Sint Maarten July 1st Public Holiday Update

Sources: The Daily Herald (Philipsburg) and Sint Maarten bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sint Maarten Education Minister, Rhoda Arrindell, has announced that, despite a smooth sailing through the legislative process, the draft law making July 1st a new annual public holiday, is "unlikely to go into effect this year". [full story]

Sint Maarten July 1st Public Holiday Likely This Year

Sources: The Daily Herald (Philipsburg) and Sint Maarten bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sint Maarten Education and Culture Minister, Rhoda Arrindell, has announced that the draft law to make Emancipation Day, on July 1, into a new annual public holiday is expected to be sent to Parliament soon. [full story]

Lithuania Adds Christmas Eve As Public Holiday

Sources: Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas (Vilnius) and Lithuanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Lithuania has announced that it had finally reached an agreement with the Seimas (Lithuania's parliament) on the terms under which December 24, Christmas Eve, would become a new annual public holiday in Lithuania. [full story]