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This monthly
recap of August 2006 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.
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News Item Summary
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31-Aug-2006 |
Australia |
 Australia Gazettes Adelaide Cup Public Holiday Change (Source: South Australian Proclamations and Notices-Adelaide) - Summary: The government of the Australian State of South Australia has officially gazetted the change in the date of the 2007 Adelaide Cup Day and related public holiday. Links: full story and other Australia news and updates.
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31-Aug-2006 |
UK |
 - Summary: There was a lot of discussion, in the late summer of 2006, in the Scottish press and in the Scottish Parliament, about making St Andrew's Day (November 30) a public holiday in Scotland only. But, so far, nothing has come of it. Links: other UK news and updates.
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31-Aug-2006 |
UK - Scotland |
 - Summary: There was a lot of discussion, in the late summer of 2006, in the Scottish press and in the Scottish Parliament, about making St Andrew's Day (November 30) a public holiday in Scotland only. But, so far, nothing has come of it. Links: other UK - Scotland news and updates.
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30-Aug-2006 |
Slovenia |
 Slovenia Declares August 17 National Holiday (Source: Prosveta) - Summary: A national holiday marking the unification of Slovenia’s northeasternmost region of Prekmurje with the then-Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, in 1919, was celebrated for the first time in Slovenia, earlier this month on August 17. Links: full story and other Slovenia news and updates.
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25-Aug-2006 |
Kazakhstan |
 Kazakhstan Rules Out Constitution Day Bridge Public Holidays (Source: Kazakhstan Today-Gazeta) - Summary: The government of Kazakhstan has confirmed that the 2006 Constitution Day public holiday would be celebrated on Wednesday, August 30, 2006, with no additional bridge public holidays linking it to the previous or next weekends. Links: full story and other Kazakhstan news and updates.
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23-Aug-2006 |
Chile |
 Chile Considering Replacing Corpus Chisti Public Holiday - Summary: The Chilean legislative assembly (Cámara de Diputados) approved an initiative proposed back in 2003, which would make the Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen, which falls on July 16, an official public holiday, in replacement of Corpus Christi. Links: full story and other Chile news and updates.
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23-Aug-2006 |
Guyana |
 Guyana Declares August 28 Public Holiday (Source: Government Information Agency-GINA) - Summary: The Presisent of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, has authorised the Ministry of Home Affairs to gazette Monday, August 28, 2006 as a one-off public holiday. Links: full story and other Guyana news and updates.
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22-Aug-2006 |
Peru |
 Peru Codifies Public Sector Holidays For 2007 (Source: Ministerio del Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo-MINTRA) - Summary: Peru's President has announced Supreme Decree (Decreto Supremo) 055-2006-PCM of August 22, 2006, which establishes that public sector workers are entitled to the day adjacent to a public holiday, as a day off, while making up the time in the following week. Links: full story and other Peru news and updates.
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15-Aug-2006 |
UAE |
 UAE Weekends Change (Source: Emirates News Agency-WAM) - Summary: The shift to the new weekend starting from September 1 is optional for private sector companies, said a Ministry of Labour official. Dr Khalid Al Khazraji, Links: full story and other UAE (United Arab Emirates) news and updates.
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2-Aug-2006 |
Bahrain |
 Bahrain To Change Weekend Days To Friday-Saturday (Source: The Times-Manama) - Summary: Beginning in September 2006, weekends in Bahrain will run from Friday to Saturday instead of Thursday to Friday. Links: full story and other Bahrain news and updates.
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