Switzerland Public Holidays News and Updates

2022 (public news feed delayed by 30 days)

• May
• 6
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• Geneva Canton Amends 2023 Public Holidays

  République et Canton de Genève (Geneva) - The government of the République et Canton de Genève has published an amended list of official public holidays in the Swiss Canton of Geneva, for the upcoming calendar year 2023.
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• Jan
• 29
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• Neuchâtel Amends 2023 Public Holidays

  République et canton de Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel) - The Swiss Canton of Neuchâtel has updated its list of 2023 public holidays as regards to store openings ("loi sur les heures d'ouverture des commerces (LHOCom)").
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• Jan
• 16
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• Neuchâtel Releases 2023-2024 Public Holidays

  République et canton de Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel) - The Swiss Canton of Neuchâtel has released its list of 2023 and 2024 public holidays ("Jours fériés officiels dans le Canton de Neuchâtel - jours de repos assimilés au dimanche selon la loi sur le dimanche et les jours fériés du 30 septembre 1991").
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2021

• Jul
• 31
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• Neuchâtel Amends 2022 Public Holidays

  République et canton de Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel) - The Swiss Canton of Neuchâtel has updated its list of 2022 public holidays ("jours de repos assimilés au dimanche selon la loi sur le dimanche et les jours fériés du 30 septembre 1991").
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• Feb
• 10
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• Geneva Canton 2022-2027 Public Holidays Announced

  République et Canton de Genève (Geneva) - The government of the République et Canton de Genève has published the list of official public holidays in the Swiss Canton of Geneva, for the upcoming calendar years 2022-2027.
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2020

• Oct
• 3
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• Switzerland 2021 Bank Holidays Announced

  Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) - The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays, most of which are also non-working public holidays, for the calendar year 2021 in Switzerland.
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2019

• Oct
• 24
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• Neuchâtel Mulls December 8 Public Holiday

  Cantonal Council of Schwyz (Berne) - A member of the legislative assembly of the Swiss Canton of Neuchâtel, Cédric Dupraz, has proposed declaring December 8 as a new annual non-working public holiday in the Swiss Canton of Neuchâtel, to coincide with the annual World Climate Day.
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• Sep
• 7
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• Switzerland 2020 Bank Holidays Announced

  Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) - The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays, most of which are also non-working public holidays, for the calendar year 2020 in Switzerland.
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2018

• Sep
• 17
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• Switzerland 2019 Bank Holidays Announced

  Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) - The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays, most of which are also non-working public holidays, for the calendar year 2019 in Switzerland.
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• May
• 31
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• Schwyz March 19 Public Holiday Maintained

  Cantonal Council of Schwyz (Berne) - The Cantonal Council of Schwyz has voted-down a proposal by the FDP to demote the March 19, Josefstag, annual non-working public holiday from an official non-working public holiday in the Canton of Schwyz, to a simple "public rest day".
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2017

• Sep
• 8
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• Switzerland 2018 Bank Holidays Announced

  Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) - The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays, most of which are also non-working public holidays, for the calendar year 2018 in Switzerland.
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2016

• Sep
• 26
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• Switzerland 2017 Bank Holidays Announced

  Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) - The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays, most of which are also non-working public holidays, for the calendar year 2017 in Switzerland.
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2015

• Oct
• 2
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• Switzerland 2016 Bank Holidays Announced

  Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) - The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays, most of which are also non-working public holidays, for the calendar year 2016 in Switzerland.
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• May
• 12
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• Switzerland March 16 Public Holiday Ruled-Out

  Décisions du Conseil fédéral (Berne) - The Conseil fédéral (the Executive Federal Council of Switzerland) has turned-down a proposal by Bern region Green MP, Aline Trede, to declare March 16 as a new annual non-working federal public holiday in Switzerland.
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2014

• Sep
• 5
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• Switzerland 2015 Bank Holidays Announced

  Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) - The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays, most of which are also non-working public holidays, for the calendar year 2015 in Switzerland.
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2013

• Nov
• 4
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• Switzerland 2014 Bank Holidays Announced

  Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) - The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays, most of which are also non-working public holidays, for the calendar year 2014 in Switzerland.
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2012

• Oct
• 31
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• Switzerland 2013 Bank Holidays Announced

  Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) - The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays, most of which are also non-working public holidays, for the calendar year 2013 in Switzerland.
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• Oct
• 26
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• Valais Bill To Add May Day Public Holiday

  Parlement du Canton du Valais (Sion) - Four members of Switzerland's Valais Parliament, all from the Alliance De Gauche (ADG) party, have introduced a motion to further extend the observance of the May Day non-working public holiday to the Canton of Valais.
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2011

• Oct
• 10
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• Switzerland 2012 Bank Holidays Announced

  Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) - The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays, most of which are also non-working public holidays, for the calendar year 2012 in Switzerland.
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• Apr
• 10
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• Switzerland Bill Would Create Thanksgiving Public Holiday

  20 Minutes Online (Bern) - A member of the Swiss Parliament, Ricardo Lumengo, has announced he wants to introduce legislation to create a new annual non-working national public holiday to thank foreigners for their contribution to Switzerland.
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2010

• Aug
• 31
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• Switzerland 2011 Bank Holidays Announced

  Association suisse des banquiers (Geneva) - The Association suisse des banquiers has published the list of bank holidays for 2011 in Switzerland.
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2009

• Aug
• 27
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• Solothurn Asks To Relax Rules For 3 Public Holidays

  kipa/apic (Freiburg) - The business council of Switzerland's Canton of Solothurn (Office cantonal des arts et métiers-KGV) has petitioned the region's government to allow stores to open on 3 of the region's specific religious public holidays.
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• Mar
• 26
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• Neuchâtel Adds Labour Day Public Holiday

  Le Matin (Lausanne) - Switzerland's State Council has decided that, starting in 2010, the Canton of Neuchâtel would observe the May 1st, Labour Day public holiday, currently observed by 9 of Switzerland's 26 Cantons.
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• Jan
• 28
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• May 1st Public Holiday Maintained In Zurich Canton

  Tages Anzeiger (Zürich) - The Consultative Commission (Kommission des Kantonsrates) of Switzerland's Zürich Canton has rejected an SVP motion to cancel the May 1st public holiday and replace it with a "joker" holiday to be chosen from a shortlist of other possible commemorative dates.
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2008

• Jan
• 13
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• Zurich Canton Considering Scrapping May 1st Public Holiday

  Tages Anzeiger (Zürich) - The leader of the SVP parliamentary group, Alfred Heer, has steered a bill through that would remove May 1st from the list of public holidays in the Canton of Zürich.
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2007

• May
• 24
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• Switzerland's 2007 National Day Public Holiday Loses Its Legendary Venue

  Le Temps - The Commission du Grütli announced, earlier today that, in 2007, there would be no celebration of Switzerland's National Day public holiday on the legendary Plaine du Grütli.
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• Feb
• 21
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• Aargau To Keep Catholic Public Holidays

  AZ Online - After protests from its Catholic regions, the government of the Canton of Aargau, has reversed itself on an earlier plan to stop observing the following public holidays: Fronleichnam, All Saints, Assumption and Immaculate Conception, as of January 1, 2008.
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• Feb
• 7
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• Vaud Referendum On January 2 Public Holiday

  20 Minutes - The Grand Conseil has voted that the Canton of Vaud will hold a referendum as to whether January 2 and Whit Monday are to be added to the list of official cantonal public holidays.
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2004

• Sep
• 17
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• Switzerland Public Holidays Constitutional Amendment Rejected

  Assemblée fédérale du Parlement suisse (Berne) - The Commission de l'économie et des redevances of Switzerland's Parliament, has rejected by a vote of 16 to 9 the current bill that would have added 6 annual non-working public holidays to Switzerland's Constitution.
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2003

• Jun
• 20
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• Switzerland Public Holidays Could Become Constitutional

  Assemblée fédérale du Parlement suisse (Berne) - A bill was introduced in the Parliament of Switzerland by parliamentarian Josef Zisyadis to amend the Swiss Constitution by enshrining 6 additional public holidays in the Constitution of Switzerland (inscrire comme jours fériés assimilés au 1er août).
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2001

• Nov
• 12
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• Switzerland Parliament Rejects May 1st National Public Holiday

  Die Bundesversammlung (Das Schweizer Parlament) - On November 6, Switzerland's competent parliamentary commission voted against the proposal to make May 1st a nationwide public holiday.
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• May
• 11
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• Switzerland Parliament To Consider May 1st National Public Holiday

  Die Bundesversammlung (Das Schweizer Parlament) - Parliamentarian Anita Fetz has submitted bill 01.423, Nationaler Feiertag der Arbeit am 1. Mai, that would make May 1st a national public holiday throughout Switzerland.
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1997

• Nov
• 28
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• Switzerland Public Holiday Added To Constitution

  Assemblée fédérale du Parlement suisse (Berne) - The Swiss government has released a draft constitutional reform which includes the explicit listing in the Swiss constitution, of August 1st as a non-working and paid public holiday (jour chômé payé).
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