Saudi Arabia Moves 2015 Eid al Adha Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). In a surprise announcement, the Saudi government has changed its previously-announced date of September 23, for the upcoming Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holiday, by shifting the entire month of Dhul Hijjah by one day. [full story]

Peru IMF Public Holiday October 9

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo del Perú (MTPE) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Peruvian executive has issued a decree announcing that Friday, October 9, 2015, had been declared as a one-off public holiday in Peru, on account of the upcoming IMF and World Bank Summit. [full story]

Costa Rica Public Holiday September 15

Sources: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José) and Costa Rican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Costa Rica's Minister of Labour has confirmed that the upcoming September 15 non-working public holiday for Costa Rica's Independence Day (194 Aniversario de la Independencia de Costa Rica) was an official non-working public holiday, as per the amended public holidays legislation of Costa Rica and that its observance would not and could not be moved to another date. [full story]

Vatican 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Prefettura della Casa Ponitificia (Vatican City) and Holy See/Vatican bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Vatican's Prefecture of the Papal Household has released its annual list of the 2016 closed public holidays for the Holy See (aka. Vatican City). [full story]

Angola Public Holiday September 18

Sources: Rádio Nacional de Angola (Luanda) and Angolan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Angola's Minister of Public Service and Social Security (MAPESS), António Pitra Neto, has announced that Friday, September 18, 2015, would be a one-off non-working public sector holiday, to link the upcoming, September 17, National Heroes' Day, annual non-working public holiday (tolerância de ponto) of Angola, as per the law revising Angolan official non-working public holidays. [full story]

Armenian Public Holiday September 14

Sources: Հայերեն լրատվական գործակալությանը (ARMENPRESS) and Armenian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Armenia has announced that Monday, September 14, 2015, would be a non-working public holiday in Armenia, on account of the upcoming Exaltation of the Holy Cross feast, to be compensated by declaring Saturday, September 19, 2015, as a regular working day in Armenia. [full story]

Nicaragua Public Holidays September 14-15

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB) has announced that Monday and Tuesday, September 14-15, 2015, would be non-working public holiday (feriados nacionales obligatorios) in Nicaragua to mark the annual non-working public holidays commemorating the Battle of San Jacinto and Nicaragua's Independence Day public holiday. [full story]

Finland Could Cancel 2 Public Holidays

Sources: Helsingin Sanomat (Helsinki) and Finland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Finland's Finance Minister, Alexander Stubb, has announced a series of austerity measures which, among other measures, would cancel 2 of Finland's annual non-working public holidays. [full story]

South Australia March Public Holiday Maintained Until 2019

Sources: Government of South Australia SafeWork SA (Adelaide) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of the Australian State of South Australia has announced that the current freeze on the date of the second Monday of March non-working public holiday (often referred to as Adelaide Cup Day) would remain until 2019, at least. [full story]

Tongan Public Holiday November 2

Sources: Tonga Ministry of Information and Communications (Nuku'alofa) and Tonga bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Tonga's Prime Minister's Office has issued a communiqué confirming that the date of the upcoming Constitution Day/Tonga National Day annual non-working public holiday in Tonga will be Monday, November 2, 2015, as per the "Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2010" (Act No. 10 of 2010). [full story]

Maldives Extends 2015 Eid al-Adha Public Holidays

Sources: ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The spokesperson for the Office of the President of the Maldives, Ibrahim Muaz Ali, has twitted that that President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom had decided to extend the upcoming Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) annual public holidays in the Maldives and link it to the previous weekend by declaring additional non-working public holidays in the Maldives on Sunday and Monday, September 20 and 21, 2015. [full story]

Spain 2016 Castilla La-Mancha Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Diario Oficial de Castilla-La Mancha (DOCM) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The previously-announced annual list of regional non-working public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Región of Castilla La-Mancha for the upcoming calendar year 2016 ("calendario laboral de las fiestas laborales de carácter retribuido y no recuperable en el año 2016, en Castilla-La Mancha") has been gazetted in the Diario Oficial de Castilla-La Mancha. [full story]

Bahrain 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: مصرف البحرين المركزى (Manama) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's Central Bank has published its annual list of expected bank and public holidays in Bahrain for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Paraguay Public Holiday September 28

Sources: Presidencia de la República del Paraguay (Asunción) and Paraguay bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Paraguayan head of presidential decrees has released a communiqué confirming that the date of the upcoming Día de la Victoria de Boquerón public holiday would be moved to Monday, September 28, 2015, as per the terms of the previously-released "Decreto número 2.755". [full story]

Zimbabwe 2016 Public Holidays Gazetted

Sources: Government of Zimbabwe (Harare) and Zimbabwe bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Zimbabwe's Home Affairs Ministers, Ignatius Chombo, has gazetted the annual announcement of the dates for the 2016 non-working public holidays in Zimbabwe in terms of the Zimbabwe Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act (Chapter 10:21). [full story]

Cyprus 2016 Bank Holidays Released

Sources: Kεντρική Τράπεζα Κύπρου (Nicosia) and Cyprus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of Cyprus has released its annual official list of bank holidays to be observed in Cyprus for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Spain 2016 La Rioja Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Boletin Oficial De La Rioja (La Rioja) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consejería de Industria, Innovación y Empleo of Spain's Autonomous Region of La Rioja, through its spokesperson, Begoña Martínez, has announced its annual list of regional public holidays (calendario laboral) for the upcoming calendar year 2016 in La Rioja ("días inhábiles a efectos laborales, de carácter retribuido y no recuperable, del calendario del próximo año"). [full story]

Palau Public Holiday September 7

Sources: Palau Government (Koror) and Palau bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Palau has announced that Monday, September 7, 2015, would be the date of the upcoming Labor Day annual non-working public holiday in Palau. [full story]

Niue Public Holidays October 19-20

Sources: Niue Government (Alofi) and Niue bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Niue has announced non-working public holidays in Niue, on Monday and Tuesday, October 19-20, 2015, on account of the Niuean "41 years of Self Governing". [full story]

Saudi Arabia National Day Public Holiday Extension Ruled-Out

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesman for Saudi Arabia's Civil Service Ministry has announced that there would be no one-off day in lieu non-working public holiday in Saudi Arabia to compensate for the Kingdom's National Day annual non-working public holiday of September 23, as it falls within the Eid Al-Adha annual public holidays in 2015. [full story]