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Bank and Public Holidays for Libya

Libya bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, 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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29 Apr 2012 (The Interim Transitional National Council-Tripoli) Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has confirmed that Tuesday, May 1st, 2012, would be a non-working public holiday throughout Libya "for the first time ever". • 19 Feb 2012 (The Tripoli Post-Tripoli) The president of the electoral commission of the Libyan port city of Misrata, Mohammed Balrouin, has announced that the city council had declared Monday, February 20, 2012, as a one-off non-working public holiday in Misrata on account of the first anniversary of Misrata's rebellion and of the municipal elections both occurring on that date. • 15 Feb 2012 (The Interim Transitional National Council-Tripoli) Earlier today, Libya's ruling National Transitional Council announced that Saturday, February 18, 2012, would be a day in lieu non-working public holiday throughout Libya to compensate the fact that the new February 17 public holiday falls on a Friday this year. • 08 Jan 2012 (The Interim Transitional National Council-Tripoli) Earlier today, Libya's ruling National Transitional Council announced an overhaul of the official list of national non-working public holidays in Libya, beginning in the calendar year 2012. • 22 Dec 2011 (Middle East News Agency-MENA) The interim ruling National Transitional Council has ordered that December 24 be restored as an annual non-working public holiday in Libya, to mark Independence Day, effective immediately. • 23 Oct 2011 (Middle East News Agency-MENA) Libyan National Transition Council member, Mukhtar Al-Jaddal, has announced that, later today, the Lybian NTC will declare October 23, as a new annual non-working public holiday in Libya, to be called Liberation Day. • 05 Sep 2011 (Press TV-Benghazi) The chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustapha Abdel Jalil, has announced that the NTC planned to soon declare a new annual Martyrs' Day public holiday. • 29 Aug 2011 (Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space Science-LCRSSS) From local reports, it appears that the date of Tuesday, August 30, 2011, for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holiday in Libya, may remain unchanged despite the turning tide of the current civil war. • 16 Feb 2011 (BBC-Tripoli) Libyan authorities have declared tomorrow, Thursday, February 17, 2011, as a non-working public holiday in an effort to stem the protests planned for that day. • 14 Nov 2010 (Libyan General People's Committee-Tripoli) Libya's General People's Committee (GPC) has announced that Libya would be celebrating the upcoming Eid Al Adha on Tuesday, November 16, 2010. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Libya public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekend days are Fridays and Saturdays . • Muslim Calendar: the dates used to calculate the occurrence of Muslim public holidays in Libya are determined by the Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space Science, or LCRSS. Over the last few years, Nigeria and Libya, have often declared the beginning of Hijra months earlier than all other Muslim countries. This is particularly true of the start of the month of Ramadan and of the Eid al Fitr public holiday, in some cases (eg. 2008) even declaring the month to begin before the New Moon had occurred. • Eid al Adha and Eid al Fitr are celebrated for at least 2 days each by most foreign embassies. • 1911 Deportation Memorial Day: Beginning in 2007, the government has announced stringent restrictions on travel to Italy, on October 26 of every year. In addition, from dawn to 1800 hours local time, telephone communications between Libya and the outside world are to be be cut. • Libya International Codes LY and LBY (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ly (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Libya information and news: Central Bank of Libya (Libya central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Libya maps, demographics and economic statistics), and Wikipedia (includes Libya 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 Libya, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Libya, 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 Libya. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Libya that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays, for Libya, were calculated using the Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space Science (LCRSS) lunar visibility criteria. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

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 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Libya, 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 Libya, before planning any trip to Libya. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.