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Czech Republic bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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23 Sep 2011 (Czech National Bank-Prag) The central bank of the Czech Republic, the Czech National Bank, has announced the twelve bank and public holidays for calendar year 2012 in the Czech Republic. • 29 Aug 2010 (Czech National Bank-Prag) The central bank of the Czech Republic, the Czech National Bank, has announced the twelve bank and public holidays for calendar year 2011 in the Czech Republic. • 08 Apr 2010 (Radio Praha-Prague) The 2006 Senatorial Bill to declare Good Friday an official public holiday in the Czech Republic has once again been postponed by the Czech Lower House. • 01 Oct 2009 (Czech National Bank-Prag) The central bank of the Czech Republic, the Czech National Bank, has announced the twelve bank and public holidays for calendar year 2010 in the Czech Republic. • 21 Sep 2007 (Actualne-Prag) The Czech Senate passed a draft law abolishing some of the traditional public holidays which senators considered either historically obsolete or outright alien. International Women's Day would be cancelled as would Family Day and the Day of Knowledge. • 07 Feb 2007 (Radio Praha-Prague) The recent senatorial amendment to add Good Friday to the list of Czech public holidays was not voted upon in the lower house, yesterday. • 03 Nov 2006 (Ceske Noviny-Prag) The Senate today again submitted a bill declaring Good Friday national holiday to the Chamber of Deputies and at at the same time proposed that International Women's Day be deleted from the list of Czech special days. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Czech Republic public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in the Czech Republic are regulated by the 1975 Act to amend the Act of 2 Nov. 1951 respecting the national festival, public holidays, days of remembrance and days of national significance. • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). • New Year's Day (January 1st) is also sometimes referrd to as Czech State Recovery Day, Reconstruction Day, State Restoration Day, and Establishment Day. • Statehood Day (September 28th) is also Saint Wenceslaus Day. • Other commemorated days, although not public holidays, include: • The Day for Remembering the Victims of Holocaust and Preventing Crimes against Humanity (January 27). International Women’s Day (March 8). The anniversary of joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO (March 12) The May Uprising of the Czech Nation (May 5). The Day for Remembering the Victims of the Communist Regime (June 27). The Day for War Veterans (November 11) Source: The Official Website of the Czech Republic. • Czech Republic International Codes CZ and CZE (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .cz (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Czech Republic information and news: Czech National Bank (Czech Republic central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Czech Republic maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Czech Republic), and Wikipedia (includes Czech Republic commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Czech Republic, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Czech Republic, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Czech Republic. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Czech Republic, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Czech Republic, before planning any trip to Czech Republic. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.