Macedonia Announces June 10 Public Holiday

Sources: Македонска Информативна Агенцијa (MIA) and Macedonia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Macedonia's Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has announced that Friday, June 10, 2011, (the Friday before Pentecost), would be an official non-working public holiday for Orthodox citizens of Macedonia. [full story]

Hungary Push For Christian Public Holidays

Sources: Caboodle (Budapest) and Hungary bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). An member of Parliament of Hungary's co-governing Christian Democratic (KDNP) party, Laszlo Varga, has introduced a bill that would make Good Friday a new, annual, non-working, public holiday in Hungary, beginning in 2012. [full story]

Réunion Tamil Public Holidays Update

Sources: Journal de l'Ile de la Réunion (Saint-Paul la Réunion) and Réunion bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Tamil umbrella group, Tamij Sangam, has once again officially petitioned the French Interior Minister, Claude Guéant, and the French Minister of overseas territories, Marie-Luce Penchard, to declare Tamil New Year and Deepavali as official non-working public holidays in the Réunion. [full story]