prophet Muhammad Israa wal Meraj. [full story]

Venezuelan April-May 2016 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has issued another decree extending the recently-implemented Fridays-Saturday-Sunday non-working public holidays weekends had been extended to run from Wednesdays to Sundays, for the Venezuelan public sector ("Miércoles, jueves y viernes no se laborará en el sector público a excepción de aquellas tareas que son fundamentales, que son necesarias"). [full story]

Nigerian Public Holiday May 2

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has announced that the Nigerian Government had declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Nigeria on account of the annual May 1st public holiday of Nigeria falling on a Sunday. [full story]

Ghana Public Holidays May 1-2

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ghana's Minister of the Interior, Prosper Bani, has issued a statement informing the public that President Mahama had declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Ghana, on account of the annual May Day public holiday of Ghana falling on a Sunday. [full story]

Guatemalan May 2 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Diario de Centro América (Diario público de Guatemala) and Guatemala bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Guatemalan President, Jimmy Morales, has announced that Monday, May 2, 2016, would not be declared as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Guatemala on account of the upcoming "Día de los Trabajadores" annual non-working public holiday in Guatemala, falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Honduras May 2 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Honduras' Minister of the Interior (ministro de Gobernación y Descentralización), Leonel Ayala, has announced that the upcoming annual, Día del Trabajo, non-working public holiday of Honduras would not be moved to Monday, May 2, 2016, on account of the said non-working public holiday of Honduras falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Kenyan Public Holiday May 2

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Interior Cabinet Secretary of the Kenyan government, Joseph Nkaissery, has announced that the Kenyan government had declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Kenya for the upcoming Labour Day annual public holiday of Kenya which falls on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Cameroon Public Holiday May 2

Sources: Présidence de la République du Cameroun (Yaoundé) and Cameroon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a day in lieu bridge non-working public holiday (feriée chômée sur toute l’étendue du territoire de la république du Cameroun) due to the annual, May 1st, public holiday in Cameroon falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

DR Congo Public Holiday April 30

Sources: Présidence de la République Démocratique du Congo (Kinshasa) and DR Congo bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Vice-Prime Minister of the RDC (République Démocratique du Congo), Willy Makiashi, has declared Saturday, April 30, 2016, as a one-off day in lieu non-working public holiday to compensate the annual, May 1st, RDC public holiday falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

Sint Maarten Public Holiday May 3

Sources: Government of Sint Maarten (Great Bay) and Sint Maarten bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Sint Maarten has announced that, following a meeting of the Council of Ministers, it had decided to change the date of the upcoming annual Carnival Day non-working public holiday of Sint Maarten from April 30 to Tuesday, May 3, 2016. [full story]

South Korea Declares May 6 Public Holiday

Sources: Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) and South Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, at the Cabinet meeting chaired by President Park Geun-hye, the Government of South Korea decided to go ahead and declare Friday, May 6, 2016, as a one-off (temporary) non-working public holiday in South Korea, to link the annual Orimal (Children's Day) South Korean public holiday with the subsequent weekend and thus create a 4-day period of South Korean non-working public holidays and boost the economy. [full story]

Bolivian May 2 Public Holiday Confirmed

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Ministry of Labour ("Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social"), in its Comunicado 24/2016 has finally confirmed that the Government of Bolivia had declared Monday, May 2, 2016, as a non-working public holiday in Bolivia, due to the annual, May 1, non-working public holiday of Bolivia falling on a Sunday in 2016 ("Se traslada al lunes 2 de mayo, con suspensión de actividades tanto públicas como privadas en todo el territorio del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia"). [full story]

Guatemalan Bank Holiday May 2

Sources: Diario de Centro América (Diario público de Guatemala) and Guatemala bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The supervisory body in charge of the banking sector in Guatemala (the Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala) has announced that a day in lieu bank holiday would be observed in Guatemala on Monday, May 2, 2016, in conjunction with the annual, Día del Trabajo, non-working public holiday in Guatemala. [full story]

Algeria 2016 Labour Day Public Holiday

Sources: الموقع الرسمي للمديرية العامة للوظيفة العمومية (Alger) and Algeria banks holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Algerian government, through its Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique has announced that Sunday, May 1st, 2016, had been declared a non-working public holiday in Algeria, on account of the upcoming "fête du Travail". [full story]

Philippines Public Holiday May 9

Sources: Philippine Information Agency (Manila) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Philippines Presidential Palace's Communications Secretary, Herminio Coloma Jr, has announced Proclamation 1254, declaring Monday, May 9, 2016, the date of the upcoming Philippines' national and local elections, as another additional special public non-working holiday throughout the Philippines. [full story]

Venezuela Extends April-May 2016 Public Holidays Again

Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has issued another decree extending the recently-implemented Fridays-Saturday-Sunday non-working public holidays weekends had been extended to run from Wednesdays to Sundays, for the Venezuelan public sector ("Miércoles, jueves y viernes no se laborará en el sector público a excepción de aquellas tareas que son fundamentales, que son necesarias"). [full story]