Australian Victoria New Public Holidays Update

Sources: State Government of Victoria (Melbourne) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Australia's State of Victoria has released the Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) which analyses the benefits and costs to businesses and the community of declaring, as promised, 2 new annual public holidays in Australia's State of Victoria; the day of the AFL Grand Final parade, and Easter Sunday. [full story]

Azerbaijan 2015 Ramadan Public Holidays Confirmed

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers has confirmed its earlier decree creating another 4-day Ramazan Bayram (End of Ramadan) public holidays in Azerbaijan from Friday, July 17, until Monday, July 20, 2015, inclusively. [full story]

Vatican Proposes Easter Date Change

Sources: Prefettura della Casa Ponitificia (Vatican City) and Holy See/Vatican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Pope Francis has suggested moving the date of Easter to a semi-fixed date, most likely the second week of April. [full story]

Pakistan 2015 Eid-ul-Fitr Public Holidays Extended

Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Federal Government of Pakistan has once again amended the dates for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays throughout Pakistan for the calendar year 2015. [full story]

Hong Kong September 3 Public Holiday Update

Sources: 香港政府一站通 (HKSAR) and Hong Kong bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) has issued a press release announcing that it would hold a meeting on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in which members of the LegCo will resume the second reading debate on the "Special Holiday (3 September 2015) Bill", and then if the bill receives its second reading, it will then go through the Committee stage and be read the third time. [full story]

Greece Bank Holidays July 7-9

Sources: The Bank of Greece (Athens) and Greece bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Greek Association of Banks has announced that the current stretch of bank holidays in Greece would extend until Thursday night, July 9, at least. [full story]

Brazil Zumbi Public Holiday Update

Sources: Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão (Brasilia) and Brazil bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Brazil's parliamentary culture commission has approved the Projeto de Lei 296/15 which would convert the November 20, Dia Nacional da Consciência Negra, into a full-fledged annual non-working public holiday in Brazil. [full story]

Papua New Guinea Public Holiday July 13

Sources: Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) and Papua New Guinea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Acting Chief Secretary to Government of Papua New Guinea, John Kali, has announced that the government of Papua New Guinea had declared Monday, July 13, 2015, as a non-working public holiday in Papua New Guinea “in recognition of the Pacific Games”. [full story]

Palau Public Holiday July 9

Sources: Palau Government (Koror) and Palau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Palau has announced that Thursday, July 9, 2015, would be the date of the upcoming 35th Constitution Day annual non-working public holiday in Palau. [full story]

Greece 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: The Bank of Greece (Athens) and Greece bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Bank of Greece, Greece's Central Bank, has released its annual list of official non-working public holidays in Greece for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Spain 2016 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 gazetted its annual calendario laboral which lists the dates of the 2016 non-working public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Region of Navarra. [full story]

Solomon Islands Public Holiday July 10

Sources: The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (Honiara) and Solomon Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Solomon Islands caretaker Minister for Home Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Manasseh Maelanga, the minister responsible for declaring national public holidays in the Solomon Islands, has announced that the Cabinet of the Solomon Islands had declared Friday, July 10, 2015, as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in the Solomon Islands. [full story]

Samoan Public Holiday July 8

Sources: Samoan Ministry Of Commerce, Industry And Labour (Matagaluega o Pisinisi, Alamanuia, Leipa) and Samoan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Samoan Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, has announced that the government of Samoa will declare a half-day one-off non-working public holiday in Samoa on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, to allow Samoans the opportunity to watch that day's rugby test match between Manu Samoa and the New Zealand All Blacks in Apia. [full story]

Spain 2016 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 (calendario laboral) in Galicia for the upcoming calendar year 2016. [full story]

Bolivian Papal Public Holidays Extended To July 8-9

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz) and Bolivian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The head of Bolivia's Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social, Gonzalo Trigoso, has announced the declaration of one additional non-working public holiday in Bolivia, on account of the upcoming visit of Pope Francis, was approved at yesterday's Cabinet meeting of July 1st, 2015. [full story]

Honduras Mulls October Public Holidays Changes

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The president of Honduras' Chamber of Tourism (Cámara Nacional de Turismo de Honduras - Canaturh), Epaminondas Marinakys, has requested a move of the newly-declared end of October annual public holidays in Honduras, from the last week of October to earlier in the month, due to the rainy season coinciding with the end of October in Honduras. [full story]

Spain 2016 Basque Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletín Oficial del País Vasco (BOPV) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The executive of Spain's autonomous region of the País Vasco has finally released its annual calendar of official regional public holidays (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2016 in Spain's Basque region. [full story]

Hungary 2016 Public Holidays Finalized

Sources: Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest) and Hungary bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Hungary has released the final version of the previously-announced draft list of official non-working public holidays in Hungary for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Egyptian Public Holiday June 30

Sources: Egypt State Information Service (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egyptian Prime Minister, Ibrahim Mahlab, has announced that Egyptian authorities have declared tomorrow, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, as another one-off non-working public holiday in Egypt on account of the second anniversary of the beginning of the mass protests which led to the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi in 2013. [full story]

Pakistan Bank Holiday July 1st

Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that Wednesday, July 1st, 2015, would be a bank holiday throughout Pakistan on the occasion of the upcoming annual July 1st Bank Holiday of Pakistan. [full story]