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This monthly
recap of October 2009 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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Country |
News Item Summary
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31-Oct-2009 |
Nicaragua |
 Nicaragua Declares November 2nd Public Holiday (Source: MITRAB-Managua) - Summary: Yesterday afternoon, Nicaragua's Minister of Labour, Jeanette Chávez Gómez, issued a communique declaring that Monday, November 2nd, 2009, would be a full-day public holiday for both the private and public sectors. Links: full story and other Nicaragua news and updates.
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31-Oct-2009 |
India |
 India Announces 2010 AP Public Holidays (Source: Deccan Chronicle-Hyderabad) - Summary: The state government of India's State of Andhra Pradesh released the official list of Andhra Pradesh State public holidays for the year 2010. Links: full story and other India news and updates.
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31-Oct-2009 |
India |
Indian November 13 Electoral Public Holiday In Haryana (Source: Haryana Live-Bahadurgarh) - Summary: India's Haryana State Government has announced a one-off regional public holiday on Friday, November 13, 2009, in Bahadurgarh, Kaithal on account of that date's Municipal Council elections. Links: full story and other India news and updates.
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30-Oct-2009 |
Philippines |
 Philippines Backtracks On Eid al-Adha Public Holidays (Source: Philippines Department of Labor and Employment-Manila) - Summary: Earlier today, Malacañang Palace issued Proclamation No. 1808-A, which revises Proclamation No. 1808 and declares November 27 and 28, 2009 (Eid'l Adha) as regional non-working public holidays, only in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Links: full story and other Philippines news and updates.
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30-Oct-2009 |
Burkina Faso |
 Burkina Faso Declares November 2 Public Holiday (Source: Ministère du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale-Ouagadougou) - Summary: A communique, by Burkina Faso's Ministère du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale, has announced that Monday, November 2, 2009, had been declared a day in lieu public holiday. Links: full story and other Burkina Faso news and updates.
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29-Oct-2009 |
Azerbaijan |
 Azerbaijan Extends Eid al-Adha Public Holidays By One Day (Source: Azeri Press Agency-APA) - Summary: A spokesman for Azerbaijan's Cabinet of Ministers, Akif Ali, has announced that the four last days of November would be non-working public holidays on the occasion of the Gurban Bayrami, aka. Eid al-Adha, public holidays. Links: full story and other Azerbaijan news and updates.
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29-Oct-2009 |
Mexico |
 Mexico Considering 2010 Public Holiday Date Change (Source: Contacto Digital-Mexico City) - Summary: The Comisión de Trabajo y Previsión Social of Mexico's House of Deputies is to consider a bill that would change the date of the November Revolution Day public holiday, in 2010. Links: full story and other Mexico news and updates.
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29-Oct-2009 |
Bhutan |
 Bhutan Confirms Coronation Public Holiday Date Change (Source: Royal Civil Service Commission of Bhutan-Thimphu) - Summary: The Government of Bhutan has finally, officially, confirmed the change of date of the upcoming Coronation Day of Druk Gyalpo public holiday. Links: full story and other Bhutan news and updates.
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28-Oct-2009 |
Jordan |
 Jordan Confirms November 29 Public Holiday (Source: Jordan News Agency-Petra) - Summary: The government of Jordan has confirmed that, in addition to Monday, November 30, 2009, it had also declared Sunday, November 29, 2009, a public holiday. Links: full story and other Jordan news and updates.
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28-Oct-2009 |
Malaysia |
 Malaysia Could Declare Additional Sabah Public Holiday (Source: New Straits Times-Kota Kinabalu) - Summary: Malaysia's Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) secretary-general, Datuk Radin Malleh, has announced that the state government would decide whether or not to shift the state public holiday for the Head of State's (TYT) official birthday from September 16, to another date. Links: full story and other Malaysia news and updates.
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27-Oct-2009 |
Tanzania |
 Tanzanian 2010 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Benki Kuu ya Tanzania-Dar es Salaam) - Summary: The Tanzanian Director of Information Services has published the list of official non-working public holidays dates in Tanzania for the calendar year 2010. Links: full story and other Tanzania news and updates.
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27-Oct-2009 |
Panama |
 Panama Makes November 4 A Public Holiday (Source: TVN Noticias-Panamá City) - Summary: A communique from Panama's Secretaría de Comunicación de Estado has announced that Wednesday, November 4, 2009, would be an official public holiday. Links: full story and other Panama news and updates.
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26-Oct-2009 |
Macedonia |
 Macedonian 2010 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Macedonia-Skopje) - Summary: Macedonia's Ministry of Labour and Social Policy has released the official list of 2010 public holidays in Macedonia. Links: full story and other Macedonia news and updates.
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26-Oct-2009 |
Mozambique |
 Mozambique Declares October 28 Public Holiday (Source: Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) - Summary: The Labour Ministry of Mozambique, after consultation with the trade unions and the employers' associationsof Mozambique, has declared Wednesday, October 28, 2009, a one-off electoral public holiday "to allow the maximum number of people to vote". Links: full story and other Mozambique news and updates.
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26-Oct-2009 |
Macau |
 Macau Confirms 2010 Public Holidays (Source: Portal do Governo da RAEM da República Popular da China-Macau) - Summary: The Monetary Authority Of Macao (AMCM) announced the list of bank holidays specific to the banking and financial sectors of Macau. Links: full story and other Macau news and updates.
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24-Oct-2009 |
Turkey |
 Turkey Declares October 30 School Closure (Source: Hürriyet Daily News-Istanbul) - Summary: The governor of Turkey's capital, Istanbul, Muammer Güler, announced yesterday that schools in Istanbul would be closed on Friday, October 30, 2009 to disinfect the buildings, in the face of the rapidly spreading H1N1 influenza. Links: full story and other Turkey news and updates.
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24-Oct-2009 |
The Cayman Islands |
 Cayman Islands Declares November 6 Public Holiday (Source: Cayman Islands Government-George Town) - Summary: The Governor of the Cayman Islands, Mr. Stuart Jack, CVO, has declared Friday, November 6, 2009, as a one-off public holiday, to commemorate the commencement of the 2009 Cayman Islands Constitution. Links: full story and other The Cayman Islands news and updates.
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23-Oct-2009 |
Brazil |
 Brazil Moves Upcoming Public Sector Holiday (Source: Notícias JusBrasil-Brasilia) - Summary: Many Brazilian States have decided to observe the annual, Dia do Servidor Público, public sector holiday on Friday, October 30, 2009, rather than the previously announced date of Monday, October 26, 2009. Links: full story and other Brazil news and updates.
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21-Oct-2009 |
Namibia |
 Namibian Electoral Public Holiday Update (Source: The Namibian-Windhoek) - Summary: Namibia's spokesperson for the Ministry of Information, Wilma Deetlefs, has announced that, so far, she had "not heard anything on a possible public holiday" on the upcoming November 27, presidential and general elections. Links: full story and other Namibia news and updates.
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21-Oct-2009 |
Kazakhstan |
 Kazakhstan Confirms October 25 Public Holiday Cancellation (Source: Kazakhstan Today-Gazeta) - Summary: The press services of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Justice has issued a communique confirming the cancellation, effective this year, of the October 25, Day of the Republic, annual non-working public holiday. Links: full story and other Kazakhstan news and updates.
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21-Oct-2009 |
Taiwan |
 Taiwan To Consider Matsu Holiday (Source: Radio Taiwan International-Taipei) - Summary: Speaking in the legislature, yesterday, Taiwan's Premier, Wu Den-yih, announced that he would ask Taiwan's interior ministry whether Matsu's birthday should be made a national holiday. Links: full story and other Taiwan news and updates.
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21-Oct-2009 |
Australia |
 Australia Announces December 28 NSW Public Holiday (Source: The Armidale Express-Armidale) - Summary: The Executive Director of the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW) Industrial Relations, Don Jones, has confirmed that Monday, December 28, has been gazetted as the 2009 Boxing Day public holiday. Links: full story and other Australia news and updates.
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20-Oct-2009 |
Malaysia |
Malaysia Confirms October 26 Negeri Sembilan Public Holiday (Source: Bernama News Agency-Seremban) - Summary: The government of Malaysia's State of Negeri Sembilan has confirmed that Monday, October 26, 2009, as a public holiday for the whole of the State of Negeri Sembilan. Links: full story and other Malaysia news and updates.
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20-Oct-2009 |
Dominican Republic |
 Dominican Republic 2010 Public Holidays Announced (Source: La Nación Dominicana-Santo Domingo) - Summary: The Secretary of State for Labour of the Dominican Republic, Andrés Valentín Herrera, has announced the official listing of public holidays in the the Dominican Republic for the year 2010. Links: full story and other Dominican Republic news and updates.
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20-Oct-2009 |
Australia |
Australia's Queen's Birthday Public Holiday Update (Source: The Westender-Brisbane) - Summary: The QPSU (union of public sector workers of Australia's State of Queensland) is calling on the state government to consider shifting the Queen’s Birthday public holiday to the first Monday in October. Links: full story and other Australia news and updates.
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19-Oct-2009 |
India |
India 2010 Tamil Nadu Public Holidays Announced (Source: Government of Tamil Nadu-Chennai) - Summary: The Government of the Indian State of Tamil Nadu has published the official list of 2010 public holidays in the State of Tamil Nadu. Links: full story and other India news and updates.
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19-Oct-2009 |
Malaysia |
Malaysia To Finally Declare Malaysia Day Public Holiday (Source: Bernama News Agency-Kuala Lumpur) - Summary: Earlier today, Malaysia's Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, announced in Parliament that the Malaysian Cabinet had finally come to the decision to celebrate Hari Malaysia as a national public holiday, starting on September 16, 2010. Links: full story and other Malaysia news and updates.
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19-Oct-2009 |
Peru |
 Peru Cancels Public Sector Bridge Holidays (Source: La Primera-Lima) - Summary: Peru's President, Alan García, has announced that a decree will be signed this week to abolish the system of civil service bridge public holidays, instituted a few years ago. Links: full story and other Peru news and updates.
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18-Oct-2009 |
Australia |
Australian ANZAC Public Holiday Legislation Rejected By Tasmania (Source: The Examiner-Hobart) - Summary: The Legislative Council of Australia's State of Tasmania has rejected pending legislation which proposed that whenever Anzac Day fell on any Sunday or on Easter Monday, the following day would be made a day in lieu public holiday. Links: full story and other Australia news and updates.
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17-Oct-2009 |
Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijan's Novruz Public Holiday Enshrined By UNESCO (Source: Azeri Press Agency-APA) - Summary: A spokesman for Azerbaijan's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Intigam Humbatov, has announced that the Novruz public holiday has been included into the UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Links: full story and other Azerbaijan news and updates.
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17-Oct-2009 |
Ghana |
 Ghana Rules Out FIFA Public Holiday (Source: JOY-Accra) - Summary: Ghana's President, John Atta Mills, has announced that despite the win of Ghana's national football team in yesterday's final of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt, he would not declare a one-off public holiday to mark the occasion. Links: full story and other Ghana news and updates.
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17-Oct-2009 |
Niger |
 Niger Declares October 20 Public Holiday (Source: AFP-Niamey) - Summary: The government of Niger has declared the date of the upcoming legislative elections, Tuesday, October 20, 2009, a one-off public holiday. Links: full story and other Niger news and updates.
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16-Oct-2009 |
Australia |
Australia Tables ACT Public Holiday Change Bill (Source: ACT Chief Minister Website-Canberra) - Summary: The Minister for Industrial Relations of Australia's ACT territory, John Hargreaves, has tabled "The Holidays (Family and Community Day) Amendment Bill 2009" which will change the date of the Family and Community Day public holiday. Links: full story and other Australia news and updates.
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15-Oct-2009 |
Turkmenistan |
 Turkmenistan Declares October 26 Public Holiday (Source: Turkmenistan Government Information Agency-Ashgabad) - Summary: Turkmenistan's President, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, has signed a decree declaring Monday, October 26, 2009, as a one-off non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming 18th anniversary of independence of Turkmenistan. Links: full story and other Turkmenistan news and updates.
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15-Oct-2009 |
The Cayman Islands |
Cayman Islands Announces 2010 Queen's Birthday Public Holiday Date (Source: Cayman Islands Government-George Town) - Summary: The government of the Cayman Islands has confirmed the date of the Queen's Birthday public holiday in 2010. Links: full story and other The Cayman Islands news and updates.
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15-Oct-2009 |
Slovakia |
 Slovakia 2010 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Národna Banka Slovenska-NBS) - Summary: The government of Slovakia has published the official list of 2010 public holidays in Slovakia. Links: full story and other Slovakia news and updates.
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14-Oct-2009 |
Honduras |
 Honduras Declares October 15 World Cup Public Holiday (Source: El Heraldo-Tegucigalpa) - Summary: Honduras' President, Roberto Micheletti, has declared tomorrow, Thursday, October 15, 2009, a one-off public holiday to celebrate today's national football team qualification for next year's World Cup in South Africa. Links: full story and other Honduras news and updates.
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14-Oct-2009 |
Guernsey and Alderney |
 Guernsey Declares May 10 Day In Lieu Public Holiday (Source: States of Guernsey-St. Peter Port) - Summary: The States of Guernsey (the Guernsey Government) has agreed to declare the day after next year's Liberation Day public holiday, Monday, May 10th, 2010, an additional official public holiday, in Guernsey. Links: full story and other Guernsey and Alderney news and updates.
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14-Oct-2009 |
The Bahamas |
 Bahamas Discovery Day Public Holiday Still Unchanged (Source: The Tribune-Nassau) - Summary: Bahamas' PLP opposition party has once again called on the FNM governing party to gazette the change in name of the October Discovery Day public holiday to National Heroes Day. Links: full story and other The Bahamas news and updates.
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13-Oct-2009 |
Dominican Republic |
Dominican Republic Confirms Constitution Day Public Holiday Date Change (Source: Diario Libre-Santo Domingo) - Summary: The Dominican Republic's Ministry of Labor (Secretaría de Estado de Trabajo - SET) has confirmed that Friday, November 6, 2009, the annual Día de la Constitución Dominicana, would be a regular working day, and that the corresponding public holiday would be observed on Monday, November 9, 2009. Links: full story and other Dominican Republic news and updates.
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13-Oct-2009 |
Honduras |
Honduras Moves Army Day Public Holiday (Source: Proceso Digital-Tegucigalpa) - Summary: Honduras' Minister of the Interior (Ministro de Gobernación), Oscar Matute, announced yesterday that the upcoming, October 21, Army Day public holiday would be moved to the following Monday, October 26, 2009. Links: full story and other Honduras news and updates.
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13-Oct-2009 |
Cyprus |
 Cyprus 2010 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Central Bank of Cyprus-Nicosia) - Summary: The government of Cyprus has released its official list of 2010 public holidays. Links: full story and other Cyprus news and updates.
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13-Oct-2009 |
Jersey |
 Jersey Approves December 28 Public Holiday (Source: Jersey Evening Post-Jersey) - Summary: Jersey States' members have finally approved, by a vote of 23 to 20, the proposition of Economic Development Minister, Alan Maclean, which would move this year's Boxing Day public holiday to December 28, in 2009. Links: full story and other Jersey news and updates.
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12-Oct-2009 |
Argentina |
 Argentina's October 12 Public Holiday Name In Question (Source: Univision-Buenos Aires) - Summary: Argentina's INADI (Instituto Nacional contra la Discriminación, la Xenofobia y el Racismo) has introduced another proposal to the government to rename the October 12, Día de la Raza, public holiday into the Día de la Diversidad Cultural Americana. Links: full story and other Argentina news and updates.
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10-Oct-2009 |
Poland |
 Poland Votes New National Holiday (Source: Polskie Radio-Warsaw) - Summary: Poland's lower house of Parliament (the Sejm) has passed a bill declaring a new, August 1st, national holiday, the National Day of Memory for the Warsaw Uprising (Narodowy Dzien Pamieci Powstania Warszawskiego). Links: full story and other Poland news and updates.
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10-Oct-2009 |
Nepal |
 Nepal Sambat Public Holiday Back To The Fore (Source: Kantipur-Kathmandu) - Summary: The president of Nepal's Nhunda Organising Committee, Tirtha Ram Dangol, met Nepal's Prime Minister, Madhav Kumar Nepal, on the occasion of Nepal Sambat 1130 to renew calls for the implementation of Nepal Sambat as a National Sambat. Links: full story and other Nepal news and updates.
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9-Oct-2009 |
Zimbabwe |
 Zimbabwe Unions Push For June 6 Public Holiday (Source: The Zimbabwe Chronicle-Harare) - Summary: The Zimbabwe Congress of the Trade Unions (ZCTU) has renewed its call to have June 6, the anniversary of the Kamandama Mine Disaster in Hwange where more than 400 mine workers died in 1972, be declared an official non-working public holiday. Links: full story and other Zimbabwe news and updates.
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9-Oct-2009 |
Bulgaria |
 Bulgaria Votes Against August 23 Public Holiday (Source: Sofia News Agency-Novinite) - Summary: Bulgaria's Parliament has voted against a proposal to declare August 23 as an annual national public holiday and non-working day. Links: full story and other Bulgaria news and updates.
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9-Oct-2009 |
Belize |
 Belize 2010 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Belize Ministry of National Security-Belmopan) - Summary: The press office of the Government of Belize has announced the official list of 2010 public holidays in Belize. Links: full story and other Belize news and updates.
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8-Oct-2009 |
Chile |
 Chilean Bill To Cancel October 12 Public Holiday (Source: La Tercera-Santiago) - Summary: A bill was introduced in Chile's Senate by senators Jaime Naranjo and Jaime Gazmuri, that would eliminate Chile's October 12 public holiday and replace it with a June 24 public holiday to coincide with the Mapuche Indian new year (We Tripantu) and to be called the "Día de los Pueblos Originarios". Links: full story and other Chile news and updates.
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8-Oct-2009 |
Peru |
Peru Renames October 12 Holiday (Source: ANDINA-Lima) - Summary: Peru's plenary Congress has passed the Proyecto de Ley N° 1706 which renames October 12 from Día de la Raza to Día de los Pueblos Originarios y del Diálogo Intercultural. Links: full story and other Peru news and updates.
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8-Oct-2009 |
Papua New Guinea |
 Papua New Guinea 2010 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Bank of Papua New Guinea National Gazette-Port Moresby) - Summary: The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has released the gazetted official public holidays for 2010. Links: full story and other Papua New Guinea news and updates.
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8-Oct-2009 |
Grenada |
 Grenada 2010 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Office of the Prime Minister of Grenada-St George's) - Summary: The government of Grenada has released its official list of 2010 public holidays to the Grenada press. Links: full story and other Grenada news and updates.
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7-Oct-2009 |
Samoa |
 Samoa Half-Day Public Holiday Tomorrow (Source: Radio New Zealand International-Tafaigata) - Summary: The government of Samoa has declared a half day public holiday on Thursday afternoon, October 8, 2009, to pay respect for the victims of last Wednesday's tsunami, which killed 143 people. Links: full story and other Samoa news and updates.
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7-Oct-2009 |
Spain |
 Spain 2010 Public Holidays In Capital Region (Source: Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid-Madrid) - Summary: The Consejo de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Madrid has published the list of 2010 public holidays in Spain's Autonomous Comunidad de Madrid. Links: full story and other Spain news and updates.
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6-Oct-2009 |
Bermuda |
 Bermuda Confirms No Public Holiday Next Week (Source: The Royal Gazette-Hamilton) - Summary: The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce has confirmed that, despite most printed documentation saying the contrary, there would be no public holiday next week. Links: full story and other Bermuda news and updates.
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6-Oct-2009 |
Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijan Announces Late December Electoral Public Holiday (Source: Today AZ-Baku) - Summary: Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission Spokesperson, Azer Sariyev, has announced that the upcoming Municipal elections, and related public holiday, will be held in the second half of December, after December 17-18. Links: full story and other Azerbaijan news and updates.
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5-Oct-2009 |
India |
Indian States Declare October 13 Election Public Holiday (Source: United News of India-Chandigarh) - Summary: A few Indian states have begun to declare a public holiday for Tuesday, October 13, 2009, to coincide with the upcoming Assembly elections. Links: full story and other India news and updates.
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5-Oct-2009 |
Jersey |
Jersey Debates Boxing Day Public Holiday Day in Lieu (Source: This Is Jersey-Jersey) - Summary: This week, the States of Jersey will discuss a proposal drawn up by the Chief Minister’s Department to make Monday, December 28, 2009, a bank holiday instead of Boxing Day, as December 26 falls on a Saturday this year. Links: full story and other Jersey news and updates.
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5-Oct-2009 |
Samoa |
Samoa To Declare Tsunami Memorial Public Holiday (Source: NZ Herald News-Faleata) - Summary: There are media reports that a public holiday will be declared on Friday, October 9th, 2009, to remember those killed in the tsunami that recently hit Samoa. Links: full story and other Samoa news and updates.
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2-Oct-2009 |
Mozambique |
Mozambique Confirms October 5 Day In Lieu Public Holiday (Source: Agencia de Informção de Moçambique-Maputo) - Summary: Mozambique's Ministry of Labour (MITRAB) has released a press communique confirming that, as this year's October 4 public holiday falls on a Sunday, a day in lieu public holiday had been declared for Monday, October 5, 2009 (fica diferida para segunda-feira). Links: full story and other Mozambique news and updates.
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1-Oct-2009 |
Philippines |
Philippines Backtracks On Clean-up Public Holiday (Source: The Philippine Star-Manila) - Summary: Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has backtracked on the planned one-day special non-working public holiday announced earlier this week, to clean-up after tropical storm "Ondoy". Links: full story and other Philippines news and updates.
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1-Oct-2009 |
Czech Republic |
 Czech Republic 2010 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Czech National Bank-Prag) - Summary: 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. Links: full story and other Czech Republic news and updates.
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