The Basque Government has included September 6th among its holidays for 2022, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the return of Elcano. The Basque Country has approved the working calendar for next year and the one-off holiday on September 6th will replace December 25th, which falls on a Sunday. The twelve holidays in the work […]
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Kenyan Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has gazetted Friday May 14th 2021 as a public holiday to mark Idd-ul-Fitr. Idd-ul-Fitr, the festival of fast-breaking, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadhan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 […]
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Saudi Arabia has announced the dates for the Eid Al Fitr holiday, marking the end of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan for employees of public and private sectors. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has said that the Eid holiday for the public sector employees will begin on Thursday, Ramadan 25 (May […]
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The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation has announced the Eid Al Fitr holidays for 2021 for the private sector. According to a tweet by the ministry, Ramadan 29 from Shawwal 3 of 1442 Hijri will be paid holidays on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr Earlier, the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources confirmed […]
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Generally, both private and public sector banks remain closed on all public or national holidays as well as on several festivals. They are also closed on the second, fourth Saturday, and all Sundays of each month. However, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a calendar in which it has mention that the banking […]
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Monday May 3rd 2021 is to be observed as a statutory public holiday in Ghana, the Interior Ministry has said. According to a statement from the Ministry, the additional day is to mark the Workers’ Day celebration, which is a Statutory Public Holiday, but falls on a weekend in 2021. The general public is hereby […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Monday May 3rd 2021, as a public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers Day Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, made the announcement in a statement on Thursday. Aregbesola who congratulated the Nigerian Workers for witnessing this year’s celebration commended them for their patience, […]
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Employees in the public and private sectors will take five days off, from April 29th to May 3rd 2021, to celebrate different paid national holidays, as per a Cabinet decision. Egyptians will celebrate the Sinai Liberation Day on Thursday April 29th instead of April 25th. As per an earlier government’s decisions, mid-week vacations are celebrated […]
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The Governing Council has approved the decree that determines the calendar of labour holidays in Andalusia for 2022, which establishes twelve national and regional holidays. Each municipality can add a further two local days to these twelve days. In relation to the holidays corresponding to May 1st, Labour Day, and December 25, Day of the Nativity of the Lord, which […]
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According to the press service of the Government of Georgia, on April 9th 2021, the Interagency Coordination Council has taken the decision to declare May 4th – 11th 2021 as nationwide public holidays. The decision is intended to address the increased movement of people following Orthodox Easter which is celebrated on May 2nd 2021. As […]
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