This section contains updates on public holidays announced for 2020.
One of the first states to do so, the Tamil Nadu government has announced the list of public holidays for 2020 under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. No big surprises in terms of holidays this year, a few of the Islamic holidays have shifted by a day but everything else is as anticipated by us […]
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At a cabinet meeting on Thursday October 10th 2019, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic presented a new calendar of public holidays and memorial days for Croatia. Plenkovic said he is convinced that that the amendments would be more appropriate and would remove any doubts, confusion and vagueness. Statehood Day would revert to May 30th and not […]
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Spain is the second* most visited country in the world with around 83 million international visitor each year. If you plan to be one of those visitors in 2020, it’s worth taking a few minutes to look at Spain’s public holidays to plan ahead, as it can frustrating to find out public transport isn’t running […]
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The Governing Council has approved the work calendar of the Community of Madrid for 2020, which will have twelve community-wide holidays. The regional municipalities can add up to two local holidays. Citizens will lose one day in 2020 as the Festival of the Community of Madrid on May 2nd falls on a Saturday. In 2020, […]
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The Official Gazette of Castilla-La Mancha has published the decree of the Ministry of Economy, Business and Employment that sets the work calendar for the year 2020 in this Spanish autonomous community. As November 1st falls on a Sunday, the holiday is moved to Easter Monday, creating a long five day weekend in mid-April. Most […]
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The Fijian Government has approved the public holidays for 2020 through Gazette Notice 78 dated Friday September 6th 2019. New Year’s Day – Wednesday January 1st Good Friday – Friday April 10th Easter Saturday – Saturday April 11th Easter Monday – Monday April 13th Constitution Day – Monday September 7th Fiji Day – Saturday October […]
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The Belize Press Office has officially released Belize’s 2020 Public and Bank Holiday list. The way the dates fall in 2020 means only Sovereign’s Day/Commonwealth Day and Boxing Day need to move to the Monday after the usual date. This means Belizeans will have seven long weekends with Easter and Christmas being four-day weekends. Further […]
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The Government of Indonesia announces 16 National Holidays and 4 Collective Holidays in 2020. A Ministerial Meeting on National and Public Holidays 2020 led by Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Puan Maharani held at the office of Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture in Jakarta has agreed to determine 16 days […]
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The Cambodian government has decided to reduce the number of public holidays next year from 28 days to 22 days. According to a sub-decree issued by Prime Minister Hun Sen, the six holidays to be cut next year are Meak Bochea Day, National Day of Remembrance, International Children’s Day, Paris Peace Agreement Day, International Human […]
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The Guernsey government has announced that the Early May Bank Holiday will take place four days later on Friday May 8th in 2020. The proposition for the change had been put forward by Deputy John Gollop. This means that Guernsey will observe a holiday on the same day as the UK, which has moved the […]
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