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Montenegro Extends Statehood Day Public Holidays Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Dialogue of Montenegro (Podgorica) Montenegro’s Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Dialogue has announced that "Based on the Law on State and Other Holidays, Statehood Day is celebrated on 13 and 14 July" adding that "However, since 13 July falls on a Sunday this year, the non-working days will be Sunday, 13 July, Monday, 14 July, and Tuesday, 15 July".
Montenegro Extends Statehood Day Public Holidays Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Dialogue of Montenegro (Podgorica) Montenegro’s Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Dialogue has announced that "Based on the Law on State and Other Holidays, Statehood Day is celebrated on 13 and 14 July" adding that "However, since 13 July falls on a Sunday this year, the non-working days will be Sunday, 13 July, Monday, 14 July, and Tuesday, 15 July".
Jammu and Kashmir Government Calls For July 13 and December 5 Public Holidays Government of Jammu and Kashmir (Srinigar) The National Conference government of India's Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has formally asked the Lieutenant Governor to declare July 13 and December 5 (birth anniversary of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah) as official holidays. Recall that, last month, the Lieutenant Governor of India's Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, has announced he had taken appropriate measures to declare Sant Kabir Das Ji as a gazetted holiday in the Union Territory in the future. The 2025 June 11 birth anniversary of Sant Kabir Das had been listed as a restricted holiday, and only in the Province of Jammu, in last December's list of 2025 public holidays published in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir Government Order No. 2193-JK(GAD) of 2024 (Holidays to be observed throughout the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir during the Calendar Year, 2025) and the Jammu and Kashmir Government Order No. 2194-JK(GAD) of 2024 (Holidays to be observed during the Calendar year, 2025 under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881), signed by the Additional Secretary to the Government, Rohit Sharma.
Jammu and Kashmir Government Calls For July 13 and December 5 Public Holidays Government of Jammu and Kashmir (Srinigar) The National Conference government of India's Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has formally asked the Lieutenant Governor to declare July 13 and December 5 (birth anniversary of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah) as official holidays. Recall that, last month, the Lieutenant Governor of India's Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, has announced he had taken appropriate measures to declare Sant Kabir Das Ji as a gazetted holiday in the Union Territory in the future. The 2025 June 11 birth anniversary of Sant Kabir Das had been listed as a restricted holiday, and only in the Province of Jammu, in last December's list of 2025 public holidays published in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir Government Order No. 2193-JK(GAD) of 2024 (Holidays to be observed throughout the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir during the Calendar Year, 2025) and the Jammu and Kashmir Government Order No. 2194-JK(GAD) of 2024 (Holidays to be observed during the Calendar year, 2025 under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881), signed by the Additional Secretary to the Government, Rohit Sharma.
South Korean Bill To Restore Constitution Day Public Holiday Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) Another Partial amendment to the Act on Public Holidays has been tabled in South Korea's legislative assembly, with the aim to restore July 17 (Constitution Day) as an annual public holiday in South Korea. Constitution Day is one of the 2 annual public holidays whose cancellation was confirmed in 2005 at a Cabinet meeting presided by then Prime Minister Lee Hae-Chan. At that Cabinet meeting, it was decided that Arbor Day (April 5), would occur for the last time in 2005, while Constitution Day (July 17) would be taken off the list of public holidays, starting in 2008.
South Korean Bill To Restore Constitution Day Public Holiday Yonhap News Agency (Seoul) Another Partial amendment to the Act on Public Holidays has been tabled in South Korea's legislative assembly, with the aim to restore July 17 (Constitution Day) as an annual public holiday in South Korea. Constitution Day is one of the 2 annual public holidays whose cancellation was confirmed in 2005 at a Cabinet meeting presided by then Prime Minister Lee Hae-Chan. At that Cabinet meeting, it was decided that Arbor Day (April 5), would occur for the last time in 2005, while Constitution Day (July 17) would be taken off the list of public holidays, starting in 2008.
Samoa Declares August 11 Public Holiday Samoan Ministry Of Commerce, Industry And Labour (Matagaluega o Pisinisi, Alamanuia, Leipa) The Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour, in a public notice signed by the Acting Chief Executive Officer, Fepulea'i Roger Toleafoa, has released the Public Holiday for Father's Day 2025. As per the aforementioned public notice, "Pursuant to Section 2 of the Public Holidays Act 2008, the public, government agencies and the private sector are hereby advised that Monday, 11th August 2025, will be observed as a Public Holiday in celebration of Father’s Day 2025.". The Public Holiday for Father's Day 2025 public notice is in line with the latest updated list of public holidays in Samoa for the years 2024-2027, released in August 2023 by the Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour, and later amended in March 2024, by the same Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour.
Samoa Declares August 11 Public Holiday Samoan Ministry Of Commerce, Industry And Labour (Matagaluega o Pisinisi, Alamanuia, Leipa) The Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour, in a public notice signed by the Acting Chief Executive Officer, Fepulea'i Roger Toleafoa, has released the Public Holiday for Father's Day 2025. As per the aforementioned public notice, "Pursuant to Section 2 of the Public Holidays Act 2008, the public, government agencies and the private sector are hereby advised that Monday, 11th August 2025, will be observed as a Public Holiday in celebration of Father’s Day 2025.". The Public Holiday for Father's Day 2025 public notice is in line with the latest updated list of public holidays in Samoa for the years 2024-2027, released in August 2023 by the Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour, and later amended in March 2024, by the same Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour.
Philippines Barangay Elections Still Scheduled For December 1st Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines (Manila) Despite the passage by the Philippines Senate and House of Representatives of the Senate Bill (SB) 2816 extending and rescheduling the 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), the Philippines Commission on Elections (Comelec) has announced that it continues to prepare for the December 1st, 2025, polls while waiting for the signature of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. As per Comelec Chairperson, George Garcia, "Until now, there is no signed law yet that will postpone the BSKE. Therefore, we may run out of time in our preparations if the expected postponement of the BSKE does not happen". If and when that bill is approved, the BSKE would be moved from December 1, 2025, to to the first Monday of November 2026. Normally, the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections should occur every 3 years, and have usually been accompanied by the declaration of a one-off public holiday. However, over the past decade, these elections have often been rescheduled. The 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections were supposed to be held in late 2016, but were twice postponed, once to 2017 and a second time to 2018. Then in September 2019, three panels of the Philippines Senate approved moving the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections from May 2020 to May 2023. Eventually, the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections were held on October 30, 2023.
Philippines Barangay Elections Still Scheduled For December 1st Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines (Manila) Despite the passage by the Philippines Senate and House of Representatives of the Senate Bill (SB) 2816 extending and rescheduling the 2025 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), the Philippines Commission on Elections (Comelec) has announced that it continues to prepare for the December 1st, 2025, polls while waiting for the signature of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. As per Comelec Chairperson, George Garcia, "Until now, there is no signed law yet that will postpone the BSKE. Therefore, we may run out of time in our preparations if the expected postponement of the BSKE does not happen". If and when that bill is approved, the BSKE would be moved from December 1, 2025, to to the first Monday of November 2026. Normally, the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections should occur every 3 years, and have usually been accompanied by the declaration of a one-off public holiday. However, over the past decade, these elections have often been rescheduled. The 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections were supposed to be held in late 2016, but were twice postponed, once to 2017 and a second time to 2018. Then in September 2019, three panels of the Philippines Senate approved moving the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections from May 2020 to May 2023. Eventually, the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections were held on October 30, 2023.
Hungary Approves New December 24 Public Holiday Referendum Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest) The Hungarian National Election Committee (Nemzeti Választási Bizottság, NVB) has approved yet another referendum proposal submitted by the right-wing opposition party Jobbik that seeks to designate 24 December as an annual public holiday. As per the aforementioned announcement, the proposed referendum question would be worded as "Do you agree that the twenty-fourth of December should be a public holiday?". Note that December 24, 2025, and December 24, 2026, are already set to be public holidays in Hungary, but they will be compensated by the declaration of Saturday, December 13, 2025, and Saturday, December 12, 2026, respectively, as a regular working days. Similar bills were introduced in 2024, 2020 and in 2017.
Hungary Approves New December 24 Public Holiday Referendum Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest) The Hungarian National Election Committee (Nemzeti Választási Bizottság, NVB) has approved yet another referendum proposal submitted by the right-wing opposition party Jobbik that seeks to designate 24 December as an annual public holiday. As per the aforementioned announcement, the proposed referendum question would be worded as "Do you agree that the twenty-fourth of December should be a public holiday?". Note that December 24, 2025, and December 24, 2026, are already set to be public holidays in Hungary, but they will be compensated by the declaration of Saturday, December 13, 2025, and Saturday, December 12, 2026, respectively, as a regular working days. Similar bills were introduced in 2024, 2020 and in 2017.
South Sudan Declares July 9 Public Holiday Government of South Sudan Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development (Juba) The Undersecretary for the Ministry of Labour of South Sudan, Mary Hillary Want Pitia, has announced that the national government had declared Wednesday, July 9, 2025, as a public holiday on account of the upcoming Independence Day celebration. As per the aforementioned Public Announcement RSS/Mol/J/24, "The National Ministry of Labour hereby informs all the Civil Service Institutions, Commissions, Diplomatic Missions, UN Agencies, International and National Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the Public at large that Wednesday, 9 July 2025 will be a public holiday, being the Independence Day of South Sudan" adding that "Work will resume on Thursday, 10th July 2025". After years of de facto independence, South Sudan became an internationally-recognized independent state on July 9, 2011, following a referendum, earlier that same year.
South Sudan Declares July 9 Public Holiday Government of South Sudan Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development (Juba) The Undersecretary for the Ministry of Labour of South Sudan, Mary Hillary Want Pitia, has announced that the national government had declared Wednesday, July 9, 2025, as a public holiday on account of the upcoming Independence Day celebration. As per the aforementioned Public Announcement RSS/Mol/J/24, "The National Ministry of Labour hereby informs all the Civil Service Institutions, Commissions, Diplomatic Missions, UN Agencies, International and National Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the Public at large that Wednesday, 9 July 2025 will be a public holiday, being the Independence Day of South Sudan" adding that "Work will resume on Thursday, 10th July 2025". After years of de facto independence, South Sudan became an internationally-recognized independent state on July 9, 2011, following a referendum, earlier that same year.
Valencia 2026 Public Holidays Gazetted Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana (Valencia) The Conseller de Educación, Cultura, Universidades y Empleo of Spain's autonomous region of Valencia, José Antonio Rovira Jover, has gazetted in the Diari Oficial de la Generalitat Valenciana the recently-announced official calendar of 2026 non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in the region of Valencia. The aforementioned Decreto 100/2025, de 1 de julio, del Consell, por el que se determina el calendario laboral de aplicación en el ámbito territorial de la Comunitat Valenciana para el año 2026 (DOGV de 7 de julio de 2025), confirms the unofficial announcement, earlier this month of the tentative list of 2026 Valencia public holidays. For the 2026 regional public holidays, the Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana decided not to reinstate Maundy Thursday, but rather to observe March 19 (San José) and June 24 (San Juan) as public holidays in 2026.
Valencia 2026 Public Holidays Gazetted Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana (Valencia) The Conseller de Educación, Cultura, Universidades y Empleo of Spain's autonomous region of Valencia, José Antonio Rovira Jover, has gazetted in the Diari Oficial de la Generalitat Valenciana the recently-announced official calendar of 2026 non-working public holidays (calendario laboral) in the region of Valencia. The aforementioned Decreto 100/2025, de 1 de julio, del Consell, por el que se determina el calendario laboral de aplicación en el ámbito territorial de la Comunitat Valenciana para el año 2026 (DOGV de 7 de julio de 2025), confirms the unofficial announcement, earlier this month of the tentative list of 2026 Valencia public holidays. For the 2026 regional public holidays, the Consell de la Generalitat Valenciana decided not to reinstate Maundy Thursday, but rather to observe March 19 (San José) and June 24 (San Juan) as public holidays in 2026.
Kenya Rules-Out July 7 Public Holiday Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) Kenyan Public Service Cabinet Secretary, Geoffrey Ruku, has issued a directive requiring all public servants across the country to report to work as scheduled tomorrow, Monday, July 7, 2025. As per the aforementioned statement, "Tomorrow, Monday 7th July 2025, is not a public holiday. We are expected across the Republic of Kenya to be in our offices as per the Human Resource Policy and Procedure Manual of the Public Service 2016", adding that "No directive has been issued by the government for a public holiday or suspension of work. I urge all heads of departments to monitor staff attendance closely". Recall that, early last month, Kenyan Government Spokesperson, Isaac Mwaura, had similarly dismissed the suggestion that the government of President Ruto had declared a public holiday on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, to commemorate the Gen Z victims of last year’s anti-Finance Bill protests. The proposed June 25 public holiday had been led by a political alliance led by Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, and former Interior CS Fred Matiang’i.
Kenya Rules-Out July 7 Public Holiday Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Nairobi) Kenyan Public Service Cabinet Secretary, Geoffrey Ruku, has issued a directive requiring all public servants across the country to report to work as scheduled tomorrow, Monday, July 7, 2025. As per the aforementioned statement, "Tomorrow, Monday 7th July 2025, is not a public holiday. We are expected across the Republic of Kenya to be in our offices as per the Human Resource Policy and Procedure Manual of the Public Service 2016", adding that "No directive has been issued by the government for a public holiday or suspension of work. I urge all heads of departments to monitor staff attendance closely". Recall that, early last month, Kenyan Government Spokesperson, Isaac Mwaura, had similarly dismissed the suggestion that the government of President Ruto had declared a public holiday on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, to commemorate the Gen Z victims of last year’s anti-Finance Bill protests. The proposed June 25 public holiday had been led by a political alliance led by Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, and former Interior CS Fred Matiang’i.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Move Muharram Public Holiday Office of the Labour Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory (Port Blair) The Secretary of Labour and Employment of India's Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has announced that the upcoming public holiday for Muharram, originally scheduled for Sunday, July 6, 2025, would now be observed on Monday, July 7, 2025, instead, as per the recommendation of the Chairman of the Andaman and Nicobar Hilal Committee, and thus amending the terms of the Government vide Notification No.113/2024/F.No.M-13/18/2022-GA-Section-Sectt of last November. Recall that, last year, the Secretary of Labour had similarly announced that the then upcoming public holiday for the eve of Milad -un- Nabi, originally scheduled for Monday, September 16, would be observed on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, instead.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Move Muharram Public Holiday Office of the Labour Commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory (Port Blair) The Secretary of Labour and Employment of India's Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has announced that the upcoming public holiday for Muharram, originally scheduled for Sunday, July 6, 2025, would now be observed on Monday, July 7, 2025, instead, as per the recommendation of the Chairman of the Andaman and Nicobar Hilal Committee, and thus amending the terms of the Government vide Notification No.113/2024/F.No.M-13/18/2022-GA-Section-Sectt of last November. Recall that, last year, the Secretary of Labour had similarly announced that the then upcoming public holiday for the eve of Milad -un- Nabi, originally scheduled for Monday, September 16, would be observed on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, instead.
Eswatini Rules-Out July 22 Public Holiday Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs (Mbabane) The Communications Officer for the Ministry for Home Affairs of the Kingdom of eSwatini, Mlandvo Dlamini, has confirmed that Tuesday, July 22, 2025, would be a normal working day in eSwatini. As per the aforementioned statement, "It is a normal day. Recall that the king changed the July holiday" and "The 22nd remains a normal day, as per the declaration of King Mswati III.". Today's announcement follows from last March's gazette publication of The Amendment Of Schedule To The Public Holidays Act, 1938, Notice, 2025 which read "It is notified for general information that the Minister for Home Affairs amends the Schedule to the Public Holidays Act, 1938, by deleting the 22 day of July as a public holiday in Eswatini and inserting a new public holiday to be named as Lutsangu Day". This confirmed the creation of a new annual public holiday to replace the annual King Father public holiday, which had been announced late last month by King Mswati III to recognize the Lutsango women’s regiment and to be observed on the Monday that follows the Hlane Buganu ceremony, all the while adding that "after some consultation, an agreement was made that the holiday of July 22, which was celebrated in remembrance of the late King Sobhuza II, be shifted to the Monday after the celebration of the second leg of the Buganu ceremony".
Eswatini Rules-Out July 22 Public Holiday Government of Swaziland Ministry of Home Affairs (Mbabane) The Communications Officer for the Ministry for Home Affairs of the Kingdom of eSwatini, Mlandvo Dlamini, has confirmed that Tuesday, July 22, 2025, would be a normal working day in eSwatini. As per the aforementioned statement, "It is a normal day. Recall that the king changed the July holiday" and "The 22nd remains a normal day, as per the declaration of King Mswati III.". Today's announcement follows from last March's gazette publication of The Amendment Of Schedule To The Public Holidays Act, 1938, Notice, 2025 which read "It is notified for general information that the Minister for Home Affairs amends the Schedule to the Public Holidays Act, 1938, by deleting the 22 day of July as a public holiday in Eswatini and inserting a new public holiday to be named as Lutsangu Day". This confirmed the creation of a new annual public holiday to replace the annual King Father public holiday, which had been announced late last month by King Mswati III to recognize the Lutsango women’s regiment and to be observed on the Monday that follows the Hlane Buganu ceremony, all the while adding that "after some consultation, an agreement was made that the holiday of July 22, which was celebrated in remembrance of the late King Sobhuza II, be shifted to the Monday after the celebration of the second leg of the Buganu ceremony".
