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This monthly
recap of January 2001 worldwide public holidays news and updates, covers all the countries
of the world, and is based on our daily review
of hundreds of online newspapers, government sites, and institutional sources,
and over a decade of experience following
worldwide public holidays, to place current events in context, and anticipate on
possible future changes.
Available as
free weekly
or monthly email newsletters.
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Date |
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News Item Summary
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26-Jan-2001 |
Monaco |
 Monaco 2001 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté-Monaco) - Summary: Monaco's State Ministry has published the list of official public holidays (liste des jours chômés et payés) in Monaco for the calendar year 2001. Links: full story and other Monaco news and updates.
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19-Jan-2001 |
Indonesia |
 Indonesia Declares Optional Public Holiday For Chinese New Year (Source: Antara News Agency) - Summary: Indonesia's State Secretary, Djohan Effendi, announced that Indonesia's President, Abdurrahman Wahid, had agreed to declare Chinese New Year (locally know as Imlek) to become a public holiday for the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia. Links: full story and other Indonesia news and updates.
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18-Jan-2001 |
Uganda |
 Uganda Declares January 19 Public Holiday (Source: Radio Uganda-Kampala) - Summary: Uganda's Ministry of Public Service has declared Friday, January 19th, 2001, a one-off public holiday to enable people to participate in updating voters registers. Links: full story and other Uganda news and updates.
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14-Jan-2001 |
Solomon Islands |
 Solomon Islands Declares One-Off Public Holiday Next January 11 (Source: Pacific Magazine) - Summary: Following the recent death of former national prime minister and the province's best known figure, the Solomon Islands province of Makira-Ulawa will declare next year's January 11, 2002, the Solomon Mamaloni Day public holiday. Links: other Solomon Islands news and updates.
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13-Jan-2001 |
Nepal |
 Nepal Planning To Cancel Public Holidays (Source: The Kathmandu Post) - Summary: The government of Nepal is considering canceling more than a dozen public holidays, as well as reducing the weekend form 2 days to 1 day. Links: full story and other Nepal news and updates.
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12-Jan-2001 |
Russia |
 Russia's Far East Declares Non Working Days Due To Cold Weather (Source: ITAR TASS) - Summary: Due to the continuing cold spell in Siberia and the Far East, on January 12, 2001, schools in Buryatia and the Jewish Autonomous Okrug were closed as temperatures dipped to minus 40-45 degrees Celsius, and the mayor of Vladivostok declared 12 January a non-working day. Links: other Russia news and updates.
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11-Jan-2001 |
China |
 China 2001 Public Holidays Schedule Announced (Source: The Central People's Government-Beijing) - Summary: The State Council of China announced the Chinese national public holidays schedule for 2001. Links: full story and other China news and updates.
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3-Jan-2001 |
Belize |
 Belize 2001 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Ministry of Budget Management, Investment and Trade-Belmopan City) - Summary: Belize's Ministry of Budget Management, Investment and Trade, and also Minister Responsible for Holidays, Ralph Fonseca, has released the list of official public and bank holidays to be observed during the year 2001. Links: full story and other Belize news and updates.
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