Gabonese 2013 End of Ramadan Public Holiday

Sources: Gouvernement de la République Gabonaise (Libreville) and Gabonese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Gabon's Ministre du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Prévoyance Sociale has announced that the date of the upcoming Aïd El Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday, would be observed as a non-working public holiday on Friday, August 9, 2013. [full story]

Tanzanian End of Ramadan Public Holiday Friday

Sources: Prime Minister's Office United Republic Of Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) and Tanzanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the United Republic Of Tanzania has announced that the upcoming Iddi El Fitry (End of Ramadan) non-working public holiday in Tanzania would be observed on Friday, August 9, 2013. [full story]

Kenyan 2013 Idd Ul Fitr Public Holiday

Sources: Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) and Kenya bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kenyan Government's Secretary to the Cabinet, Francis Kimemia, has announced that the date of the non-working public holiday for the upcoming Idd-Ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) in Kenya would be Friday, August 9, 2013. [full story]

Bangladesh Extra Ramadan Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's Cabinet Secretary has announced that the Cabinet had unanimously decided not to link the August 6, Lailatul Qadr, non-working public holiday of today, with the 3-day End of Ramadan public holidays which are set to begin on Thursday, August 8, 2013. [full story]

Pakistan Eid Bank Holidays August 8-10

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has declared the 3-day period of Thursday to Saturday, August 8-10, 2013, as bank holidays throughout Pakistan on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. [full story]

Bahrain 2013 Eid Al Fitr Public Holidays Extended

Sources: وكالة أنباء البحرين (BNA) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, has issued a circular declaring the day of the upcoming Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) and the 2 days that follow, as non-working public holidays in Bahrain to mark the upcoming Eid Al Fitr holidays for the Islamic year 1434. [full story]

Ghana 2013 Ramadan Public Holiday August 8

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 Thursday, August 8, 2013, had been declared as the date of the 2013 Eid-Ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday in Ghana. [full story]

Nigerian Eid Public Holidays August 8-9

Sources: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Nigerian Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has announced that the Federal Government of Nigeria had declared Thursday and Friday, August 8-9, 2013, as the non-working public holidays for the upcoming Eid-el-Fitri (End of Ramadan) in Nigeria. [full story]

Spain 2014 Navarra Public Holidays

Sources: Boletín Oficial de Navarra (BON) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Directora General de Trabajo y Prevención de Riesgos de Navarra has published the list of 2014 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Navarra. [full story]

Saudi Arabia 2013 End of Ramadan Public Holidays Update

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Saudi Arabia Minister of Labour has announced that Saudi Arabia’s private sector employees would have a four-day period of public holidays to mark the upcoming 2013 Eid Al Fitr. [full story]

Spain 2014 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 2014 regional non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in the Canaries Islands. [full story]

Macedonian Public Holiday August 8

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 Thursday, August 8, 2013, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Macedonia "for all citizens of the Republic of Macedonia" on account of the upcoming "first day Ramadan Bairam" public holiday in Macedonia. [full story]

Azerbaijan 2013 Ramadan Public Holidays

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has issued a decree creating another 4-day Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan) public holidays from Thursday, August 8, until Sunday, August 11, 2013, inclusively. [full story]

Turkmenistan 2013 Ramadan Public Holiday

Sources: Туркменистан золотой век (Ashgabad) and Turkmenistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov, has signed a decree declaring Thursday, August 8, 2013, as a non-working public holiday in Turkmenistan for the "Celebration of Oraza Bayram (Ramadan)". [full story]

Argentina Public Holiday August 19

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's Ministry of the Interior has announced that the upcoming August 17 non-working public holiday would be moved to Monday, August 19, 2013. [full story]

Bolivian August 6 Public Holiday Extended

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Juan López, has announced that the Government of Bolivia has decided not to declare a one-off bridge public holiday on Monday, August 5, 2013, but instead to declare a continuous day (no lunch break) for the public sector of Bolivia so that it may finish work at 16:00 (4pm) ahead of the annual August 6 Bolivian public holiday. [full story]

Suriname Public Holidays August 8-9

Sources: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo) and Suriname bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Suriname has released an updated list of its expected public holidays dates for the calendar year 2013, which now lists Thursday, August 8, 2013, as the date of the bank and public holiday for the upcoming Idul Fitre (End of Ramadan). [full story]

Qatar 2013 Eid Public Holidays Extended

Sources: قنـا الموقع العربي الصفحة الرئيسية (QNA) and Qatar bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Qatar's Emiri Diwan has announced that the period of public sector holidays for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan), had been extended to 13 consecutive days of public sector holidays. [full story]

Venezuelan 2014 Bank And Public Holidays

Sources: Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario (Sudeban) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Venezuelan regulatory body for the banking sector (La Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario) has released its annual official list of the dates for the 2014 public holidays and bank holidays in Venezuela. [full story]

UAE 2013 Eid-al-Fitr Public Holidays Update

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE Minister of Labour, Saqr bin Ghobash Saeed Ghobash, has announced that the UAE private sector public holidays for the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) would be limited to 2 days, the first and second days of the month of Shawwal. [full story]