Kazakhstan Declares July 4-5 Public Holidays

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The deputies of Kazakhstan's Maslikhat have unanimously approved the declaration of Monday and Tuesday, July 4 and 5, 2011, as one-off non-working public holidays throughout Kazakhstan. [full story]

Kazakhstan Declares March 7 Public Holiday

Sources: Қазақстан Республикасының Электрондық үкіметі (Astana) and Kazakhstan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Government of Kazakhstan has declared Monday, March 7, 2011, as an official non-working public holiday. [full story]

Belarus Declares March 7th and May 2nd Public Holidays

Sources: Савет Міністраў Рэспублікі Беларусь (Minsk) and Belarus bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus has issued a resolution declaring Monday, March 7, and Monday, May 2, 2011, as a one-off, non-working public holidays in Belarus. [full story]

Ukraine Declares March 7 Public Holiday

Sources: Кабінет Міністрів України (Kiev) and Ukraine bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukraine has issued a resolution declaring Monday, March 7, 2011, as a non-working public holiday, to link the weekend with the upcoming, March 8, annual Women's Day public holiday. [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]