Liberian Public Holiday January 16

Sources: Liberia Broadcasting System (Monrovia) and Liberian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has issued a Proclamation declaring Monday, January 16, 2012 as a non-working national public holiday, to be observed throughout the Republic of Liberia. [full story]

North Korea Public Holidays Renamed

Sources: 조선중앙통신 (Pyongyang) and North Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). In an eerie case of déjà vu, North Korean authorities have announced that beginning in 2012, the annual February 16, 2-day public holidays commemorating the birthday of recently-deceased former leader Kim Jong-il would be renamed as Kwangmyongsong (Shining Star) Day. [full story]

Spain 2012 National Public Holidays Update

Sources: ABC (Madrid) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Spain has reached an agreement with the Employers' Union (CEOE) and Labour Unions as to the 3 mid-week 2012 non-working public holiday would be moved to a nearby Monday, thus amending the previously released list of official national public holidays in Spain for 2012. [full story]

France Public Holidays Electioneering

Sources: TF1 News (Paris) and France public holidays (qppstudio.net). French EELV presidential candidate, Eva Joly, has promised to declare Yom Kippur and the Feast of Sacrifice as non-working public holidays in France if she is elected President of France on May 6, 2012. [full story]

Mali 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Primature Portail Officiel du Gouvernement du Mali (Bamako) and Mali bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Mali's Government has released the official list of non-working public holidays in Mali for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Cameroon 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Prime Minister's Office Republic of Cameroon (Yaoundé) and Cameroon bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Cameroon has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Cameroon for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday January 15

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Nepal has announced that the public holiday for the upcoming Maghe Sankranti would be observed on Sunday, January 15, 2012. [full story]

Haiti Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Collectivités Territoriales d'Haïti (Port-au-Prince) and Haiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of Communication of the Presidency of Haiti has announced that Haiti's President, Michel Martelly, has issued an Executive Order declaring Thursday, January 12, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday to commemorate the second anniversary of the earthquake of January 12, 2010. [full story]

Egypt Recycles January 25 Public Holiday

Sources: المصري اليوم، أخبار (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, has announced that the annual, January 25, Police Day, public holiday would henceforth be renamed as a national public holiday, "January 25 Revolution Day", marking the anniversay of the start of the 2011 popular uprising that toppled former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. [full story]

Seychelles 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Seychelles (Victoria) and Seychelles bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Seychelles has announced the official list of non-working public holidays in the Seychelles for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Pakistan Public Holiday January 12

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Minister of Pakistan's Province of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has declared another one-off regional public holiday, this time for tomorrow, Thursday, January 12, 2012, on the occasion of the funeral of Pir Saheb Pagaro. [full story]

Rwanda 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Rwanda Bureau Of Information and Broadcasting (ORINFOR) and Rwanda bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Rwanda has released the full list of official non-working public holidays in Rwanda for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Djibouti 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Journal Officiel de la République de Djibouti (Djibouti) and Djibouti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Djibouti has released the official list of non-working public holidays, and their duration, for the calendar year 2012 in Djibouti. [full story]

Thailand 2012 CNY Public Holiday Announced

Sources: รัฐบาลไทย (Bangkok) and Thailand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Thai Government Spokeswoman, Thitima Chaisang, has announced that Thailand’s Government Cabinet had agreed to declare Monday, January 23, 2012, the date of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, as a regional public holiday in Southern Thailand. [full story]

Senegal Magal Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: Site Officiel du Gouvernement du Sénégal (Dakar) and Senegalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade has officially confirmed that tomorrow, Thursday, January 12, 2012, would be for the first time a non-working public holiday in Sénégal, on account of the Magal de Touba. [full story]

Saint Lucia 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister (Castries) and Saint Lucia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Saint Lucia has released the official list of non-working public holidays in Saint Lucia for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

Bonaire 2012 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire (Kralendijk) and Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bonaire government has released the official list of non-working public holidays in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, for the calendar year 2012. [full story]

New Zealand Earthquake Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Radio New Zealand (Auckland) and New Zealand bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of New Zealand has announced that the declaration of a one-off public holiday to commemorate the first anniversary of the February 22, 2011, Christchurch earthquake, was not under consideration. [full story]

Yemen Changes Weekends

Sources: وكالة الأنباء اليمنية سبأ (Sanaa) and Yemeni bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Yemen has announced that the weekly days of rest (weekends) would be changed from the current Thursday/Friday to Friday/Saturday. [full story]

Libyan Public Holidays Overhaul

Sources: المجلس الوطنى الإنتقالى (Tripoli) and Libyan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier today, Libya's ruling National Transitional Council announced an overhaul of the official list of national non-working public holidays in Libya, beginning in the calendar year 2012. [full story]