Costa Rica Mulls June 17 Public Holiday

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 legislature is to consider a bill by Liberación Nacional MP, Rolando González, which would declare June 17, Costa Rican Father's Day (Día del Padre), as a new annual non-working public holiday in Costa Rica. [full story]

Russian 2017 Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Лента новостей РИА Новости (Moscow) and Russian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation has released its annual "Government Resolution On The Transfer Of Public Holidays in 2017", which, as usual, proposes a draft list of official public holidays and bridge holidays in Russia for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Guatemalan Public Holiday July 1

Sources: Diario de Centro América (Diario público de Guatemala) and Guatemala bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Guatemalan Ministry of Labour has announced that Friday, July 1, 2016, had been declared as the, day in lieu, non-working public holiday in Guatemala on account of the upcoming, June 30, Army Day annual public holiday ("Día del Ejército"), once again falling in the middle of the week in 2016. [full story]

Tongan Public Holiday June 6

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 announcing that Monday, June 6, 2016, was an official non-working public holiday in Tonga to mark the 154th Tongan Emancipation Day. [full story]

Sources: The Central Bank of Seychelles (Victoria) and Seychelles bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Central Bank of the Seychelles has announced that Monday, June 6, 2016, would be a substitute bank holiday and public holiday in the Seychelles on account of the annual Liberation Day bank holiday and public holiday of the Seychelles falling on a Sunday in 2016. [full story]

India Rules-Out June 2 Telangana Public Holiday

Sources: Government of Telangana (Hyderabad) and Indian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of India's State of Telangana has issued a communiqué ruling-out the declaration of June 2, 2016, as another one-off non-working public holiday in India's State of Telangana on account of the second anniversary of the formation of the Indian State of Telangana. [full story]

Spain 2017 Aragon Public Holidays Announced

Sources: Gobierno de Aragón (Zaragoza) and Spain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Spain's autonomous region of Aragon has announced the annual list of regional non-working public holidays in Spain's autonomous region of Aragon ("fiestas laborales, de carácter retribuido y no recuperables e inhábiles, para el año 2017 en la comunidad") for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Pakistan Ramadan 2016 Bank Holiday

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 Tuesday, June 7, 2016, would be a bank holiday throughout Pakistan on the occasion of the upcoming annual Start of Ramadan Bank Holiday. [full story]

Ukraine Mulls May Public Holidays Shake-Up

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada, the unicameral parliament of the Ukraine, is considering the draft law No.4722 "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine (regarding the reduction of the number of public holidays and weekends)", which would remove the annual public holidays of May 1, 2 and 9 from the annual list of non-working public holidays of the Ukraine. [full story]

Argentina's President Mulls June 17 Public Holiday Veto

Sources: Ministerio del Interior (República Argentina) and Argentina bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Argentina's Vice-President, Gabriela Michetti, is quoted in the Argentine media as not ruling-out the possibility that President Macri will veto the bill currently making its way through Argentina's parliament and which would declare a one-off non-working public holiday in Argentina on June 17 ("aniversario de la muerte del general salteño Martín Miguel de Güemes"). [full story]

Indonesia Adds June 1st Public Holiday

Sources: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (ANTARA) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Indonesian State Palace Spokesman, Johan Budi, has announced that the Government of Indonesia had finally decided to declare June 1st as a new, "Pancasila Day", non-working public holiday in Indonesia, but only from next year. [full story]

Nepalese Public Holiday June 1st

Sources: नेपाली गृह मंत्रालय के मंत्रालय (Kathmandu) and Nepalese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Home Ministry of the Government of Nepal has announced that the Government of Nepal had decided to declare Wednesday, June 1st, 2016, as a one-off non-working public holidays in Nepal on account of the upcoming "elections for the authorized trade union of the civil servants". [full story]

Kazakhstan 2017 Public Holidays Draft

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Health and Social Development of the government of Kazakhstan has released a surprisingly early draft of the annual list of non-working public holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the upcoming calendar year 2017. [full story]

Moldova Public Holiday June 1st

Sources: Agentia Informationala de Stat (Moldpres) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sources within the Moldavian executive have informed us that a draft decree on the declaration of June 1st, as a new annual non-working public holiday in Moldova, as voted late last week by Moldova's Parliament, would be considered at tomorrow's, May 31st, Cabinet meeting, and that it is expected that the Cabinet of the Government of Moldova will approve the declaration of International Children's Day as a new annual non-working public holiday in Moldova. [full story]

Ghana Could Cancel May 25 Public Holiday

Sources: Ghana News Agency (Accra) and Ghana bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The leader of Ghana's Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has announced that if he wins the upcoming presidential elections in Ghana, he would act to cancel the annual, May 25, non-working public holiday of Ghana ("This will be on my hit list as the President of the Republic of Ghana"). [full story]

Tongan Public Holiday June 22

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 announcing that the Tongan Cabinet had declared Wednesday, June 22, 2016, as another one-off official non-working public holiday in Tonga to mark the 150th Anniversary of Tupou College. [full story]

Samoan Public Holidays June 1-2-3

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) has announced that the government of Samoa had declared Wednesday to Friday, June 1-3, 2016, as non-working public holidays in Samoa on account of the upcoming 54th Samoan Independence Day Celebrations. [full story]

Cayman Islands Update 2016 Public Holidays

Sources: Cayman Islands Government Information and Services (Grand Cayman) and Cayman Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). In a private communication to us, the Cayman Islands' Deputy Governor's Office has issued a communique updating the previously-released annual list of official non-working public holidays in the Cayman Islands for the calendar year 2016. [full story]

Venezuelan Bank Holiday May 30

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, Sudeban (Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario) has announced that Monday, May 30, 2016, would be another bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the annual "Día de Corpus Christi" ("fiesta del Cuerpo y la Sangre de Cristo") annual bank holiday of Venezuela. [full story]

Moldova Votes June 1st Public Holiday

Sources: Agentia Informationala de Stat (Moldpres) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Moldova's Parliament has voted the recent bill, introduced by Liberal MP, Alina Zotea, that would make June 1st, International Children's Day, a new annual non-working public holiday in Moldova, beginning this year. [full story]