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Serbia 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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10 Feb 2012 (Serbian Government Ministry of Labour and Social Policy-Belgrade) The Serbian government has declared a one-off non-working public holiday for Friday, February 17, 2012, to extend the upcoming National Day non-working public holidays into the following weekend. • 08 Feb 2012 (Serbian Government Ministry of Labour and Social Policy-Belgrade) Serbia's government advisor for energy issues, Petar Skundric, has announced that he would recommend to the government of Serbia that it declare the period of February 15-20, 2012, as non-working public holidays in Serbia in an effort to conserve energy in the midst of the current cold spell blanketing Europe. • 20 Dec 2011 (Serbian Government Ministry of Labour and Social Policy-Belgrade) The Serbian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has announced the list of official non-working public holidays in January 2012 in Serbia, following the recent changes in Serbian public holidays legislation. • 05 Dec 2011 (National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia-Belgrade) The Serbian Parliament has approved amending the "Law on State Holidays" by extending the list of annual non-working public holidays in Serbia, beginning in 2012. • 15 Jul 2011 (Telegraphic Agency of New Yugoslavia-TANJUG) Serbia's ruling coalition is contemplating declaring October 21st as a new annual non-working public holiday. • 19 Apr 2011 (Telegraphic Agency of New Yugoslavia-TANJUG) Serbia's Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has announced the dates of the upcoming Easter and Labour Day public holidays. • 16 Nov 2009 (B92-Belgrade) The government of Serbia has proclaimed three days of mourning, from November 16-18, 2009, following yesterday afternoon's death of Serbian Orthodox Church head, Patriarch Pavle. • 08 Nov 2009 (Deutsche Presse-Agentur-Belgrade) Serbia's Education Minister, Zarko Obradovic, has announced that it had decided to extend the autumn school holidays, for another 3 days, until Wednesday, November 11, 2009. • 21 Feb 2008 (Reuters) The Government of Serbia is organizing a demonstration against Kosovo's independence, later this afternoon. To that end, it has decreed that all schools and educational institutions would be closed for the day, and urged businesses to give the day off to their workers. • 06 Apr 2007 (Ministry of Work, Health and Social Afairs) On March 29, 2007, as a corollary to the June 2006 separation of Montenegro, the Serbian Government announced that Constitution Day (April 27) will no longer be a public holiday in Serbia, as that date referred to the constitution of the former entity. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Serbia 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 Serbia are regulated by the 2001 Labour Code (Official Gazette of RS, No. 43/2001 and 101/2007). • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a Sunday are moved to the following Monday. • Other days of note but which are not public holidays are: • Saint Sava (Spirituality Day): January 27th, • Victory Day (May 9) which, despite being an official public holiday, is nonetheless a working day in Serbia and in the • Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. • Saint Vitus' Day: June 28th. • Employee-Related Holidays: based on their religious affiliations, employees are entitled to take the following days off (which are not public holidays): • Orthodox Christians: the 1st day of the family saint holiday. • Catholic Christians: from Catholic Good Friday until the second day of Catholic Easter. • Members of Islamic community: the 1st day of Ramadan Bayram and the 1st day of Kurban Bayram. • Members of Jewish community: the 1st day of Yom Kippur. • Serbia International Codes RS and SRB (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .rs (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Serbia information and news: National Bank of Serbia (Serbia central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Serbia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Serbia), and Wikipedia (includes Serbia 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 Serbia, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Serbia, 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 Serbia. 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 Serbia, 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 Serbia, before planning any trip to Serbia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.