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worldwide public holidays news and updates of the past seven days
The qppstudio worldwide public holidays database and the worldwide public holidays listings on the qppstudio.net website are constantly updated to reflect changes to public holidays legislation, or ad hoc public holidays changes, anywhere in the world.

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You may also access our lists of worldwide public holidays* by country, by date, or by region. This website also lists global holidays and observances for the next 10 years (2025-2035).

May 2, 2025

  • Slovenia
  • Slovenia
  • Slovenia Adds November 10 National Holiday
    Slovenska tiskovna agencija (Ljubljana)

    The Government of Slovenia has released an updated list of its National holidays and other work-free days which now includes November 10, henceforth to be observed as Science Day, a new national holiday in Slovenia.    
  • Slovenia Adds November 10 National Holiday
    Slovenska tiskovna agencija (Ljubljana)

    The Government of Slovenia has released an updated list of its National holidays and other work-free days which now includes November 10, henceforth to be observed as Science Day, a new national holiday in Slovenia.    
  • Vanuatu
  • Vanuatu
  • Vanuatu Government Pauses Public Holiday Renaming
    Government of Vanuatu (Port Vila)

    The Government of Vanuatu has announced that it had paused its plan to rename the February 21st public holiday from Father Walter Lini Day to National Leaders Day following a surge of emotional public backlash, which involved one of the Vanuatu’s founding Prime Minister daughter, Donna Titi.    
  • Vanuatu Government Pauses Public Holiday Renaming
    Government of Vanuatu (Port Vila)

    The Government of Vanuatu has announced that it had paused its plan to rename the February 21st public holiday from Father Walter Lini Day to National Leaders Day following a surge of emotional public backlash, which involved one of the Vanuatu’s founding Prime Minister daughter, Donna Titi.    

May 1, 2025

  • Canada
  • Canada
  • Canada 2025-2026 Bank Holidays Updated
    Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada (Ottawa)

    The Bank of Canada, Canada's central bank, has released an updated version of its previously-released list of 2025-2026 bank holidays in Canada, this time including later dates into 2026.    
  • Canada 2025-2026 Bank Holidays Updated
    Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada (Ottawa)

    The Bank of Canada, Canada's central bank, has released an updated version of its previously-released list of 2025-2026 bank holidays in Canada, this time including later dates into 2026.    

* to illustrate the qppstudio.net ability to forecast all the public holidays of all the countries of the world for any year in the future, see our pages of 2035 public holidays in Australia, Austria, Bhutan, Canada, Germany, India, Nepal, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA.