Oman Declares July 23 Nationwide Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced Saturday, July 24, 2011, as the date for the upcoming Renaissance Day public holidays for both the Omani private and public sectors. [full story]

Sint Maarten Declares July 1st Public Sector Holiday

Sources: The Daily Herald (Philipsburg) and Sint Maarten bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Sint Maarten Council of Ministers has finally decided to declare a one-off public sector holiday and give all government workers the day off on Friday, July 1, 2011, on account of the upcoming Emancipation Day. [full story]

Omani Public Holidays For Isra Wal Meraj Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced that the upcoming one-day public holiday for the Isra Wal Meraj would be moved from Wednesday, June 29, 2011, to Thursday, June 30, 2011. [full story]

South Korean Day In Lieu Public Holidays Update

Sources: Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) and South Korea bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The South Korean government has announced that it was examining a stimulus plan which would encourage a “substitute public holiday system” giving the next day off when public holidays overlap or fall on a Sunday. [full story]

UAE Moves Isra Wal Meraj Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Minister of Education, and Chairman of Federal Authority for Human Resources, Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Quttami, has announced that the UAE government had decided to move the date of the upcoming Isra Wal Meraj public holiday from Wednesday, June 29, to Thursday, June 30, 2011. [full story]

Cape Verde Declares July 8 Public Sector Holiday

Sources: Ministro da Administração Interna (República de Cabo Verde) and Cape Verde bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Cape Verde has declared one off public sector holiday (tolerância de ponto) for the entire day of Friday, July 8, 2011. [full story]

Saudi Arabia Eid Al-Fitr Public Sector Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Saudi Arabia has announced that the public sector holidays break from work to mark the upcoming 2011 Eid Al-Fitr will run from Thursday, August 25 (Ramadan 25) until Saturday, September 3 (Shawwal 5), 2011. [full story]

Nicaragua Mothers' Day Public Holiday Update

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has announced that Monday, May 30, 2011, would be a fully-paid public holiday (día de asueto con goce de salario) for women in the public sector who have children on account of the upcoming Día de la Madre Nicaragüense. [full story]

Indonesia Declares June 3 Bridge Public Holiday

Sources: Antara News Agency (Jakarta) and Indonesian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier this morning, the Indonesian government announced that it had decided to declare another one-off bridge public holiday (locally known as collective leave) for Friday, June 3, 2011, in conjunction with the already gazetted annual public holiday of Thursday, June 2, 2011. [full story]

Honduras Declares Holy Week Public Sector Holidays

Sources: El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Honduras has officialized the declaration of a week-long, Holy Week, of public holidays for Honduras' public sector. [full story]

Nicaragua Declares 9-Day Public Sector Holidays

Sources: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB) and Nicaragua bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeannette Chávez Gómez, has announced that Nicaragua's public sector workers and government services would close down for 9 consecutive days of public sector holidays on account of the upcoming Holy Week (desde el sábado de Ramos al domingo de Pascua inclusive). [full story]

Honduras Considering Holy Week Public Sector Holidays

Sources: La Prensa (Tegucigalpa) and Honduras bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ministry of Tourism of Honduras has proposed moving the upcoming April 14 public holiday to Monday, April 18, 2011, and declaring the entire upcoming Holy Week as public holidays for Honduras' public sector employees. [full story]

British Virgin Islands Propose Public Sector Holidays Reductions

Sources: Virgin Islands Daily News (Road Town) and British Virgin Islands bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Governor of the British Virgin Islands, John de Jongh Jr., will have his Austerity Measures Act debated in the BVI Senate on Thursday. [full story]

Saudi Arabia Declares March 19 Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Saudi Arabia has declared tomorrow, Saturday, March 19, 2011, as another one-off public holiday throughout the Kingdom. [full story]

Omani Strikes Over Public Holidays

Sources: Gulf News (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani workers have gone on strike at Oman's Rusayl Industrial Estate asking for five-day work weeks and Eid public holidays on par with government employees and the public sector. [full story]

Egypt Declares March 19 Public Holiday

Sources: المصري اليوم، أخبار (Cairo) and Egyptian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has announced that Saturday, March 19, 2011, the date of the upcoming referendum on constitutional amendments, would be an official public holiday. [full story]

Cape Verde Declares March 8-9 Public Sector Holidays

Sources: Ministro da Administração Interna (República de Cabo Verde) and Cape Verde bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Cape Verde has declared one off public sector holidays (tolerância de ponto) for the afternoon of Tuesday, March 8, and the entire day of Wednesday, March 9, 2011. [full story]

Peru Declares 2011 Public Sector Holidays

Sources: Diario Oficial El Peruano (Lima) and Peru bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Peru has issued an executive order (decreto ejecutivo) declaring 5 additional public sector holidays for the calendar year 2011. [full story]

Portugal Declares March 8 Public Sector Holiday

Sources: Governo de Portugal (Lisboa) and Portugal bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Prime Minister of Portugal, José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, has published the Despacho n.º 3779/2011 declaring Tuesday, March 8, 2011, as a one-off public sector holidays (tolerância de ponto). [full story]

Moldova Declares March 7 Public Holiday

Sources: Jurnal (Chisinau) and Moldovan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Moldova has declared Monday, March 7, 2011, as a one-off bridge public sector holiday to link the weekend to the annual March 8 International women's Day public holiday. [full story]