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March 18, 2024

  • Argentina
  • Argentina
  • Argentina Maintains Low Key March 24 Public Holiday
    Source: Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires). The Government of Argentina's President, Javier Milei, has confirmed that they would maintain the upcoming National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice as a public holiday on Sunday, March 24, 2024, and would not move it to the following Monday, as that public holiday is set as immovable. However, President Milei questions the figure of missing detainees and the official history behind that public holiday established in 2002 by National Law 25,633, and therefore his administration has not planned to call any event or activity to commemorate the date.    
  • Argentina Maintains Low Key March 24 Public Holiday
    Source: Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires). The Government of Argentina's President, Javier Milei, has confirmed that they would maintain the upcoming National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice as a public holiday on Sunday, March 24, 2024, and would not move it to the following Monday, as that public holiday is set as immovable. However, President Milei questions the figure of missing detainees and the official history behind that public holiday established in 2002 by National Law 25,633, and therefore his administration has not planned to call any event or activity to commemorate the date.    
  • Bolivia
  • Bolivia
  • Bolivian Father's Day Public Holiday March 19
    Source: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz). Bolivia's Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Securit has announced that March 19 would be a half-day non-working public holiday for the Bolivian public and private sector ("In response to Supreme Decree No. 4927 of May 1, 2023, it informs the general population that in commemoration of Bolivian Father's Day, a half-day holiday is available on Tuesday, March 19 of this year. year for all parents who perform functions in the public and private sectors."). In 2012 and 2014, March 19 had also been declared a half-day public holiday, but it was limited to the public sector and to fathers.    
  • Bolivian Father's Day Public Holiday March 19
    Source: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz). Bolivia's Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Securit has announced that March 19 would be a half-day non-working public holiday for the Bolivian public and private sector ("In response to Supreme Decree No. 4927 of May 1, 2023, it informs the general population that in commemoration of Bolivian Father's Day, a half-day holiday is available on Tuesday, March 19 of this year. year for all parents who perform functions in the public and private sectors."). In 2012 and 2014, March 19 had also been declared a half-day public holiday, but it was limited to the public sector and to fathers.    
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH)
  • Bosnia Rules-Out Public Holidays On Account Of Elections In Other Countries
    Source: Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina News (Sarajevo). The Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), due to the large number of enquiries from the media, has announced that, "according to the current legislation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is not possible to declare non-working days in connection with elections in other countries ". The Ministry did, however, add that "the provisions of Article 54, paragraph 3 of the Labor Law (Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH, number: 26/ 16, 89/18 and 44/22), it is prescribed that the employer is obliged to allow the employee a leave of absence of up to four working days in one calendar year in order to satisfy his religious or traditional needs, with the provision that the leave of two days is used with salary compensation", leaving open that option for those wanting to take the day off on account of an election in another country.    
  • Bosnia Rules-Out Public Holidays On Account Of Elections In Other Countries
    Source: Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina News (Sarajevo). The Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), due to the large number of enquiries from the media, has announced that, "according to the current legislation of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is not possible to declare non-working days in connection with elections in other countries ". The Ministry did, however, add that "the provisions of Article 54, paragraph 3 of the Labor Law (Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH, number: 26/ 16, 89/18 and 44/22), it is prescribed that the employer is obliged to allow the employee a leave of absence of up to four working days in one calendar year in order to satisfy his religious or traditional needs, with the provision that the leave of two days is used with salary compensation", leaving open that option for those wanting to take the day off on account of an election in another country.    
  • Philippines
  • Philippines
  • Pangasinan Provincial Public Holiday April 5
    Source: Philippine Information Agency (Manila). The Office of the President of the Philippines has declared Friday, April 5, 2024, a special non-working public holiday in the entire province of Pangasinan for its 444th founding anniversary. As per Proclamation 498, signed by Executive Secretary, Lucas Bersamin, "It is but fitting and proper that the people of the province of Pangasinan will be given full opportunity to participate in the occasion and enjoy the celebration". Although April 5th had been observed in Pangasinan Province since 2010, it was in 2019 that then President, Rodrigo Duterte, signed Republic Act 11374 (An Act Declaring April 5 of Every Year a Special Working Holiday in the Province of Pangasinan, in Commemoration of its Founding Anniversary, to be known as the Pangasinan Day).    
  • Pangasinan Provincial Public Holiday April 5
    Source: Philippine Information Agency (Manila). The Office of the President of the Philippines has declared Friday, April 5, 2024, a special non-working public holiday in the entire province of Pangasinan for its 444th founding anniversary. As per Proclamation 498, signed by Executive Secretary, Lucas Bersamin, "It is but fitting and proper that the people of the province of Pangasinan will be given full opportunity to participate in the occasion and enjoy the celebration". Although April 5th had been observed in Pangasinan Province since 2010, it was in 2019 that then President, Rodrigo Duterte, signed Republic Act 11374 (An Act Declaring April 5 of Every Year a Special Working Holiday in the Province of Pangasinan, in Commemoration of its Founding Anniversary, to be known as the Pangasinan Day).    

March 17, 2024

  • Jordan
  • Jordan
  • Jordan Announces Dates Of 2024 Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays
    Source: Petra Jordan News Agency Petra (Amman). Jordanian Prime Minister, Bisher Al-Khasawneh, has issued a circular announcing that the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays in Jordan would be observed in the public sector from Tuesday to Friday, April 9 to 12, 2024, inclusively. As per the aforementioned circular (عُطلة عيد الفطر السَّعيد من التَّاسع وحتَّى الثَّاني عشر من نيسان المقبل), "all ministries, official departments, public institutions and bodies, public universities, municipalities, joint services councils, the Greater Amman Municipality, and companies wholly owned by the government will suspend their work, starting from the morning of Tuesday, the ninth of April, 2024, until the evening of Friday, the twelfth of April".    
  • Jordan Announces Dates Of 2024 Eid al-Fitr Public Holidays
    Source: Petra Jordan News Agency Petra (Amman). Jordanian Prime Minister, Bisher Al-Khasawneh, has issued a circular announcing that the upcoming Eid Al Fitr (End of Ramadan) public holidays in Jordan would be observed in the public sector from Tuesday to Friday, April 9 to 12, 2024, inclusively. As per the aforementioned circular (عُطلة عيد الفطر السَّعيد من التَّاسع وحتَّى الثَّاني عشر من نيسان المقبل), "all ministries, official departments, public institutions and bodies, public universities, municipalities, joint services councils, the Greater Amman Municipality, and companies wholly owned by the government will suspend their work, starting from the morning of Tuesday, the ninth of April, 2024, until the evening of Friday, the twelfth of April".    
  • Nepal
  • Nepal
  • Nepal Publishes List Of Essential Government Offices To Remain Open On Public Holidays
    Source: Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs (Kathmandu). Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has finally issued a notice in yesterday's official gazette listing the government departments that would keep on operating on 18 types of public holidays. The essential services required to operate on specified public holidays include Citizenship Department, Passport Office, National Identity Card and Citizenship Section of the District Administration Office, Survey Offices, and Department of Customs. The offices of these administrations are to remain open on public holidays such as: the Ubhauli Festival, Chandi Purnima, Buddha Jayanti, Republic Day, Gaijatra, Rakshabandhan, Sri Krishna Janmashtami, Indrajatra, Ghatastapana, Christmas Day, Yomari Punhi, Jyapu Day, Tamu Lhosar, Buddha Jayanti, and Maghi Festival. The gazette notice even includes Janayudhha Diwas (People’s War Day) in the aforementioned list of public holidays, even though the Nepalese Supreme Court annulled the declaration of the contentious Fagun 1 Janayudhha Diwas public holiday late last December, a decision which was officialized by the Council of Ministers of the Government of Nepal early last month, and concretized, later that same month, in the official list of public holidays for the Nepalese year B.S. 2081, which runs from mid-April 2024 until mid-April 2025, as published by the Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs. Yesterday's list of essential government offices to remain open on public holidays had been announced in February 2023, when we reported that The Nepalese government cabinet has decided to open essential government offices on public holidays, except Saturdays, and that a list of essential offices, and the modalities to compensate employees working on public holidays, was "being prepared".    
  • Nepal Publishes List Of Essential Government Offices To Remain Open On Public Holidays
    Source: Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs (Kathmandu). Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has finally issued a notice in yesterday's official gazette listing the government departments that would keep on operating on 18 types of public holidays. The essential services required to operate on specified public holidays include Citizenship Department, Passport Office, National Identity Card and Citizenship Section of the District Administration Office, Survey Offices, and Department of Customs. The offices of these administrations are to remain open on public holidays such as: the Ubhauli Festival, Chandi Purnima, Buddha Jayanti, Republic Day, Gaijatra, Rakshabandhan, Sri Krishna Janmashtami, Indrajatra, Ghatastapana, Christmas Day, Yomari Punhi, Jyapu Day, Tamu Lhosar, Buddha Jayanti, and Maghi Festival. The gazette notice even includes Janayudhha Diwas (People’s War Day) in the aforementioned list of public holidays, even though the Nepalese Supreme Court annulled the declaration of the contentious Fagun 1 Janayudhha Diwas public holiday late last December, a decision which was officialized by the Council of Ministers of the Government of Nepal early last month, and concretized, later that same month, in the official list of public holidays for the Nepalese year B.S. 2081, which runs from mid-April 2024 until mid-April 2025, as published by the Nepalese Ministry of Home Affairs. Yesterday's list of essential government offices to remain open on public holidays had been announced in February 2023, when we reported that The Nepalese government cabinet has decided to open essential government offices on public holidays, except Saturdays, and that a list of essential offices, and the modalities to compensate employees working on public holidays, was "being prepared".    

March 16, 2024

  • Argentina
  • Argentina
  • Argentina Headed for 4 Consecutive Bank Holidays
    Source: Banco Central de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires). The Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) has issued the communique C97002, signed by the Authorizations manager, Marcelo Alejandro Retorta, and the Deputy General Manager of Compliance and Control, Néstor Daniel Robledo, which confirms that banks in Argentina will be closed on 4 consecutive working days, from Thursday March 28 to Tuesday, April 2, 2024 (6 consecutive days if counting weekend days). The aforementioned communique is in line with the list of 2024 bank holidays in Argentina that the BCRA published in early January, as well as with last December's Decreto 106/2023 (DECTO-2023-106-APN-PTE), signed by Argentina's President, Javier Milei, and by which he declared 3 one-off bridge public holidays in 2024, one of which being Monday, April 1st.    
  • Argentina Headed for 4 Consecutive Bank Holidays
    Source: Banco Central de la República Argentina (Buenos Aires). The Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) has issued the communique C97002, signed by the Authorizations manager, Marcelo Alejandro Retorta, and the Deputy General Manager of Compliance and Control, Néstor Daniel Robledo, which confirms that banks in Argentina will be closed on 4 consecutive working days, from Thursday March 28 to Tuesday, April 2, 2024 (6 consecutive days if counting weekend days). The aforementioned communique is in line with the list of 2024 bank holidays in Argentina that the BCRA published in early January, as well as with last December's Decreto 106/2023 (DECTO-2023-106-APN-PTE), signed by Argentina's President, Javier Milei, and by which he declared 3 one-off bridge public holidays in 2024, one of which being Monday, April 1st.    
  • Aruba
  • Aruba
  • Aruba National Anthem And Flag Day Public Holiday
    Source: Office of the Governor of Aruba (Oranjestad). The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and the Department of Labor and Research of the government of Aruba have issued a communique informing the population that the National Anthem And Flag Day public holiday would be observed on Monday, March 18, 2024, and detailing the list of the "cultural, sports and social activities (that) will take place in all districts of Aruba to celebrate the national holiday".    
  • Aruba National Anthem And Flag Day Public Holiday
    Source: Office of the Governor of Aruba (Oranjestad). The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and the Department of Labor and Research of the government of Aruba have issued a communique informing the population that the National Anthem And Flag Day public holiday would be observed on Monday, March 18, 2024, and detailing the list of the "cultural, sports and social activities (that) will take place in all districts of Aruba to celebrate the national holiday".    
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia Expects Eid Al-Fitr April 10th Date To Be Unchanged
    Source: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (Jakarta). Indonesia's Deputy for Coordination of Education Quality Improvement and Religious Moderation at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, Warsito, has announced that the Indonesian government did not expect the results of the isbat session at the end of the month of Ramadan to yield a date for the Eid Al-Fitr that differs from the April 10th date contained in last September's Joint Decree (SKB) of the Minister of Religion, Minister of Manpower, Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Number 855 of 2023, Number 3 of 2023, Number 4 of 2023 concerning National Holidays and Collective Leave in 2024, detailing the list of public holidays and collective leave days for the calendar year 2024. Recall that, since 2022, the calculation of the dates of Muslim months in Indonesia is based on revised MABIMS criteria that specify that the new Moon crescent is visible if, at the time of the sunset that follows a new Moon, the Moon has a minimum altitude of 3 degrees and an elongation of 6.4 degrees. Note that, as per the aforementioned Joint Decree Number 855, both April 10 and 11 are listed as public holidays, so that even if the results of the isbat session of April 9th are inconclusive, no amendment to the list of 2024 Indonesian public holidays will be necessary.    
  • Indonesia Expects Eid Al-Fitr April 10th Date To Be Unchanged
    Source: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (Jakarta). Indonesia's Deputy for Coordination of Education Quality Improvement and Religious Moderation at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, Warsito, has announced that the Indonesian government did not expect the results of the isbat session at the end of the month of Ramadan to yield a date for the Eid Al-Fitr that differs from the April 10th date contained in last September's Joint Decree (SKB) of the Minister of Religion, Minister of Manpower, Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Number 855 of 2023, Number 3 of 2023, Number 4 of 2023 concerning National Holidays and Collective Leave in 2024, detailing the list of public holidays and collective leave days for the calendar year 2024. Recall that, since 2022, the calculation of the dates of Muslim months in Indonesia is based on revised MABIMS criteria that specify that the new Moon crescent is visible if, at the time of the sunset that follows a new Moon, the Moon has a minimum altitude of 3 degrees and an elongation of 6.4 degrees. Note that, as per the aforementioned Joint Decree Number 855, both April 10 and 11 are listed as public holidays, so that even if the results of the isbat session of April 9th are inconclusive, no amendment to the list of 2024 Indonesian public holidays will be necessary.    
  • Myanmar
  • Myanmar
  • Myanmar Restores 2024 Public Holidays
    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Yangoon). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of Myanmar has published a new and further amended list of public holidays for the remainder of the calendar year 2024, in which the additional day added to most of the public holidays for March to December 2024 has been removed. The net effect of today's amendments to last week's amendments is to return to the status quo ante, namely the list of public holidays in Myanmar for the calendar year 2024, taking into account the 2019 amendments to the rules governing the public holidays in Myanmar, as published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of Myanmar in early January.    
  • Myanmar Restores 2024 Public Holidays
    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Yangoon). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of Myanmar has published a new and further amended list of public holidays for the remainder of the calendar year 2024, in which the additional day added to most of the public holidays for March to December 2024 has been removed. The net effect of today's amendments to last week's amendments is to return to the status quo ante, namely the list of public holidays in Myanmar for the calendar year 2024, taking into account the 2019 amendments to the rules governing the public holidays in Myanmar, as published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of Myanmar in early January.    
  • South Australia (SA)
  • South Australia (SA)
  • South Australia Clarifies Proclamation Day Public Holiday Date Determination
    Source: Government of South Australia SafeWork SA (Adelaide). Following last month's release of an amended version of the list of 2024 and 2025 public holidays, as regards the conjoined name of Boxing Day and Proclamation Day on December 26 as Proclamation Day holiday and Boxing Day, the Government of the State of South Australia has clarified the official date of South Australia’s Proclamation Day and the date of the related public holiday conjoined with Boxing Day ("South Australia’s Proclamation Day is 28 December, however the Proclamation Day holiday is observed on 26 December. There is an additional public holiday when the following occurs. • When 26 December falls on a Saturday, that day and the following Monday are public holidays. • When 26 December falls on a Sunday or Monday, that day and the following Tuesday are public holidays.").    
  • South Australia Clarifies Proclamation Day Public Holiday Date Determination
    Source: Government of South Australia SafeWork SA (Adelaide). Following last month's release of an amended version of the list of 2024 and 2025 public holidays, as regards the conjoined name of Boxing Day and Proclamation Day on December 26 as Proclamation Day holiday and Boxing Day, the Government of the State of South Australia has clarified the official date of South Australia’s Proclamation Day and the date of the related public holiday conjoined with Boxing Day ("South Australia’s Proclamation Day is 28 December, however the Proclamation Day holiday is observed on 26 December. There is an additional public holiday when the following occurs. • When 26 December falls on a Saturday, that day and the following Monday are public holidays. • When 26 December falls on a Sunday or Monday, that day and the following Tuesday are public holidays.").    

March 15, 2024

  • Chhattisgarh (CG)
  • Chhattisgarh (CG)
  • Chhattisgarh Declares April 17 Ramnavmi Public Holiday
    Source: Government of Chhattisgarh (Raipur). The General Administration Department of the Government of India's state of Chhattisgarh has declared Wednesday, April 17, 2024, as a state public holiday on the occasion of Ramnavmi. As per the announcement, on April 17, all government offices, schools, colleges and banks of the state will remain closed. A holiday has also been declared for April 9, on account of Chetrichand Mahotsav, but that date is to be observed as an optional holiday. The aforementioned announcements are in line with the Government Order notification No. F-1-1/2023/1/5 containing published in early December 2023 and containing the list of public holidays in the state of Chhattisgarh for the calendar year 2024.    
  • Chhattisgarh Declares April 17 Ramnavmi Public Holiday
    Source: Government of Chhattisgarh (Raipur). The General Administration Department of the Government of India's state of Chhattisgarh has declared Wednesday, April 17, 2024, as a state public holiday on the occasion of Ramnavmi. As per the announcement, on April 17, all government offices, schools, colleges and banks of the state will remain closed. A holiday has also been declared for April 9, on account of Chetrichand Mahotsav, but that date is to be observed as an optional holiday. The aforementioned announcements are in line with the Government Order notification No. F-1-1/2023/1/5 containing published in early December 2023 and containing the list of public holidays in the state of Chhattisgarh for the calendar year 2024.    
  • Angola
  • Angola
  • FNLA Calls For March 15 Public Holiday
    Source: Jornal de Angola (Luanda). The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) has once again called for the declaration of March 15 as a new annual public holiday in Angola. As per FNLA spokesperson, Ndonda Nzinga, March 15 1961, "was a date that shook the foundations of the colonial regime and awakened the conscience of all lovers of peace and progress, there would be no freedom or independence for Angola and former Portuguese colonies in Africa, in addition to contributing to the final collapse of the Salazarist dictatorship". Public holidays in Angola are currently determined by the 2018 Lei de Alteração à Lei dos Feriados Nacionais, Locais e Datas de Celebração Nacional, which amended the then current public holidays legislation of Angola by adding some bridge holiday provisions for fixed-date Angolan public holidays falling on a Tuesday or Thursday, as well as, in a last-minute amendment to the amendments, a new annual public holiday on March 23.    
  • FNLA Calls For March 15 Public Holiday
    Source: Jornal de Angola (Luanda). The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) has once again called for the declaration of March 15 as a new annual public holiday in Angola. As per FNLA spokesperson, Ndonda Nzinga, March 15 1961, "was a date that shook the foundations of the colonial regime and awakened the conscience of all lovers of peace and progress, there would be no freedom or independence for Angola and former Portuguese colonies in Africa, in addition to contributing to the final collapse of the Salazarist dictatorship". Public holidays in Angola are currently determined by the 2018 Lei de Alteração à Lei dos Feriados Nacionais, Locais e Datas de Celebração Nacional, which amended the then current public holidays legislation of Angola by adding some bridge holiday provisions for fixed-date Angolan public holidays falling on a Tuesday or Thursday, as well as, in a last-minute amendment to the amendments, a new annual public holiday on March 23.    
  • Bolivia
  • Bolivia
  • Bolivia Clarifies March 23 Census Public Holiday Status
    Source: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz). The General Director for Labor of Bolivia's Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social, Yesid Mollinedo, has clarified for the media, the status of the March 23 public holiday announced last week by Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Verónica Navia. Recall that Minister Navia's announcement only referred to a national cessation of work, and not to a public holiday as such ("el 23 de marzo de este año, día en el que se realizará el Censo,en el país habrá suspensión de actividades laborales"). In today's communique, Director Mollinedo clarified that "although the day is not equivalent to a holiday, it can be equated to an election date with suspension of activities and restrictions on movement, so it is not appropriate to compensate for hours not worked". The date of the preceding census, Wednesday, November 21, 2012, was less ambiguously declared as a one-off non-working public holiday to be observed on in all sectors of the Bolivian economy, thought the net effect, will be the same in 2024 as it was in 2012.    
  • Bolivia Clarifies March 23 Census Public Holiday Status
    Source: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz). The General Director for Labor of Bolivia's Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social, Yesid Mollinedo, has clarified for the media, the status of the March 23 public holiday announced last week by Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Verónica Navia. Recall that Minister Navia's announcement only referred to a national cessation of work, and not to a public holiday as such ("el 23 de marzo de este año, día en el que se realizará el Censo,en el país habrá suspensión de actividades laborales"). In today's communique, Director Mollinedo clarified that "although the day is not equivalent to a holiday, it can be equated to an election date with suspension of activities and restrictions on movement, so it is not appropriate to compensate for hours not worked". The date of the preceding census, Wednesday, November 21, 2012, was less ambiguously declared as a one-off non-working public holiday to be observed on in all sectors of the Bolivian economy, thought the net effect, will be the same in 2024 as it was in 2012.    
  • Croatia
  • Croatia
  • Croatian Electoral Public Holiday April 17
    Source: Government of the Republic of Croatia (Zagreb). The Croatian President, Zoran Milanović, has announced that the upcoming Croatian parliamentary elections would be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Parliamentary elections in Croatia are usually held on a Sunday (as will the upcoming European elections, on June 9) and President Milanović indicated that Wednesday, April 17, 2024, would be declared a public holiday in Croatia ("Election Day on Wednesday will become a holiday of freedom and democracy ... 24 years ago we also had elections that did not fall on a Sunday"), as per the Law on the Election of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament, Article 5, Paragraph 3, which specifies that the day of the election is a non-working day. Recall that, after the 2000 elections, Monday, February 7, 2000, was declared a one-off public holiday throughout Croatia, following the election of a new government and of Zlatko Tomcic as new Assembly speaker and acting president.    
  • Croatian Electoral Public Holiday April 17
    Source: Government of the Republic of Croatia (Zagreb). The Croatian President, Zoran Milanović, has announced that the upcoming Croatian parliamentary elections would be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Parliamentary elections in Croatia are usually held on a Sunday (as will the upcoming European elections, on June 9) and President Milanović indicated that Wednesday, April 17, 2024, would be declared a public holiday in Croatia ("Election Day on Wednesday will become a holiday of freedom and democracy ... 24 years ago we also had elections that did not fall on a Sunday"), as per the Law on the Election of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament, Article 5, Paragraph 3, which specifies that the day of the election is a non-working day. Recall that, after the 2000 elections, Monday, February 7, 2000, was declared a one-off public holiday throughout Croatia, following the election of a new government and of Zlatko Tomcic as new Assembly speaker and acting president.    
  • Cyprus
  • Cyprus
  • Cyprus Headed For 3 Consecutive Long Weekends
    Source: Central Bank of Cyprus (Nicosia). Cyprus' Deputy Tourism Minister, Kostas Koumis, is expecting a bumper crop of tourists as the 2024 calendar of public holidays in Cyprus will cause the next 3 weekends to last for 3 days each as each of the following 3 Mondays will be a public holiday in Cyprus; Maundy Monday (March 18), Greek Independence Day (March 25), and Greek Cypriot Day (April 1st). The list of 2024 bank holidays and public holidays in Cyprus was announced by the Central Bank of Cyprus in early January.    
  • Cyprus Headed For 3 Consecutive Long Weekends
    Source: Central Bank of Cyprus (Nicosia). Cyprus' Deputy Tourism Minister, Kostas Koumis, is expecting a bumper crop of tourists as the 2024 calendar of public holidays in Cyprus will cause the next 3 weekends to last for 3 days each as each of the following 3 Mondays will be a public holiday in Cyprus; Maundy Monday (March 18), Greek Independence Day (March 25), and Greek Cypriot Day (April 1st). The list of 2024 bank holidays and public holidays in Cyprus was announced by the Central Bank of Cyprus in early January.    
  • India
  • India
  • Indian Central Government Declares April 14 Public Holiday
    Source: The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (New Delhi). India's Central Government's has issued the DoPT Order F. No.12/4/2020-JCA declaring Sunday, April 14, 2024, as a public holiday ("In recognition of the significant contributions and legacy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, a visionary leader and architect of the Indian Constitution, it has been decided to declare Sunday, the 14th of April 2024, a national holiday. This holiday will be observed by all Central Government Offices, as well as Industrial Establishments across the vast expanse of India, to honor and celebrate the birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar."). Today's order, signed by the Deputy Secretary to Govt. of India, Parveen Jargar, further amends the Department of Personnel and Training’s Office Memorandum No. F.No.12 /2 /2023-JCA ("Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2024"), published last July by India's Central Government's Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, and in which the birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was not listed as a public holiday.    
  • Indian Central Government Declares April 14 Public Holiday
    Source: The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (New Delhi). India's Central Government's has issued the DoPT Order F. No.12/4/2020-JCA declaring Sunday, April 14, 2024, as a public holiday ("In recognition of the significant contributions and legacy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, a visionary leader and architect of the Indian Constitution, it has been decided to declare Sunday, the 14th of April 2024, a national holiday. This holiday will be observed by all Central Government Offices, as well as Industrial Establishments across the vast expanse of India, to honor and celebrate the birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar."). Today's order, signed by the Deputy Secretary to Govt. of India, Parveen Jargar, further amends the Department of Personnel and Training’s Office Memorandum No. F.No.12 /2 /2023-JCA ("Holidays to be observed in Central Government Offices during the year 2024"), published last July by India's Central Government's Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, and in which the birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was not listed as a public holiday.    
  • Monaco
  • Monaco
  • Monaco Public Holiday April 1st
    Source: Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté (Monaco). Monaco's State Ministry has gazetted the Circulaire n° 2024 1 du 6 mars 2024 relative au Lundi 1er avril 2024 (Lundi de Pâques), jour férié légal, in today's Journal Officiel Numéro 8686, confirming that Monday, April 1, 2024, would be a public holiday in Monaco for all employees ("Aux termes de la loi n° 798 et de la loi n° 800, du 18 février 1966, modifiée, le Lundi 1er avril 2024 est un jour férié, chômé et payé pour l'ensemble des salariés quel que soit leur mode de rémunération"). The aforementioned circulaire supplements the previously-announced annual list of official non-working public holidays in Monaco and Monaco bank holidays for the calendar year 2024, as released last autumn.    
  • Monaco Public Holiday April 1st
    Source: Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté (Monaco). Monaco's State Ministry has gazetted the Circulaire n° 2024 1 du 6 mars 2024 relative au Lundi 1er avril 2024 (Lundi de Pâques), jour férié légal, in today's Journal Officiel Numéro 8686, confirming that Monday, April 1, 2024, would be a public holiday in Monaco for all employees ("Aux termes de la loi n° 798 et de la loi n° 800, du 18 février 1966, modifiée, le Lundi 1er avril 2024 est un jour férié, chômé et payé pour l'ensemble des salariés quel que soit leur mode de rémunération"). The aforementioned circulaire supplements the previously-announced annual list of official non-working public holidays in Monaco and Monaco bank holidays for the calendar year 2024, as released last autumn.    
  • Nigeria
  • Nigeria
  • Niger State Declares March 18-22 Public Holidays
    Source: Ondo State Government (Akure). The Government of Nigeria's state of Niger has declared Monday to Friday, March 18-22, 2024, as public holidays for the monitoring and distribution of palliatives and Ramadan feeding and "to enable Civil Servants and Political office holders to participate in the distribution and monitoring of the palliatives and Ramadan feeding in their various local government areas". The aforementioned declaration by Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, was contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner of Information, Binta Mamman.    
  • Niger State Declares March 18-22 Public Holidays
    Source: Ondo State Government (Akure). The Government of Nigeria's state of Niger has declared Monday to Friday, March 18-22, 2024, as public holidays for the monitoring and distribution of palliatives and Ramadan feeding and "to enable Civil Servants and Political office holders to participate in the distribution and monitoring of the palliatives and Ramadan feeding in their various local government areas". The aforementioned declaration by Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, was contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner of Information, Binta Mamman.    
  • Taiwan
  • Taiwan
  • Taiwan May 1st National Public Holiday Gaining Momentum
    Source: Taiwan Central Personnel Administration (Taipei). The All-China Federation of Teachers Unions and legislators from both the ruling and opposition parties have held a joint press conference, calling for the annual Labor Day public holiday to be observed nationally by all sectors of the economy to put an end to the one family, two systems being observed annually on May 1st (currently, Taiwan's public sector does not observe the May Day public holiday). Today's press conference follows last week's announcement by Taiwan's Premier, Chen Chien-jen, that she was open to making Labor Day a public holiday that is uniformly observed nationwide, but that some compensatory adjustment would be needed. At the same session, Taiwan's Interior Minister Lin Yu-chang remarked that currently, the total number of national holidays in Taiwan is fixed and regulated by legislative resolution.    
  • Taiwan May 1st National Public Holiday Gaining Momentum
    Source: Taiwan Central Personnel Administration (Taipei). The All-China Federation of Teachers Unions and legislators from both the ruling and opposition parties have held a joint press conference, calling for the annual Labor Day public holiday to be observed nationally by all sectors of the economy to put an end to the one family, two systems being observed annually on May 1st (currently, Taiwan's public sector does not observe the May Day public holiday). Today's press conference follows last week's announcement by Taiwan's Premier, Chen Chien-jen, that she was open to making Labor Day a public holiday that is uniformly observed nationwide, but that some compensatory adjustment would be needed. At the same session, Taiwan's Interior Minister Lin Yu-chang remarked that currently, the total number of national holidays in Taiwan is fixed and regulated by legislative resolution.    

March 14, 2024

  • Bern (BE)
  • Bern (BE)
  • Bern Canton Legislators Votes Down March 8 Public Holiday
    Source: Décisions du Conseil fédéral (Berne). The Grand Conseil Bernois (the legislature of Switzerland's Canton of Bern) has voted down by 101 to 44 a Socialist motion to declare a public holiday in the Canton of Bern on March 8 for all women employed in the cantonal administration and in the teaching profession, "for as long as the pay gap between women and men is not closed". Recall that, in early January, the Executive of the Bernese Canton had similarly turned-down a proposal by the Socialist Party to declare March 8 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Switzerland's Canton of Bern for women only. A 2015 proposal by Bern region Green MP, Aline Trede, to declare March 16 as an annual non-working federal public holiday in Switzerland, to commemorate the 1971 date when Swiss women obtained the right to vote, was similarly turned-down by the Conseil fédéral (the Executive Federal Council of Switzerland).    
  • Bern Canton Legislators Votes Down March 8 Public Holiday
    Source: Décisions du Conseil fédéral (Berne). The Grand Conseil Bernois (the legislature of Switzerland's Canton of Bern) has voted down by 101 to 44 a Socialist motion to declare a public holiday in the Canton of Bern on March 8 for all women employed in the cantonal administration and in the teaching profession, "for as long as the pay gap between women and men is not closed". Recall that, in early January, the Executive of the Bernese Canton had similarly turned-down a proposal by the Socialist Party to declare March 8 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Switzerland's Canton of Bern for women only. A 2015 proposal by Bern region Green MP, Aline Trede, to declare March 16 as an annual non-working federal public holiday in Switzerland, to commemorate the 1971 date when Swiss women obtained the right to vote, was similarly turned-down by the Conseil fédéral (the Executive Federal Council of Switzerland).    
  • Albania
  • Albania
  • Albania Bank Holiday March 15
    Source: Bank of Albania (Tirana). The Bank of Albania has announced that, following yesterday's decision by the Albanian Council of Ministers, Friday, March 15, 2024, would be a one-off bridge bank holiday in Albania ("Based on the Decision of the Council of Ministers on the designation of Friday, 15.3.2024, as a holiday").    
  • Albania Bank Holiday March 15
    Source: Bank of Albania (Tirana). The Bank of Albania has announced that, following yesterday's decision by the Albanian Council of Ministers, Friday, March 15, 2024, would be a one-off bridge bank holiday in Albania ("Based on the Decision of the Council of Ministers on the designation of Friday, 15.3.2024, as a holiday").    
  • French Polynesia
  • French Polynesia
  • French Polynesia Considers Swapping June 29 Public Holiday
    Source: Présidence de la Polynésie Française (Papeete). French Polynesia's vice-présidente et ministre en charge de la Culture, Éliane Tevahitua, is once again proposing that the territorial assembly swap the June 29 public holiday for a new one, as "le 29 juin ne fait pas l’unanimité parmi les Polynésiens". In 2005, a Temaru government project to replace the June 29 Autonomy Day public holiday with a new annual public holiday on November 20, to be called National Day of Tahiti was rejected by the CESC (Conseil Economique, Social Et Culturel De La Polynésie Française). This time the proposed replacement public holiday would be Matariki (Maori New Year) which became a public holiday in New Zealand in 2022. Coincidentally, Rangiānehu Mātāmua, will be visiting French Polynesia from March 16-22. Rangiānehu Mātāmua is one of the members of the Matariki Advisory Group, comprising experts in mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge), that was tasked with the determination of the dates of the Matariki public holiday in New Zealand for the next 30 years.    
  • French Polynesia Considers Swapping June 29 Public Holiday
    Source: Présidence de la Polynésie Française (Papeete). French Polynesia's vice-présidente et ministre en charge de la Culture, Éliane Tevahitua, is once again proposing that the territorial assembly swap the June 29 public holiday for a new one, as "le 29 juin ne fait pas l’unanimité parmi les Polynésiens". In 2005, a Temaru government project to replace the June 29 Autonomy Day public holiday with a new annual public holiday on November 20, to be called National Day of Tahiti was rejected by the CESC (Conseil Economique, Social Et Culturel De La Polynésie Française). This time the proposed replacement public holiday would be Matariki (Maori New Year) which became a public holiday in New Zealand in 2022. Coincidentally, Rangiānehu Mātāmua, will be visiting French Polynesia from March 16-22. Rangiānehu Mātāmua is one of the members of the Matariki Advisory Group, comprising experts in mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge), that was tasked with the determination of the dates of the Matariki public holiday in New Zealand for the next 30 years.    
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Kyrgyzstan MP Proposes Father's Day Public Holiday
    Source: Kabar Kyrgyz National News Agency (Bishkek). A Deputy of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan, Mederbek Aliyev, has submitted a draft resolution to establish Father's Day, on March 15, as a new annual public holiday in Kyrgyzstan ("Undoubtedly, one of the fundamental values of the Kyrgyz people is honoring the elders and respect for the younger ones. Our people have always cherished their age-old traditions, honoring and respecting wise, farsighted elders. In the heart of every Kyrgyz lives a sense of gratitude to our caring fathers."). Such proposals from MPs are relatively common but usually never get approved. Recall that, in 2022, the MP Dastan Bekeshev had called for the declaration of International Children's Dayon June 1st as a new annual public holiday in Kyrgyzstan, arguing that "Kyrgyzstan has many political holidays, but few family holidays". The most-recently added annual public holiday in Kyrgyzstan was the April 7 "Day of the People's April Revolution", marking the day a popular revolution ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiev in 2010. The decree for the April 7 public holiday was signed in early April 2016 by President Almazbek Atambaev and was approved on April 6 by the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan following an expedited session encompassing all three necessary readings of the bill.    
  • Kyrgyzstan MP Proposes Father's Day Public Holiday
    Source: Kabar Kyrgyz National News Agency (Bishkek). A Deputy of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan, Mederbek Aliyev, has submitted a draft resolution to establish Father's Day, on March 15, as a new annual public holiday in Kyrgyzstan ("Undoubtedly, one of the fundamental values of the Kyrgyz people is honoring the elders and respect for the younger ones. Our people have always cherished their age-old traditions, honoring and respecting wise, farsighted elders. In the heart of every Kyrgyz lives a sense of gratitude to our caring fathers."). Such proposals from MPs are relatively common but usually never get approved. Recall that, in 2022, the MP Dastan Bekeshev had called for the declaration of International Children's Dayon June 1st as a new annual public holiday in Kyrgyzstan, arguing that "Kyrgyzstan has many political holidays, but few family holidays". The most-recently added annual public holiday in Kyrgyzstan was the April 7 "Day of the People's April Revolution", marking the day a popular revolution ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiev in 2010. The decree for the April 7 public holiday was signed in early April 2016 by President Almazbek Atambaev and was approved on April 6 by the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan following an expedited session encompassing all three necessary readings of the bill.    
  • New Zealand
  • New Zealand
  • New Zealand Ruling Coalition Mum On January 2 Public Holiday Cancellation
    Source: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington). New Zealand's Workplace Relations and Safety Minister, Brooke van Velden, has reiterated that the current ruling coalition of the ACT (Association of Consumers and Taxpayers), National, and New Zealand First, parties wanted to make changes to the Holiday Act. Prior to the last election that saw it come to power as part of the Sixth National government coalition, the ACT had pledged to cancel the annual January 2 public holiday to compensate the addition of the Matariki public holiday in 2022. However, the current Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, when campaigning in 2022 promised that his National party "wouldn’t unwind a public holiday if elected" and indeed, the removal of one of New Zealand's annual public holidays did not make it into the 3 parties' coalition agreement.    
  • New Zealand Ruling Coalition Mum On January 2 Public Holiday Cancellation
    Source: New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington). New Zealand's Workplace Relations and Safety Minister, Brooke van Velden, has reiterated that the current ruling coalition of the ACT (Association of Consumers and Taxpayers), National, and New Zealand First, parties wanted to make changes to the Holiday Act. Prior to the last election that saw it come to power as part of the Sixth National government coalition, the ACT had pledged to cancel the annual January 2 public holiday to compensate the addition of the Matariki public holiday in 2022. However, the current Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, when campaigning in 2022 promised that his National party "wouldn’t unwind a public holiday if elected" and indeed, the removal of one of New Zealand's annual public holidays did not make it into the 3 parties' coalition agreement.    
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi 2024 Eid Al-Fitr Bank Holidays Announced
    Source: Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has announced that the upcoming bank holidays in Saudi Arabia for the Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) would run from Friday, April 5 until Saturday, April 13, 2024, inclusively (recall that Saudi Arabia's legislative and consultative Shoura Council approved a change to weekends from Thursday/Friday to Friday/Saturday in 2013). These dates for the Eid al-Fitr bank holidays are markedly longer than the new ones decreed for the public sector in January by the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which decreed that in the future the government public holidays for Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha would each last a minimum of 4 days and a maximum of 5 days.    
  • Saudi 2024 Eid Al-Fitr Bank Holidays Announced
    Source: Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has announced that the upcoming bank holidays in Saudi Arabia for the Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan) would run from Friday, April 5 until Saturday, April 13, 2024, inclusively (recall that Saudi Arabia's legislative and consultative Shoura Council approved a change to weekends from Thursday/Friday to Friday/Saturday in 2013). These dates for the Eid al-Fitr bank holidays are markedly longer than the new ones decreed for the public sector in January by the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which decreed that in the future the government public holidays for Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha would each last a minimum of 4 days and a maximum of 5 days.    
  • Venezuela
  • Venezuela
  • Venezuela Bank Holiday March 19
    Source: Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario (Sudeban). The Venezuelan regulatory body for the banking sector, Sudeban (Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario) has announced that Tuesday, March 19, 2024, would be a bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the upcoming Saint Joseph's Day, and in line with the official list of 2024 public and banking holidays in Venezuela as announced last December by the Sudeban, in conformity with the "Ley de Reforma Parcial de la Ley de Instituciones del Sector Bancario".    
  • Venezuela Bank Holiday March 19
    Source: Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario (Sudeban). The Venezuelan regulatory body for the banking sector, Sudeban (Superintendencia de Instituciones del Sector Bancario) has announced that Tuesday, March 19, 2024, would be a bank holiday in Venezuela, on account of the upcoming Saint Joseph's Day, and in line with the official list of 2024 public and banking holidays in Venezuela as announced last December by the Sudeban, in conformity with the "Ley de Reforma Parcial de la Ley de Instituciones del Sector Bancario".    

March 13, 2024

  • Albania
  • Albania
  • Albania Declares March 15 Bridge Public Holiday
    Source: Albanian Government Council of Ministers (Tirana). The Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, has announced that the Council of Ministers had declared Friday, March 15, 2024, as a public holiday to bridge the gap between the annual March 14 Summer Day public sector holiday and the upcoming weekend ("In support of articles 95, point 2, and 100, of the Constitution, with the proposal of the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers decided: 1. Appointment of Friday, 15.3.2024, as a day off for employees of the state administration. 2. The working day, dated 15.3.2024, will be replaced by one of the rest days within the first six months of this year."). As per Prime Minister Rama's post on X, formerly Twitter, "With this decision of the Council of Ministers, we give the opportunity to all state employees who are not part of critical functions, to take one more day off between the beautiful Summer Day and the weekend that they have off anyway! Happy Summer Day.".    
  • Albania Declares March 15 Bridge Public Holiday
    Source: Albanian Government Council of Ministers (Tirana). The Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, has announced that the Council of Ministers had declared Friday, March 15, 2024, as a public holiday to bridge the gap between the annual March 14 Summer Day public sector holiday and the upcoming weekend ("In support of articles 95, point 2, and 100, of the Constitution, with the proposal of the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers decided: 1. Appointment of Friday, 15.3.2024, as a day off for employees of the state administration. 2. The working day, dated 15.3.2024, will be replaced by one of the rest days within the first six months of this year."). As per Prime Minister Rama's post on X, formerly Twitter, "With this decision of the Council of Ministers, we give the opportunity to all state employees who are not part of critical functions, to take one more day off between the beautiful Summer Day and the weekend that they have off anyway! Happy Summer Day.".    
  • Honduras
  • Honduras
  • Honduras Extends Easter 2024 Public Sector Public Holidays
    Source: El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa). The Ministry of the Interior, Justice and Decentralization of Honduras has announced that all public sector officials and employees will enjoy additional public holidays from Monday to Wednesday, March 25 to 27, 2024, on account of the upcoming semana santa (Easter week).    
  • Honduras Extends Easter 2024 Public Sector Public Holidays
    Source: El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa). The Ministry of the Interior, Justice and Decentralization of Honduras has announced that all public sector officials and employees will enjoy additional public holidays from Monday to Wednesday, March 25 to 27, 2024, on account of the upcoming semana santa (Easter week).    
  • Hungary
  • Hungary
  • Hungary 2025 Public Holidays Draft Published
    Source: Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest). Hungary's Ministry of National Economy (Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium) has issued a ministerial decree containing a draft proposal for the official public holidays of Hungary in 2025, as well as the usual Monday and Friday one-off bridge public holidays that are compensated by declaring a compensatory Saturday as a regular working day (A 2025. évi munkaszüneti napok körüli munkarendről szóló miniszteri rendelet). The aforementioned draft, signed by the Hungarian Minister of National Economy, Nagy Márton, will be open for public comments until March 20, 2024 ("A társadalmi egyeztetés során a véleményeket 2024. március 20-ig várjuk."). Based on past years, we can then expect the official gazetted list of 2025 public holidays to be published by the Government of Hungary sometime from mid-summer to mid-autumn (2024 public holidays were gazetted in July 2023, but 2023 public holidays were gazetted in October 2022).    
  • Hungary 2025 Public Holidays Draft Published
    Source: Kormányzat Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium (Budapest). Hungary's Ministry of National Economy (Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium) has issued a ministerial decree containing a draft proposal for the official public holidays of Hungary in 2025, as well as the usual Monday and Friday one-off bridge public holidays that are compensated by declaring a compensatory Saturday as a regular working day (A 2025. évi munkaszüneti napok körüli munkarendről szóló miniszteri rendelet). The aforementioned draft, signed by the Hungarian Minister of National Economy, Nagy Márton, will be open for public comments until March 20, 2024 ("A társadalmi egyeztetés során a véleményeket 2024. március 20-ig várjuk."). Based on past years, we can then expect the official gazetted list of 2025 public holidays to be published by the Government of Hungary sometime from mid-summer to mid-autumn (2024 public holidays were gazetted in July 2023, but 2023 public holidays were gazetted in October 2022).    
  • Panama
  • Panama
  • Panama Extends Easter 2024 Public Holidays
    Source: Presidencia de la República de Panamá (Panama City). The Government of Panama has published the Executive Decree number 6 which declares as public sector holiday and orders the closure of national and municipal public offices throughout the national territory starting on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at 12 noon, on the occasion of the upcoming Holy Week ("The annual commemoration of Holy Week constitutes one of the most important celebrations of Christianity, which is practiced by the majority of the Panamanian population."). Note that the afternoon of Maundy Thursday is already an annual bank holiday for the Panamanian financial sector and that the aforementioned decree excludes the Panama Canal Authority in accordance with the provisions of article 93 of Law 19 of June 11, 1997.    
  • Panama Extends Easter 2024 Public Holidays
    Source: Presidencia de la República de Panamá (Panama City). The Government of Panama has published the Executive Decree number 6 which declares as public sector holiday and orders the closure of national and municipal public offices throughout the national territory starting on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at 12 noon, on the occasion of the upcoming Holy Week ("The annual commemoration of Holy Week constitutes one of the most important celebrations of Christianity, which is practiced by the majority of the Panamanian population."). Note that the afternoon of Maundy Thursday is already an annual bank holiday for the Panamanian financial sector and that the aforementioned decree excludes the Panama Canal Authority in accordance with the provisions of article 93 of Law 19 of June 11, 1997.    
  • Samoa
  • Samoa
  • Samoan 2024-2027 Public Holidays Amended
    Source: Samoan Ministry Of Commerce, Industry And Labour (Matagaluega o Pisinisi, Alamanuia, Leipa). The Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry And Labour has published a revised version of the public holidays dates in Samoa for the calendar years 2024-2027, that it had initially published last August.    
  • Samoan 2024-2027 Public Holidays Amended
    Source: Samoan Ministry Of Commerce, Industry And Labour (Matagaluega o Pisinisi, Alamanuia, Leipa). The Samoan Ministry of Commerce, Industry And Labour has published a revised version of the public holidays dates in Samoa for the calendar years 2024-2027, that it had initially published last August.    

March 12, 2024

  • Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Lailatul Qadr Public Holiday April 7
    Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). The National Moon-Sighting Committee of Bangladesh announced that the moon for the month of Ramadan had been sighted last night and therefore that the first day of the month of Ramadan would be today, Tueday, March 12, 2024, and that Lailatul Qadr (aka Shab-e-Qadar or Night of Destiny) will be celebrated in Bangladesh the evening of Saturday, April 6, 2024, with the related Bangladesh public holiday being observed on Sunday, April 7, 2024.    
  • Bangladesh Lailatul Qadr Public Holiday April 7
    Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). The National Moon-Sighting Committee of Bangladesh announced that the moon for the month of Ramadan had been sighted last night and therefore that the first day of the month of Ramadan would be today, Tueday, March 12, 2024, and that Lailatul Qadr (aka Shab-e-Qadar or Night of Destiny) will be celebrated in Bangladesh the evening of Saturday, April 6, 2024, with the related Bangladesh public holiday being observed on Sunday, April 7, 2024.    
  • Liberia
  • Liberia
  • Liberian Decoration Day Public Holiday March 13
    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia). The President of the Republic of Liberia, Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has issued a Proclamation declaring Wednesday, March 13, 2024, as Decoration Day, a public holiday to be observed throughout the Republic of Liberia. The annual Decoration Day Liberian public holiday was created by an Act of the Liberian Legislature, on October 24, 1916 declaring the Second Wednesday in March of each year as "Decoration Day" to be observed as a National Holiday. Such last-minute re-confirmation of annual public holidays are a staple of the Liberian public holidays calendar.    
  • Liberian Decoration Day Public Holiday March 13
    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Monrovia). The President of the Republic of Liberia, Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has issued a Proclamation declaring Wednesday, March 13, 2024, as Decoration Day, a public holiday to be observed throughout the Republic of Liberia. The annual Decoration Day Liberian public holiday was created by an Act of the Liberian Legislature, on October 24, 1916 declaring the Second Wednesday in March of each year as "Decoration Day" to be observed as a National Holiday. Such last-minute re-confirmation of annual public holidays are a staple of the Liberian public holidays calendar.    
  • Peru
  • Peru
  • Peruvian May 29 Public Servant Day Public Holiday
    Source: Diario Oficial El Peruano (Lima). The Peruvian Congress' Labor Commission has approved bill No. 6119/2023-CR which declares a new annual public holiday on May 29, the Día del servidor público en el Perú (Day of the Peruvian Public Servant), with the amendment that that new holiday would remain a working day. In the meantime, Bill PL 7060/2023-CR on which we reported last month and which would amend Article 6 of the Legislative Decree No. 713 and make June 20 an annual national public holiday to mark the Andean New Year, is still pending debate.    
  • Peruvian May 29 Public Servant Day Public Holiday
    Source: Diario Oficial El Peruano (Lima). The Peruvian Congress' Labor Commission has approved bill No. 6119/2023-CR which declares a new annual public holiday on May 29, the Día del servidor público en el Perú (Day of the Peruvian Public Servant), with the amendment that that new holiday would remain a working day. In the meantime, Bill PL 7060/2023-CR on which we reported last month and which would amend Article 6 of the Legislative Decree No. 713 and make June 20 an annual national public holiday to mark the Andean New Year, is still pending debate.    
  • Philippines
  • Philippines
  • Cavite Provincial Public Holiday March 22
    Source: Philippine Information Agency (Manila). The Office of the President of the Philippines has declared Friday, March 22, 2024, a special non-working public holiday in the province of Cavite on account of the anniversary of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Philippine Republic. As per Proclamation 492, signed by Executive Secretary, Lucas Bersamin, and gazetted earlier today, "Whereas, on 22 March 2024, Friday, the Province of Cavite will mark the celebration of the birth anniversary of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Republic of the Philippines; and whereas, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Cavite be given full opportunity to participate in the occasion and enjoy the celebration; now, therefore, I, Lucas P. Bersamin, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., do hereby declare Friday, 22 March 2024, a special (non-working) day in the Province of Cavite.".    
  • Cavite Provincial Public Holiday March 22
    Source: Philippine Information Agency (Manila). The Office of the President of the Philippines has declared Friday, March 22, 2024, a special non-working public holiday in the province of Cavite on account of the anniversary of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Philippine Republic. As per Proclamation 492, signed by Executive Secretary, Lucas Bersamin, and gazetted earlier today, "Whereas, on 22 March 2024, Friday, the Province of Cavite will mark the celebration of the birth anniversary of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Republic of the Philippines; and whereas, it is but fitting and proper that the people of the Province of Cavite be given full opportunity to participate in the occasion and enjoy the celebration; now, therefore, I, Lucas P. Bersamin, Executive Secretary, by authority of the President, Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., do hereby declare Friday, 22 March 2024, a special (non-working) day in the Province of Cavite.".    
  • Suriname
  • Suriname
  • Suriname Announces Holi Phagwa Public Holiday For March 25
    Source: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo). Suriname's Minister of the Interior, Bronto Somohardjo, has announced that the upcoming annual public holiday for Holi/Phagwa would be observed in Suriname on Monday, March 25, 2024 ("The Minister of the Interior hereby announces, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Suriname, that this year's Holi falls on Monday, March 25, 2024. It should be noted that this day is equated with Sunday."). The current list of annual public holidays in Suriname is based on a 2021 Decree published in the Official Gazette no. 26 by the same Minister Somohardjo, and which clarifies that, in terms of the Sunday Rest Act (Zondagsrustwet), the 15 days that are to be treated as national holidays are as follows: Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Holi, Diwali, Ied Ul Fitre, Ied Ul Adha, January 1, Chinese New Year, May 1, July 1, August 9, October 10, and November 25.    
  • Suriname Announces Holi Phagwa Public Holiday For March 25
    Source: Kabinet van de President van de Republiek Suriname (Paramarimbo). Suriname's Minister of the Interior, Bronto Somohardjo, has announced that the upcoming annual public holiday for Holi/Phagwa would be observed in Suriname on Monday, March 25, 2024 ("The Minister of the Interior hereby announces, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Suriname, that this year's Holi falls on Monday, March 25, 2024. It should be noted that this day is equated with Sunday."). The current list of annual public holidays in Suriname is based on a 2021 Decree published in the Official Gazette no. 26 by the same Minister Somohardjo, and which clarifies that, in terms of the Sunday Rest Act (Zondagsrustwet), the 15 days that are to be treated as national holidays are as follows: Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Holi, Diwali, Ied Ul Fitre, Ied Ul Adha, January 1, Chinese New Year, May 1, July 1, August 9, October 10, and November 25.    
  • Uruguay
  • Uruguay
  • Uruguay Declares March 13 Maldonado Public Holiday
    Source: Presidencia de la República (República Oriental del Uruguay). Uruguay's President, Luis Lacalle Pou, has promulgated Law No. 20,247, approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives, and which declares Wednesday, March 13, 2024 as a public holiday for the private and public workers of the city of Pan de Azúcar, in the department of Maldonado, on account of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the city of Pan de Azúcar.    
  • Uruguay Declares March 13 Maldonado Public Holiday
    Source: Presidencia de la República (República Oriental del Uruguay). Uruguay's President, Luis Lacalle Pou, has promulgated Law No. 20,247, approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives, and which declares Wednesday, March 13, 2024 as a public holiday for the private and public workers of the city of Pan de Azúcar, in the department of Maldonado, on account of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the city of Pan de Azúcar.    

March 11, 2024

  • Azerbaijan
  • Azerbaijan
  • Azerbaijan Celbrates Wind Tuesday of Novruz Public Holidays
    Source: Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers (Baku). Tomorrow, Azerbaijan will be marking Wind Tuesday, the third of four Tuesdays leading to the annual Novruz public holidays of Azerbaijan. Recall that, as per a decision by the Board of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Azerbaijan, early last month, March 20-26, 2024, inclusively, will be public holidays for Novruz. The four Tuesdays leading to Novruz are Su Chershenbesi (Water Tuesday), Od Chershenbesi (Fire Tuesday), Torpag Chershenbesi (Earth Tuesday), and Hava Chershenbe/Akhir Chershenbe (Wind Tuesday/Last Tuesday).    
  • Azerbaijan Celbrates Wind Tuesday of Novruz Public Holidays
    Source: Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers (Baku). Tomorrow, Azerbaijan will be marking Wind Tuesday, the third of four Tuesdays leading to the annual Novruz public holidays of Azerbaijan. Recall that, as per a decision by the Board of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Azerbaijan, early last month, March 20-26, 2024, inclusively, will be public holidays for Novruz. The four Tuesdays leading to Novruz are Su Chershenbesi (Water Tuesday), Od Chershenbesi (Fire Tuesday), Torpag Chershenbesi (Earth Tuesday), and Hava Chershenbe/Akhir Chershenbe (Wind Tuesday/Last Tuesday).    
  • Costa Rica
  • Costa Rica
  • Costa Rica Extends Easter Public Sector Holidays By 3 Days
    Source: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José). The Presidency of the Republic of Costa Rica, in conjunction with the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, have issued Directive 037-MIDEPLAN-MTSS which declared Monday to Wednesday, March 25 to 27, 2024, as additional public holidays for Costa Rica's public servants, "to promote the well-being of public sector workers through an extended period of rest" as well as generating "a positive impact on the national economy, encouraging the tourism sector and its entire value chain". Costa Rica has regularly extended the Easter week with 3 public sector holidays, though there have been some years when this did not happen (2014, 2015, 2019 and 2020).    
  • Costa Rica Extends Easter Public Sector Holidays By 3 Days
    Source: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de Costa Rica (San José). The Presidency of the Republic of Costa Rica, in conjunction with the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, have issued Directive 037-MIDEPLAN-MTSS which declared Monday to Wednesday, March 25 to 27, 2024, as additional public holidays for Costa Rica's public servants, "to promote the well-being of public sector workers through an extended period of rest" as well as generating "a positive impact on the national economy, encouraging the tourism sector and its entire value chain". Costa Rica has regularly extended the Easter week with 3 public sector holidays, though there have been some years when this did not happen (2014, 2015, 2019 and 2020).    
  • Iraq
  • Iraq
  • Iraqi Revamped Public Holidays Law Coming Soon
    Source: Al Sumaria News (Baghdad). A member of the Parliamentary Endowments Committee of Iraq's Parliament, Sherif Suleiman, has announced that the expected revamped law on public holidays in Iraq would come soon as there are no major problems or complications in the law, but it requires time and discussion, in addition to agreement in the committee and among the political blocs on the matter of which feasts to observe and on which dates. The current list of Iraq's 2024 public holidays and bank holidays was announced in late October of last year.    
  • Iraqi Revamped Public Holidays Law Coming Soon
    Source: Al Sumaria News (Baghdad). A member of the Parliamentary Endowments Committee of Iraq's Parliament, Sherif Suleiman, has announced that the expected revamped law on public holidays in Iraq would come soon as there are no major problems or complications in the law, but it requires time and discussion, in addition to agreement in the committee and among the political blocs on the matter of which feasts to observe and on which dates. The current list of Iraq's 2024 public holidays and bank holidays was announced in late October of last year.    
  • Russia
  • Russia
  • Russian April-May 2024 Public Holidays Remnder
    Source: ITAR-TASS (Moscow). The Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation is reminding the population of the terms of last August's decree, signed by Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, gazetting the list of 2024 public holidays in Russia ("О переносе выходных дней в 2024 году"), itself based on last June's draft "Government Resolution On The Transfer Of Public Holidays in 2024", which proposed a list of official public holidays and bridge holidays in Russia for the upcoming calendar year 2024. As usual, the list of 2024 public holidays in Russia includes working Saturdays to compensate the declaration of some Tuesday and Thursday bridge public holidays. In particular, Saturday, April 27, 2024, was declared a working day to allow for a continuous period of public holidays from Sunday, April 28, 2024, until Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, inclusively. This extended period of public holidays in Russia will be followed by another one from Thursday to Sunday, May 9 to 12, 2024, inclusively.    
  • Russian April-May 2024 Public Holidays Remnder
    Source: ITAR-TASS (Moscow). The Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation is reminding the population of the terms of last August's decree, signed by Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, gazetting the list of 2024 public holidays in Russia ("О переносе выходных дней в 2024 году"), itself based on last June's draft "Government Resolution On The Transfer Of Public Holidays in 2024", which proposed a list of official public holidays and bridge holidays in Russia for the upcoming calendar year 2024. As usual, the list of 2024 public holidays in Russia includes working Saturdays to compensate the declaration of some Tuesday and Thursday bridge public holidays. In particular, Saturday, April 27, 2024, was declared a working day to allow for a continuous period of public holidays from Sunday, April 28, 2024, until Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, inclusively. This extended period of public holidays in Russia will be followed by another one from Thursday to Sunday, May 9 to 12, 2024, inclusively.    

March 10, 2024

  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia Considers Sole Reliance On MABIMS Criteria To Determine Muslim Months And Public Holidays
    Source: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (Jakarta). The General Secretary of Indonesia's Muhammadiyah Central Leadership (PP), Abdul Mu'ti, has suggested that the Isbat sessions be canceled, now that the beginning of each Muslim month in Indonesia can be calculated ahead of time based on the MABIMS criteria ("By not holding Isbat, it saves more on the state budget which is financially not doing well."). Isbat sessions are used to determine the beginning of Ramadan fast as well as the beginning of the 12 months of the Hijri calendar, leading to the announcement of the date of Muslim holidays such as Eid al-Fitr to Eid al- Adha. In late 2021, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Majilis Ugama Islam Singapura) announced a revision to the previously announced 2 Muslim public holidays of 2022, stating that "The highest Islamic authorities of Brunei Darussalam, Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia and Republic of Singapore have agreed to adopt revised criteria of the astronomical calculation for the determination of the Islamic calendar from year 2022 onwards.". However, the uptake of the new MABIMS criteria has been rocky. Having declared its 2022 public holidays a few weeks before the tripartite decision to use the new MABIMS criteria, Indonesia did not change the date of its Muslim public holidays for 2022. And, Malaysia, whose 2022 list of public holidays had been released in June 2021, with dates already in agreement with the MABIMS criteria, went on to modify the date of the 2022 Eid al-Adha to a different date. The new MABIMS criteria are that the new Moon crescent is expected to be visible if, at the time of the sunset that follows a new Moon, the Moon has a minimum altitude of 3 degrees and an elongation of 6.4 degrees.    
  • Indonesia Considers Sole Reliance On MABIMS Criteria To Determine Muslim Months And Public Holidays
    Source: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (Jakarta). The General Secretary of Indonesia's Muhammadiyah Central Leadership (PP), Abdul Mu'ti, has suggested that the Isbat sessions be canceled, now that the beginning of each Muslim month in Indonesia can be calculated ahead of time based on the MABIMS criteria ("By not holding Isbat, it saves more on the state budget which is financially not doing well."). Isbat sessions are used to determine the beginning of Ramadan fast as well as the beginning of the 12 months of the Hijri calendar, leading to the announcement of the date of Muslim holidays such as Eid al-Fitr to Eid al- Adha. In late 2021, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Majilis Ugama Islam Singapura) announced a revision to the previously announced 2 Muslim public holidays of 2022, stating that "The highest Islamic authorities of Brunei Darussalam, Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia and Republic of Singapore have agreed to adopt revised criteria of the astronomical calculation for the determination of the Islamic calendar from year 2022 onwards.". However, the uptake of the new MABIMS criteria has been rocky. Having declared its 2022 public holidays a few weeks before the tripartite decision to use the new MABIMS criteria, Indonesia did not change the date of its Muslim public holidays for 2022. And, Malaysia, whose 2022 list of public holidays had been released in June 2021, with dates already in agreement with the MABIMS criteria, went on to modify the date of the 2022 Eid al-Adha to a different date. The new MABIMS criteria are that the new Moon crescent is expected to be visible if, at the time of the sunset that follows a new Moon, the Moon has a minimum altitude of 3 degrees and an elongation of 6.4 degrees.    
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia Announces March 11 Beginning Of Ramadan
    Source: Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Saudi Arabia's Moon sighting committee has announced that the crescent Moon had been sighted tonight and that the upcoming month of Ramadan would begin tomorrow on Monday, March 11, 2024. As usual, most Gulf Arab nations, as well as Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, with the exception of Oman, also announced that they would begin the month of Ramadan on Monday, March 11, 2024. However, other countries, such as Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, announced that they had not sighted the crescent Moon of Ramadan and therefore that they would begin the month of Ramadan on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. In theory, the beginning of each Muslim month in the Saudi Arabia is supposed to be based on human sightings, but in practice, these "sightings" follow the calculated Umm al-Qura Islamic calendar.    
  • Saudi Arabia Announces March 11 Beginning Of Ramadan
    Source: Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Saudi Arabia's Moon sighting committee has announced that the crescent Moon had been sighted tonight and that the upcoming month of Ramadan would begin tomorrow on Monday, March 11, 2024. As usual, most Gulf Arab nations, as well as Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, with the exception of Oman, also announced that they would begin the month of Ramadan on Monday, March 11, 2024. However, other countries, such as Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, announced that they had not sighted the crescent Moon of Ramadan and therefore that they would begin the month of Ramadan on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. In theory, the beginning of each Muslim month in the Saudi Arabia is supposed to be based on human sightings, but in practice, these "sightings" follow the calculated Umm al-Qura Islamic calendar.    
  • UAE (United Arab Emirates)
  • UAE (United Arab Emirates)
  • UAE Announces March 11 Start Of Ramadan
    Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM). The UAE's official Moon Sighting Committee has announced that the crescent moon had been sighted this evening and that the Muslim month of Ramadan in the UAE would begin tomorrow, Monday, March 11, 2024. Earlier tonight, Saudi Arabia's Moon sighting committee had similarly announced that the upcoming month of Ramadan would begin on Monday, March 11, 2024, in Saudi Arabia. Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia observe the end of Ramadan as a public holiday, but neither observes the beginning of Ramadan as a public holiday.    
  • UAE Announces March 11 Start Of Ramadan
    Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM). The UAE's official Moon Sighting Committee has announced that the crescent moon had been sighted this evening and that the Muslim month of Ramadan in the UAE would begin tomorrow, Monday, March 11, 2024. Earlier tonight, Saudi Arabia's Moon sighting committee had similarly announced that the upcoming month of Ramadan would begin on Monday, March 11, 2024, in Saudi Arabia. Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia observe the end of Ramadan as a public holiday, but neither observes the beginning of Ramadan as a public holiday.    

March 9, 2024

  • New Brunswick (NB)
  • New Brunswick (NB)
  • New Brunswick 2028 Public Holidays Announced
    Source: The Government of the Province of New Brunswick (Fredericton). The Government of Canada's Province of New Brunswick has updated its official multi-year list of public holidays by announcing the non-working public holidays in New Brunswick for the calendar year 2028, with the usual distinction between the 8 statutory public holidays of New Brunswick and the 3 prescribed days of rest (Thanksgiving Day, Victoria Day, and Boxing Day) which are not paid holidays, but when retail businesses are required to close nonetheless. The aforementioned announcement of the public holidays in New Brunswick for the calendar years 2024-2028 also contains the usual quirky definition of Easter Sunday ("the Friday before Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the full moon after March 21st. If the full moon falls on a Sunday, Easter is the next Sunday"), the day in lieu rule for Canada Day ("if July 1st falls on Sunday, Monday, July 2nd replaces July 1st as Canada Day"), as well as the Family Day public holiday of New Brunswick, announced by the then Premier of New Brunswick, Brian Gallant, in April 2017, effective in 2018.    
  • New Brunswick 2028 Public Holidays Announced
    Source: The Government of the Province of New Brunswick (Fredericton). The Government of Canada's Province of New Brunswick has updated its official multi-year list of public holidays by announcing the non-working public holidays in New Brunswick for the calendar year 2028, with the usual distinction between the 8 statutory public holidays of New Brunswick and the 3 prescribed days of rest (Thanksgiving Day, Victoria Day, and Boxing Day) which are not paid holidays, but when retail businesses are required to close nonetheless. The aforementioned announcement of the public holidays in New Brunswick for the calendar years 2024-2028 also contains the usual quirky definition of Easter Sunday ("the Friday before Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the full moon after March 21st. If the full moon falls on a Sunday, Easter is the next Sunday"), the day in lieu rule for Canada Day ("if July 1st falls on Sunday, Monday, July 2nd replaces July 1st as Canada Day"), as well as the Family Day public holiday of New Brunswick, announced by the then Premier of New Brunswick, Brian Gallant, in April 2017, effective in 2018.    
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia
  • Bali Airport To Close Due To March 11 Public Holiday
    Source: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (Jakarta). The administration of the Ngurah Rai International Airport in the Indonesian Province of Bali has announced that it would shut down on Monday, March 11, 2024, for 24 hours beginning at 6am local time, on the occasion of Bali's Nyepi (Day of Silence) annual public holiday ("The airport will be closed, the lights will be turned off"). Most other establishments and administrations will also be closed on that day in Bali. Nyepi, though grounded locally in Bali, is a national public holiday of Indonesia, as per the Joint Decree (SKB) of the Minister of Religion, Minister of Manpower, Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Number 855 of 2023, Number 3 of 2023, Number 4 of 2023 concerning National Holidays and Collective Leave in 2024 of last September.    
  • Bali Airport To Close Due To March 11 Public Holiday
    Source: Situs Resmi Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat (Jakarta). The administration of the Ngurah Rai International Airport in the Indonesian Province of Bali has announced that it would shut down on Monday, March 11, 2024, for 24 hours beginning at 6am local time, on the occasion of Bali's Nyepi (Day of Silence) annual public holiday ("The airport will be closed, the lights will be turned off"). Most other establishments and administrations will also be closed on that day in Bali. Nyepi, though grounded locally in Bali, is a national public holiday of Indonesia, as per the Joint Decree (SKB) of the Minister of Religion, Minister of Manpower, Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Number 855 of 2023, Number 3 of 2023, Number 4 of 2023 concerning National Holidays and Collective Leave in 2024 of last September.    
  • Pakistan
  • Pakistan
  • Pakistan Announces Beginning of Ramadan Bank Holiday
    Source: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued the BPRD Circular Letter No. 04 of 2024 announcing that all banks would remain closed for public dealings on 1st Ramadan, 1445 AH, corresponding to the annual Pakistani bank holiday for the first day of Ramadan. Today's announcement by the State Bank of Pakistan is in line with the list of 2024 public holidays in Pakistan, as announced in the Public and Optional Holidays for the calendar year 2024 published by the Government of Pakistan late last year, and in which the expected date for the 1st of Ramadan was listed as "11lh March, 2024 (Monday) corresponding to 1st Ramazan 1445 A.H. for deduction of Zakat (subject to appearance of moon)". However, most Pakistani media report that although the moon for Ramadan will be born on March 10th, it will not be visible until the following day, March 11th, which would mean that the first day of Ramadan would be Tuesday, March 12, 2024.    
  • Pakistan Announces Beginning of Ramadan Bank Holiday
    Source: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued the BPRD Circular Letter No. 04 of 2024 announcing that all banks would remain closed for public dealings on 1st Ramadan, 1445 AH, corresponding to the annual Pakistani bank holiday for the first day of Ramadan. Today's announcement by the State Bank of Pakistan is in line with the list of 2024 public holidays in Pakistan, as announced in the Public and Optional Holidays for the calendar year 2024 published by the Government of Pakistan late last year, and in which the expected date for the 1st of Ramadan was listed as "11lh March, 2024 (Monday) corresponding to 1st Ramazan 1445 A.H. for deduction of Zakat (subject to appearance of moon)". However, most Pakistani media report that although the moon for Ramadan will be born on March 10th, it will not be visible until the following day, March 11th, which would mean that the first day of Ramadan would be Tuesday, March 12, 2024.    
  • West Bengal (WB)
  • West Bengal (WB)
  • West Bengal Declares April 17 Public Holiday For Ram Navami
    Source: Government of West Bengal (Howrah). The Chief Minister of India's State of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, has declared a public holiday on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, on account of the upcoming Ram Navami ("In continuation to this Department Notification No. 6112-F(P2) dated 09/11/2023, the Governor is pleased to declare 17th April, 2024 (Wednesday) as Public Holiday on the occasion of “Ram Navami” under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881."). As mentioned in the aforementioned Notification No. 1235-F(P2), signed on order of the Governor by the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Manoj Pant, the Ram Navami had not been listed in the initial listing of 2024 West Bengal public holidays (Notification No. 6112-F(P2) dated 9th November, 2023) and, in fact, Ram Navami had not been declared a public holiday in West Bengal since Mamata Banerjee came to power in May 2011.    
  • West Bengal Declares April 17 Public Holiday For Ram Navami
    Source: Government of West Bengal (Howrah). The Chief Minister of India's State of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, has declared a public holiday on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, on account of the upcoming Ram Navami ("In continuation to this Department Notification No. 6112-F(P2) dated 09/11/2023, the Governor is pleased to declare 17th April, 2024 (Wednesday) as Public Holiday on the occasion of “Ram Navami” under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881."). As mentioned in the aforementioned Notification No. 1235-F(P2), signed on order of the Governor by the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Manoj Pant, the Ram Navami had not been listed in the initial listing of 2024 West Bengal public holidays (Notification No. 6112-F(P2) dated 9th November, 2023) and, in fact, Ram Navami had not been declared a public holiday in West Bengal since Mamata Banerjee came to power in May 2011.    

March 8, 2024

  • Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
  • Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
  • ACT Updates Listing Of 2024-2027 Public Holidays
    Source: ACT Government Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate (Canberra). The Government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has published an updated list of 2024-2027 public holidays in the ACT. The updated listings are based on the Holidays Act 1958 (ACT) last updated effective January 1, 2018, in line with the amendments by A2017-29 (the Holidays (Reconciliation Day) Amendment Act 2017), and mainly include cosmetic changes to the name of some public holidays, such as Easter Saturday becoming Easter Saturday – the day after Good Friday.    
  • ACT Updates Listing Of 2024-2027 Public Holidays
    Source: ACT Government Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate (Canberra). The Government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has published an updated list of 2024-2027 public holidays in the ACT. The updated listings are based on the Holidays Act 1958 (ACT) last updated effective January 1, 2018, in line with the amendments by A2017-29 (the Holidays (Reconciliation Day) Amendment Act 2017), and mainly include cosmetic changes to the name of some public holidays, such as Easter Saturday becoming Easter Saturday – the day after Good Friday.    
  • Bolivia
  • Bolivia
  • Bolivia Declares Public Holiday For 2024 Census
    Source: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz). Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Verónica Navia, has announced that there would be a public holiday on Saturday, March 23, 2024, on the date of the upcoming Population and Housing Census ("el 23 de marzo de este año, día en el que se realizará el Censo,en el país habrá suspensión de actividades laborales"). Recall that, in early January, Minister Navia, had announced the decree 5097 which established that participants in the Censo de Población y Vivienda of March 23, 2024, such as census agents, would get 2 additional non-working public holidays. At the time we mentioned that, although decree 5097 only applies to census agents, we expected March 23, 2024, to eventually be declared a one-off public holiday for the entire population, as was done when Wednesday, November 21, 2012, the date of the preceding census.    
  • Bolivia Declares Public Holiday For 2024 Census
    Source: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social (La Paz). Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Verónica Navia, has announced that there would be a public holiday on Saturday, March 23, 2024, on the date of the upcoming Population and Housing Census ("el 23 de marzo de este año, día en el que se realizará el Censo,en el país habrá suspensión de actividades laborales"). Recall that, in early January, Minister Navia, had announced the decree 5097 which established that participants in the Censo de Población y Vivienda of March 23, 2024, such as census agents, would get 2 additional non-working public holidays. At the time we mentioned that, although decree 5097 only applies to census agents, we expected March 23, 2024, to eventually be declared a one-off public holiday for the entire population, as was done when Wednesday, November 21, 2012, the date of the preceding census.    
  • Canada
  • Canada
  • Canada 2025 Bank Holidays Updated
    Source: 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 2024-2025 bank holidays in Canada, including later dates in 2025.    
  • Canada 2025 Bank Holidays Updated
    Source: 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 2024-2025 bank holidays in Canada, including later dates in 2025.    
  • Honduras
  • Honduras
  • Honduras' Cohep Announces Easter 2024 Public Holidays
    Source: El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa). The Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (Cohep) announced that for the private sector, the upcoming Easter Week holidays will be from Maundy Thursday to Easter Saturday (March 28-30, 2024) with workers expected to return to work on Monday, April 1, 2024. Note that, in the past, a half-day public holiday was afforded to the private sector of Honduras on Easter Week Wednesday, but this will not be the case in 2024. Cohep also clarified that the upcoming April 14 public holiday would not be moved to another date, as the provisions of the Decreto Ejecutive 50-2003 only apply to public holidays falling on a workday ("días de feriado nacional que cayeren en días laborables"). No announcement has yet been made by the Secretary of State or the Ministry of the Interior, Justice and Decentralization of Honduras concerning the upcoming Easter Week public sector holidays, but we expect Monday to Wednesday, March 25-27, 2024, to be declared as public sector holidays for all public sector officials and employees.    
  • Honduras' Cohep Announces Easter 2024 Public Holidays
    Source: El Heraldo (Tegucigalpa). The Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (Cohep) announced that for the private sector, the upcoming Easter Week holidays will be from Maundy Thursday to Easter Saturday (March 28-30, 2024) with workers expected to return to work on Monday, April 1, 2024. Note that, in the past, a half-day public holiday was afforded to the private sector of Honduras on Easter Week Wednesday, but this will not be the case in 2024. Cohep also clarified that the upcoming April 14 public holiday would not be moved to another date, as the provisions of the Decreto Ejecutive 50-2003 only apply to public holidays falling on a workday ("días de feriado nacional que cayeren en días laborables"). No announcement has yet been made by the Secretary of State or the Ministry of the Interior, Justice and Decentralization of Honduras concerning the upcoming Easter Week public sector holidays, but we expect Monday to Wednesday, March 25-27, 2024, to be declared as public sector holidays for all public sector officials and employees.    
  • UAE (United Arab Emirates)
  • UAE (United Arab Emirates)
  • UAE To Announce Beginning Of Ramadan Sunday Night
    Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM). The UAE's official Moon Sighting Committee has announced that it will meet on Sunday night, March 10, 2024, to determine if Monday, March 11, 2024, is the first day of the month of Ramadan, or the last day of the month of Shaban. In theory, the beginning of each Muslim month in the UAE is supposed to be based on human sighting of the first crescent of the Moon that follows a new Moon. However, in practice, these dates follow the Umm al-Qura Islamic calculated calendar of Saudi Arabia.    
  • UAE To Announce Beginning Of Ramadan Sunday Night
    Source: Emirates News Agency (WAM). The UAE's official Moon Sighting Committee has announced that it will meet on Sunday night, March 10, 2024, to determine if Monday, March 11, 2024, is the first day of the month of Ramadan, or the last day of the month of Shaban. In theory, the beginning of each Muslim month in the UAE is supposed to be based on human sighting of the first crescent of the Moon that follows a new Moon. However, in practice, these dates follow the Umm al-Qura Islamic calculated calendar of Saudi Arabia.    

March 7, 2024

  • Cayman Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cayman Islands Restores Discovery Day Public Holiday
    Source: Gazette Office Cayman Islands Government (Grand Cayman). Last night, the Cayman Islands Cabinet released a post-Cabinet summary of the February 20 meeting at which it was decided to reinstate the Discovery Day public holiday (3rd Monday in May), which was initially omitted from last autumn's list of 2024 public holidays to make way for Emancipation Day (1st Monday in May). At that meeting, the Cayman Cabinet approved the issuing of drafting instructions for the retention of Discovery Day and the addition of Emancipation Day to the Public Holiday Act (2007 Revision). As per the official government announcement, "The Cayman Islands Government’s Cabinet recently approved the addition of the Emancipation Day holiday in commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the Cayman Islands on the first Monday in May beginning in 2024. Discovery Day will be retained and celebrated on the third Monday of May.".    
  • Cayman Islands Restores Discovery Day Public Holiday
    Source: Gazette Office Cayman Islands Government (Grand Cayman). Last night, the Cayman Islands Cabinet released a post-Cabinet summary of the February 20 meeting at which it was decided to reinstate the Discovery Day public holiday (3rd Monday in May), which was initially omitted from last autumn's list of 2024 public holidays to make way for Emancipation Day (1st Monday in May). At that meeting, the Cayman Cabinet approved the issuing of drafting instructions for the retention of Discovery Day and the addition of Emancipation Day to the Public Holiday Act (2007 Revision). As per the official government announcement, "The Cayman Islands Government’s Cabinet recently approved the addition of the Emancipation Day holiday in commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the Cayman Islands on the first Monday in May beginning in 2024. Discovery Day will be retained and celebrated on the third Monday of May.".    
  • Nicaragua
  • Nicaragua
  • Nicaragua Declares March 8 Public Holiday For International Women's Day
    Source: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB). The Ministry of Labor of Nicaragua has declared a paid public sector holiday on March 8 on the occasion of International Women's Day. The announcement was made by Nicaragua's vice president, Rosario Murillo ("In accordance with the provisions of article 66, second paragraph of the Labor Code and with instructions from the President of the Republic, Commander Daniel Ortega Saavedra, holiday with pay is declared on Friday, March 8 of the year two thousand and twenty-four for all workers, and employers of the Public Sector, Decentralized Entities and Companies attached to it, in commemoration of International Women’s Day, as a well-deserved recognition of Nicaraguan women for their achievements, achievements and progress in demanding their rights, equality and Social justice"). As for the private sector, "In the case of employers and workers in the private sector, these must comply with custom or agreements made between the parties", as usual. Last minute announcements of additional public holidays have been common in the past in Nicaragua with sometimes the declaration of odd one-off public holidays, as was the case for the one-off declaration of a public holiday on Monday, February 14, 2022, on account of the upcoming Valentine's Day, labeled in that year's announcement as the Day of Love and Friendship.    
  • Nicaragua Declares March 8 Public Holiday For International Women's Day
    Source: Ministerio del Trabajo de Nicaragua (MITRAB). The Ministry of Labor of Nicaragua has declared a paid public sector holiday on March 8 on the occasion of International Women's Day. The announcement was made by Nicaragua's vice president, Rosario Murillo ("In accordance with the provisions of article 66, second paragraph of the Labor Code and with instructions from the President of the Republic, Commander Daniel Ortega Saavedra, holiday with pay is declared on Friday, March 8 of the year two thousand and twenty-four for all workers, and employers of the Public Sector, Decentralized Entities and Companies attached to it, in commemoration of International Women’s Day, as a well-deserved recognition of Nicaraguan women for their achievements, achievements and progress in demanding their rights, equality and Social justice"). As for the private sector, "In the case of employers and workers in the private sector, these must comply with custom or agreements made between the parties", as usual. Last minute announcements of additional public holidays have been common in the past in Nicaragua with sometimes the declaration of odd one-off public holidays, as was the case for the one-off declaration of a public holiday on Monday, February 14, 2022, on account of the upcoming Valentine's Day, labeled in that year's announcement as the Day of Love and Friendship.    
  • Philippines
  • Philippines
  • Philippines Rules-Out March 11 Public Holiday
    Source: Philippine Information Agency (Manila). A denial has been posted on the Philippines Official Gazette facebook page about a supposed Proclamation No. 729 declaring March 11, 2024, a a public holiday in the Philippines on account of the Muslim feast of Eid'l Fitr (End of Ramadan). As per the Official Gazette posting, "The circulating document labeled Proclamation No. 729, which purportedly declares Monday, March 11, 2024, as a nationwide regular holiday in celebration of Eid’l Fitr, is spurious. It is a tampered version of Proclamation No. 729, s. 2019, issued by then Executive Secretary Medialdea during the previous administration".    
  • Philippines Rules-Out March 11 Public Holiday
    Source: Philippine Information Agency (Manila). A denial has been posted on the Philippines Official Gazette facebook page about a supposed Proclamation No. 729 declaring March 11, 2024, a a public holiday in the Philippines on account of the Muslim feast of Eid'l Fitr (End of Ramadan). As per the Official Gazette posting, "The circulating document labeled Proclamation No. 729, which purportedly declares Monday, March 11, 2024, as a nationwide regular holiday in celebration of Eid’l Fitr, is spurious. It is a tampered version of Proclamation No. 729, s. 2019, issued by then Executive Secretary Medialdea during the previous administration".    
  • Sierra Leone
  • Sierra Leone
  • Sierra Leone Declares Public Holiday For International Women’s Day
    Source: State House Press Secretariat (Freetown). Earlier today, the Office of the President of Sierra Leone, State House, announced that Friday, March 8, 2024, had been declared as a public holiday in Sierra Leone on account of the upcoming International Women’s Day ("The General Public is hereby informed that International Women’s Day will be observed on Friday, March 8th, 2024. Accordingly, Friday, March 8th, 2024, has been declared a Public Holiday throughout the country"). The declaration of Friday, March 8, 2024, as a public holiday is in line with the list of official non-working public holidays in Sierra Leone for the calendar year 2024, as announced by the government of Sierra Leone, last month.    
  • Sierra Leone Declares Public Holiday For International Women’s Day
    Source: State House Press Secretariat (Freetown). Earlier today, the Office of the President of Sierra Leone, State House, announced that Friday, March 8, 2024, had been declared as a public holiday in Sierra Leone on account of the upcoming International Women’s Day ("The General Public is hereby informed that International Women’s Day will be observed on Friday, March 8th, 2024. Accordingly, Friday, March 8th, 2024, has been declared a Public Holiday throughout the country"). The declaration of Friday, March 8, 2024, as a public holiday is in line with the list of official non-working public holidays in Sierra Leone for the calendar year 2024, as announced by the government of Sierra Leone, last month.    
  • Ukraine
  • Ukraine
  • Ukraine Support For March 8 Public Holiday Declining
    Source: Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Kiev). According to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), the March 8 public holiday is now only 21% popular with of Ukrainians, as compared to 2017 when it was favored by 49% of Ukrainians. Note that, though March 8 is still officially one of Ukraine's annual public holidays, tomorrow will be a regular working day in Ukraine as the current Ukrainian martial law and cancellation of weekday public holidays has been extended for another 90 days, to run until until May 13, 2024, as per the Law of March 15, 2022 "On the Organization of Labor Relations under Martial Law".    
  • Ukraine Support For March 8 Public Holiday Declining
    Source: Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Kiev). According to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), the March 8 public holiday is now only 21% popular with of Ukrainians, as compared to 2017 when it was favored by 49% of Ukrainians. Note that, though March 8 is still officially one of Ukraine's annual public holidays, tomorrow will be a regular working day in Ukraine as the current Ukrainian martial law and cancellation of weekday public holidays has been extended for another 90 days, to run until until May 13, 2024, as per the Law of March 15, 2022 "On the Organization of Labor Relations under Martial Law".    

March 6, 2024

  • Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burkina Faso Adds Day of Customs and Traditions Public Holiday
    Source: Ministère du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale (Ouagadougou). Burkina Faso's Cabinet, chaired by the President of the Transition, and Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has decided that henceforth, May 15 would be observed as a new annual public holiday to mark the Journée des coutumes et traditions (Day of Customs and Traditions). As per the Minister of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security, Emile Zerbo, "Après les échanges, la journée du 15 mai a été choisie. Désormais, toutes les journées de 15 mai seront consacrées à la commémoration de nos coutumes et traditions".    
  • Burkina Faso Adds Day of Customs and Traditions Public Holiday
    Source: Ministère du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale (Ouagadougou). Burkina Faso's Cabinet, chaired by the President of the Transition, and Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has decided that henceforth, May 15 would be observed as a new annual public holiday to mark the Journée des coutumes et traditions (Day of Customs and Traditions). As per the Minister of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security, Emile Zerbo, "Après les échanges, la journée du 15 mai a été choisie. Désormais, toutes les journées de 15 mai seront consacrées à la commémoration de nos coutumes et traditions".    
  • Chad
  • Chad
  • Chad Declares Public Holiday On March 8
    Source: Agence Tchadienne de Presse (N’Djamena). Chad's ministre de la Fonction publique, de l’Emploi et du Dialogue social, Abdoulaye Mbodou Mbami, has issued a communiqué declaring Friday, March 8, 2024, a as public holiday in the Chad, on account of the upcoming International Women's Day, all the while stressing that March 9th would be a regular working day ("Le ministre de la Fonction publique et du dialogue social , Abdoulaye Mbodou Mbami, informe les travailleurs des secteurs public et privé que la journée du vendredi 8 mars, date de la célébration de la journée internationale de la femme est fériée, chômée et payée sur l’ensemble du territoire. Par contre, la journée du samedi 9 mars 2024 reste ouvrable pour les services qui ordinairement la consacrent comme journée de travail").    
  • Chad Declares Public Holiday On March 8
    Source: Agence Tchadienne de Presse (N’Djamena). Chad's ministre de la Fonction publique, de l’Emploi et du Dialogue social, Abdoulaye Mbodou Mbami, has issued a communiqué declaring Friday, March 8, 2024, a as public holiday in the Chad, on account of the upcoming International Women's Day, all the while stressing that March 9th would be a regular working day ("Le ministre de la Fonction publique et du dialogue social , Abdoulaye Mbodou Mbami, informe les travailleurs des secteurs public et privé que la journée du vendredi 8 mars, date de la célébration de la journée internationale de la femme est fériée, chômée et payée sur l’ensemble du territoire. Par contre, la journée du samedi 9 mars 2024 reste ouvrable pour les services qui ordinairement la consacrent comme journée de travail").    
  • India
  • India
  • RBI Announces Statewise Bank Holidays For Mahashivratri
    Source: Reserve Bank of India (New Delhi). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that banks will remain closed in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, and Himachal Pradesh (that is to say all states except West Bengal, Sikkim, Tripura, Itanagar, Nagaland, Goa, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Bihar, New Delhi, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu) on account of Mahashivratri on Friday, March 8, 2024.    
  • RBI Announces Statewise Bank Holidays For Mahashivratri
    Source: Reserve Bank of India (New Delhi). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that banks will remain closed in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, and Himachal Pradesh (that is to say all states except West Bengal, Sikkim, Tripura, Itanagar, Nagaland, Goa, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Bihar, New Delhi, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu) on account of Mahashivratri on Friday, March 8, 2024.    
  • Myanmar
  • Myanmar
  • Myanmar Amends 2024 Public Holidays
    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Yangoon). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of Myanmar has published an amended list of public holidays for the remainder of the calendar year 2024, with most of the public holidays for March to December 2024 having an additional day added to them.    
  • Myanmar Amends 2024 Public Holidays
    Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Yangoon). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the government of Myanmar has published an amended list of public holidays for the remainder of the calendar year 2024, with most of the public holidays for March to December 2024 having an additional day added to them.    
  • Pakistan
  • Pakistan
  • Channan Pir Festival Public Holiday March 7 In Bahawalpur
    Source: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad). The district administration of Pakistan's District of Bahawalpur has declared Thursday, March 7, 2024, as a public holiday on the occasion of the Mela Channan Pir festival, observed annually of the 5th of 7 Thursdays starting in February.    
  • Channan Pir Festival Public Holiday March 7 In Bahawalpur
    Source: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Islamabad). The district administration of Pakistan's District of Bahawalpur has declared Thursday, March 7, 2024, as a public holiday on the occasion of the Mela Channan Pir festival, observed annually of the 5th of 7 Thursdays starting in February.    
  • Syria
  • Syria
  • North and East Syria Public Holiday March 9
    Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The Co-Presidency of the Executive Council of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) has declared a public holiday on Saturday, March 9, 2024, on account of International Women's Day, for all its official institutions and branches ("On the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8, all official institutions and offices of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria will be on holiday on Saturday (9/3/2024)"). Two years ago, the former Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) had similarly declared a public holiday on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, on account of International Women's Day, for all its official institutions and branches.    
  • North and East Syria Public Holiday March 9
    Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The Co-Presidency of the Executive Council of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) has declared a public holiday on Saturday, March 9, 2024, on account of International Women's Day, for all its official institutions and branches ("On the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8, all official institutions and offices of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria will be on holiday on Saturday (9/3/2024)"). Two years ago, the former Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) had similarly declared a public holiday on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, on account of International Women's Day, for all its official institutions and branches.    
  • Uganda
  • Uganda
  • Ugandan Democratic Party Calls For March 1st Public Holiday
    Source: Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda (Kampala). The Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) president, Ismail Kirya, has called on the Government of Uganda to declare March 1st as a new annual public holiday to commemorate Uganda achieving self-governance in 1962.    
  • Ugandan Democratic Party Calls For March 1st Public Holiday
    Source: Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda (Kampala). The Uganda Young Democrats (UYD) president, Ismail Kirya, has called on the Government of Uganda to declare March 1st as a new annual public holiday to commemorate Uganda achieving self-governance in 1962.    

March 5, 2024

  • Greece
  • Greece
  • Greece Labour Day Bank Holiday Moved To May 7
    Source: The Bank of Greece (Athens). Following last week's similar announcement by the Greek Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the Bank of Greece (Greece's National Central Bank) has announced that the 2024 May Day bank holiday would be moved to Tuesday, May 7, 2024 ("The Labour Day holiday on May 1 2024 falls on a Holy Week day (Holy Wednesday) and according to the Decision No 15102 (Government Gazette B1406/4.3.2024) of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the Labour Day holiday on May 1 2024 is transferred to May 7 2024.").    
  • Greece Labour Day Bank Holiday Moved To May 7
    Source: The Bank of Greece (Athens). Following last week's similar announcement by the Greek Ministry of Labor and Social Security, the Bank of Greece (Greece's National Central Bank) has announced that the 2024 May Day bank holiday would be moved to Tuesday, May 7, 2024 ("The Labour Day holiday on May 1 2024 falls on a Holy Week day (Holy Wednesday) and according to the Decision No 15102 (Government Gazette B1406/4.3.2024) of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the Labour Day holiday on May 1 2024 is transferred to May 7 2024.").    
  • Palau
  • Palau
  • Palau Youth Day Public Holiday March 15
    Source: Palau Government (Koror). The government of Palau has announced that Friday, March 15, 2024, would be a non-working public holiday in Palau on account of the upcoming annual Youth Day holiday. The aforementioned announcement that Friday, March 15, 2024, would be a public holiday, is in line with the list of annual non-working public holidays in Palau for the calendar year 2024 that was released by the government of Palau, late last year.    
  • Palau Youth Day Public Holiday March 15
    Source: Palau Government (Koror). The government of Palau has announced that Friday, March 15, 2024, would be a non-working public holiday in Palau on account of the upcoming annual Youth Day holiday. The aforementioned announcement that Friday, March 15, 2024, would be a public holiday, is in line with the list of annual non-working public holidays in Palau for the calendar year 2024 that was released by the government of Palau, late last year.    
  • Taiwan
  • Taiwan
  • Taiwan Premier Considering Making May 1st A National Public Holiday
    Source: Taiwan Central Personnel Administration (Taipei). During today's legislative session, Taiwan's Premier Chen Chien-jen announced that she was open to making Labor Day a public holiday that is uniformly observed nationwide, though some compensatory adjustments should be made to compensate this additional public holiday. Chiming in, Taiwan's Interior Minister Lin Yu-chang remarked that currently, the total number of national holidays in Taiwan is fixed and regulated by legislative resolution.    
  • Taiwan Premier Considering Making May 1st A National Public Holiday
    Source: Taiwan Central Personnel Administration (Taipei). During today's legislative session, Taiwan's Premier Chen Chien-jen announced that she was open to making Labor Day a public holiday that is uniformly observed nationwide, though some compensatory adjustments should be made to compensate this additional public holiday. Chiming in, Taiwan's Interior Minister Lin Yu-chang remarked that currently, the total number of national holidays in Taiwan is fixed and regulated by legislative resolution.    

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