Malta 2016 Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Malta Department of Information (Valetta) and Malta bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malta's Government has released an amended version of its previously-published its annual official list of Malta national holidays and non-working public holidays in Malta for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Solomon Islands Public Holiday March 1st

Sources: The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (Honiara) and Solomon Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier this morning, the Solomon Islands Government Communications Unit announced that the Cabinet of the Solomon Islands had declared Tuesday, March 1st, 2016, as a "National Day of Mourning" non-working public holiday in the Solomon Islands, in honour of the Late Sir Peter Kenilorea who passed away on Thursday 25th of February 2016. [29-Feb-2016]

Australian Victoria 2017 AFL Public Holiday Confirmed

Sources: State Government of Victoria (Melbourne) and Australian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Government of Australia's State of Victoria, through a statement by small business, innovation and trade minister, Philip Dalidakis, has announced that the controversial "Friday before the AFL Grand Final" new annual non-working public holiday is here to stay as a non-working public holiday in Australia's State of Victoria, with the government guaranteeing the long weekend will return in 2017. [full story]

Finland 2019 Bank Holidays Announced

Sources: Suomen Pankki - Finlands Bank (Helsinki) and Finland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Finland's Central Bank (Suomen Pankki) has released its annual list of official bank holidays in Finland (Pankkivapaapäivät), as well as related non-working public holidays in Finland for the calendar year 2019. [full story]

Mozambique Public Holiday March 25

Sources: Agencia de Informção de Moçambique (Maputo) and Mozambique bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Mozambique's Minister of Labour (Ministra do Trabalho, Emprego e Segurança Social - MITESS), Vitória Dias Diogo, has announced a one-off non-working public sector holidays in Mozambique, on March 25, 2016, on account of Good Friday. [full story]

Swaziland Public Holiday April 22

Sources: Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs (Mbabane) and Swaziland bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Swaziland's Home Affairs Minister, Princess Tsandzile, has announced that, once again, the annual non-working public holiday in Swaziland to mark King Mswati III's birthday would be observed on Friday, April 22, 2016, due to its set date falling midweek, in 2016. [full story]

Costa Rican Public Sector Holidays March 19-27

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 announced that Costa Rican public sector workers and government agencies would benefit from Easter public holidays during the entire upcoming Holy Week, that is to say, from Saturday, March 19, until Sunday, March 27, 2016, inclusively. [full story]

Bénin 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Site Officiel du président Béninois Boni Yayi (Cotonou) and Bénin bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Bénin has announced its annual list of non-working public holidays in Bénin for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Ugandan Public Holiday February 24

Sources: Uganda Media Centre, Office of the President of the Republic of Uganda (Kampala) and Ugandan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Uganda's permanent secretary in the Ministry of Public Service, Catherine Bitarakwate, has announced that the government of Uganda had declared that Wednesday, February 24, 2016, would be yet another non-working public holiday in Uganda, this time on account of the upcoming election of Local Government Leaders. [full story]

Niger 2016 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Ministère de la Fonction Publique et du Travail du Niger (Niamey) and Niger bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministre de l'Emploi, du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale of the government of Niger has released the official list of annual non-working public holidays in Niger for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Spain Valencia Public Holidays Amended

Sources: Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana (Valencia) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana has unanimously voted a motion to make San Juan (June 24) an official annual non-working public holiday in future calendars of non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) for Spain's autonomous region of Valencia. [full story]

Indonesia Prepares 2017 Public Holidays

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Indonesia, under the leadership of the Deputy for Education and Religious, represented by its Deputy Assistant Coaching for Religious, Religion and Religious Education, has begun discussions on a draft of the annual list of official non-working 2017 public holidays in Indonesia. [full story]

Ukraine Bank Holidays March 7 And June 27

Sources: National Bank of Ukraine (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ukraine's Central Bank, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), has issued a reminder that there will be 2, one-off, non-working bank holidays in the Ukraine on March 7 and June 27, 2016. [full story]

Paraguay Public Holiday February 29

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 los Héroes de la Patria annual non-working public holiday of Paraguay would be moved to Monday, February 29, 2016, as per the terms of the previously-released "Decreto número 4508/15". [full story]

Vanuatu Public Holidays February 21-22

Sources: Government of Vanuatu (Port Vila) and Vanuatu bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of the President of Vanuatu has announced that Vanuatu's president, Baldwin Lonsdale, had declared Monday, February 22, 2016, as a day in lieu non-working public holiday in Vanuatu, on account the annual Vanuatu public holiday for "Lini Day" falling on a Sunday, in the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Azerbaijan Novruz 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Azərbaycan Respublikası Nazirlər Kabineti (Baku) and Azerbaijan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has issued a decision, once again extending the upcoming 2016 Novruz non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan to 9 consecutive days of non-working public holidays in Azerbaijan. [full story]

Romanian February 19 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

Sources: Mediafax (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Romania has reminded the population that the new annual holiday in Romania, starting on February 19, 2016, to mark the birth anniversary of the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi, was not a non-working public holiday in Romania. [full story]

Gambian Public Holiday February 18

Sources: Office of the President of the Gambia (Banjul) and Gambia bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Gambia's president, Yahya Jammeh, has declared Thursday, February 18, 2016, as a non-working public holiday throughout Gambia "in observance of the 51st Independence anniversary of The Islamic Republic of The Gambia". [full story]

Samoan Public Holidays March 3-4

Sources: Samoan Ministry Of Commerce, Industry And Labour (Matagaluega o Pisinisi, Alamanuia, Leipa) and Samoan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Chief Executive Officer of the Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry And Labour (M.C.I.L), Peseta Margaret Malua, has announced that the government of Samoa had once again declared Thursday and Friday, March 3-4, 2016, as one-off non-working public holidays in Samoa on account of the upcoming General Election. [full story]

Kazakhstan Public Holidays March 6-7-8

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Kazakhstan's Prime Minister has signed another "Decree Of The Government For Favorable Conditions Of Working Population And Efficient Use Of Working Time" which declares an additional one-off non-working bridge public holiday in Kazakhstan on Monday, March 7, 2016, to link the upcoming annual International Women's Day Kazakhstan public holiday with the nearby weekend. [full story]