Belgium Public Holidays News and Updates

2012 (public news feed delayed by 30 days)

• Feb
• 26
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• Belgium Pentecost Public Holiday Faces The Ax

  RTBF INFO (Brussels) - Belgium's Defense Minister, Pieter De Crem, has proposed a set of measures to reduce Belgium's budget deficit, including the cancellation of the annual Pentecost Monday public holiday.
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2010

• Aug
• 6
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• Belgium To Re-Consider July 11 Public Holiday Status

  RTBF INFO (Antwerpen) - The ministre-président of Belgium's Flemmish region, Kris Peeters, has announced in Parliament that he would like to make July 11 a full-fledged public holiday in Flanders.
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2009

• Aug
• 24
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• Belgium Minister Wants Ramadan Public Holiday

  RTBF Info (Bruxelles) - Belgium's government minister for the Bruxelles capital region, Benoit Cerexhe, has suggested adding a floating public holidays for the end of Ramadan Muslim festival.
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• Aug
• 21
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• Belgium Could Add 3 Regional Public Holidays

  Le Soir (Bruxelles) - A Belgian legislator, Ben Weyts (N-VA), will introduce a bill making each of the 3 community holidays (July 11, September 27, and November 15) into fully-paid public holidays in their respective community.
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• May
• 17
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• Belgium's Unlikely To Adopt Floating Public Holidays

  Conseil National Belge Du Travail (Brussels) - The Conseil National Belge Du Travail (CNT) has released an opinion paper ("avis n° 1687 du 6 mai 2009") rejecting a mandatory floating public holiday whereby each individual could choose one public holiday to match his/her religious or philosophical views.
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2008

• Jan
• 29
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• Belgium Announces May 2 and November 10 Bridge Public Holidays

  Het Laatste Nieuws + RTL Info + Le Vif - Labour Minister, Josly Piette, announced that May 2, 2008, will be the official day off to compensate for the conjunction of Labour Day and Ascension Day in 2008, unless a specific other date is agreed to.
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• Jan
• 10
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• Belgium Cancels Upcoming May 2 Public Holiday

  De Standaard - Belgium's interim Federal Minister of Labor, Josly Piette, announced yesterday that May 2, 2008, will not be an official public holiday, thereby cancelling last April's decision by his predecessor, Peter Vanvelthoven, taken to compensate for the fact that, in 2008, both May Day and Ascension fall on the same date. May 2, 2008, Ascension Friday, will therefore revert to its usual status as a banks-only holiday.
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2007

• Apr
• 24
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• Belgium Announces May 2 Public Holiday In 2008

  RTL Infos - Belgium's Minister of Labor has decided to make Friday May 2, 2008 a public holiday in Belgium as compensation for the fact that both May Day and Ascension fall on the same date.
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• Apr
• 23
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• Belgium Considering Adding A Sunday Public Holiday In 2008

  RTL Infos - In a, yet to be confirmed, measure, Belgium's Minister of Labor is considering declaring a one-off public holiday in Belgium, on Sunday, August 10, 2008, to compensate for the fact that, in 2008, the May Day public holiday and the Ascension public holiday, will both fall on the same date.
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• Jan
• 18
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• Belgium Public Holidays News Update

  Euronews - Belgium has set a date for its next federal election: June 10, the same day as the first round of parliamentary elections in neighboring France.
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