The northern Spanish Autonomous Community of La Rioja, famed for its wine, has proposed the public holiday dates for 2021. Next year, Assumption Day falls on a Sunday and will be replaced by Easter Monday, creating a five-day Easter break. In total, citizens will enjoy 12 public holidays at a community level, with four long […]
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The Governing Council has approved the decree that establishes twelve paid, non-recoverable and unworkable holidays for 2021 in the northern Spanish Autonomous Community. Referencing how the Easter holidays were affected in 2020 by the COVID-19 lockdown, the Minister of the Presidency and Institutional Relations of the Autonomous Executive, Mayte Pérez, said “We wish and cross […]
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The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has confirmed that the public holiday for Emancipation Day will be observed on Saturday, August 1st 2020. This is in accordance with the Holidays (Public General) Act, which states that “the 1st day of August (or in case the 1st day of August falls on a Sunday, then […]
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The federal government of Pakistan has decided to observe only three public holidays on the occasion of Eid ul-Azha in wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Eid ul-Azha is likely to take place on Friday July 31st, and instead of compensating the weekend with additional holidays, only Friday will be given as an additional holiday. […]
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On June 30th 2020, the Mauritius Government approved and announced the list of public holidays for 2021. Citizens of this island nation in the Indian Ocean will enjoy 15 days of public holidays next year. Of these, four will fall on a Saturday. Despite this, people can plan ahead for six long weekends, and there […]
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Right in the middle of 2020, the government of Extremadura have announced the proposed public holiday list for 2021. In the list, citizens of this Spanish autonomous region will enjoy 13 holidays across the region. Of these, two are lost to Saturdays. The Assumption of Mary falls on a Sunday, and the proposal is to […]
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The Thai Government has announced that there will be an additional public holiday on Monday July 27th 2020, to create a four-day weekend for the King’s Birthday. This additional holiday will be taken from the three promised ‘make-up’ days for the Songkran public holidays that were postponed in April due to the coronavirus pandemic. This […]
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Banks in Pakistan will be closed to the public on Wednesday July 1st 2020. In a notification issued on Monday June 29th, the State Bank of Pakistan said that it will remain closed for public dealings on Wednesday July 1st 2019 which will be observed as Bank Holiday, enabling the bank to close its accounts. […]
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July is a quiet month with no major holidays affecting multiple states. However it is still useful to know when the banks are closed, so you can plan any necessary transactions in advance and withdraw cash early to avoid empty ATMs. This month there is the usual weekend holidays of all Sundays and every other […]
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Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku has approved Monday 29th, Tuesday 30th June and Wednesday 1st July, 2020 as public holidays in the Nigerian state of Taraba. This was contained in a press release signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Hassan Mijinyawa. It states that the holiday is to enable civil servants in the […]
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