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Bank and Public Holidays for Gibraltar

Gibraltar 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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03 Mar 2012 (Government of Gibraltar Press Office-Gibraltar) The Government of Gibraltar has gazetted the recently-announced changes to the observance of the May Day non-working public holiday in Gibraltar. • 05 Jan 2012 (The Gibraltar Chronicle-Gibraltar) In his New Year's address, Gibraltar's recently-elected Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, announced that the rules governing the date when the May Day public holiday is observed as a non-working bank holiday in Gibraltar, would once gain be changed, effective immediately. • 19 Oct 2011 (Government of Gibraltar Press Office-Gibraltar) The Government of Gibraltar has issued the "Bank and Public Holidays (No.2) Order 2011" (LN. 2011/189) which sets forth the bank holidays and public holidays for Gibraltar in the calendar year 2012. • 13 Jan 2011 (Government of Gibraltar Press Office-Gibraltar) The Government of Gibraltar has gazetted the "Bank and Public Holidays Order 2011" (LN. 2011/002) which states that "to mark the Royal Wedding, Friday 29 April 2011 shall be a bank and public holiday". • 06 Jan 2011 (The Gibraltar Chronicle-Gibraltar) Gibraltar's Chief Minister, Peter Caruana, has finally announced that Friday, April 29, 2011, would be a one-off public holiday in Gibraltar to celebrate the marriage of Britain’s heir to the throne, Prince William. • 01 Dec 2010 (Panorama-Gibraltar) The Gibraltar opposition (GSLP/Liberals) has called on the GSD Government to make April 29th, 2011, a one-off bank/public holiday in Gibraltar to coincide with the 2011 wedding of Prince William. • 04 Nov 2010 (Government of Gibraltar Press Office-Gibraltar) The Government of Gibraltar has issued the "Bank And Public Holidays Order 2010" (LN. 2010/149) which sets forth the bank holidays and public holidays for Gibraltar in the calendar year 2011. • 17 Sep 2009 (Government of Gibraltar Press Office-Gibraltar) The government of Gibraltar has gazetted the "Bank and Public Holidays Order, 2009" (LN. 2009/049), which specifies the list of official bank holidays and public holidays in Gibraltar for the calendar year 2010. • 05 May 2009 (Gibraltar Chronicle-Gibraltar) Gibraltar's main trade union confederation, TGWU/Unite, has announced that it will be campaigning to make International Women’s Day (March 8) an annual paid public holiday. • 20 Dec 2008 (Government of Gibraltar) Gibraltar's Chief Minister Peter Caruana, announced that the one-off public holiday to celebrate Gibraltar's victory against the EU in a tax case dating from 2002, would be celebrated on Monday, January 12, 2009. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Gibraltar public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

May Day/Labour Day: In 2002 the date of this public holiday was changed, to bring it in line with the UK's corresponding public holiday which is set for the first Monday in May, but it was set it back to May 1st starting in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. In 2007, it was again changed to the first Monday in May. • National Day is celebrated on September 10, to commemorate the 1967 referendum where with a massive majority the people of Gibraltar voted to reject annexation by Spain. • Gibraltar International Codes GI and GIB (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .gi (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Gibraltar information and news: Bank of England (Gibraltar central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Gibraltar maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Gibraltar), and Wikipedia (includes Gibraltar 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 Gibraltar, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Gibraltar, 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 Gibraltar. 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 Gibraltar, 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 Gibraltar, before planning any trip to Gibraltar. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.