News Releases from Office Holidays
Keeping up to date with changes to holidays can be more difficult than you might think with events that essentially happen each year. To help keep everyone updated on public holidays news, we issue news releases in English that are not covered by other news agencies.
| Date | Name | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2025 | Qatar issues guidance on Official Holidays | Public Holiday News |
| 16 May 2025 | Hong Kong announces General Holidays for 2026 | Public Holiday News |
| 10 May 2025 | Taiwan Adds Four Additional National Holidays | Public Holiday News |
| 06 May 2025 | Philippines Declares May 12th as Holiday for Mid-Term Elections | Public Holiday News |
| 16 Apr 2025 | Nigeria declares Friday 18th, Monday 21st April public holidays for Easter | Public Holiday News |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Nigeria announces two-day holiday for Eid-el-Fitr | Public Holiday News |
| 23 Mar 2025 | Ghana announces Eid-Ul-Fitr holidays | Public Holiday News |
| 20 Mar 2025 | April 1st declared a Regular Holiday for Eid'l Fitr in Philippines | Public Holiday News |
| 28 Dec 2024 | Indian Bank Holidays in January 2025 | Public Holiday News |
| 28 Nov 2024 | Poland will observe Christmas Eve as a public holiday starting next year | Public Holiday News |
Other News
We also monitor news agencies and government websites to track changes and news affecting any public holidays around the world. Below we list the latest news items from these sources.
| Date | Name | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2025 | Parliament Moves to Remove Provincial Holidays under the Public Holidays Amendment Act No. 2025 | VBTC |
| 06 May 2025 | Uzbekistan declares May 9–11 holidays for Day of Remembrance and Honor | KUN.UZ |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Eid al-Fitr is on 30 March 2025: Egypt Astronomy Institute Confirms | Egyptian Streets |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Liberation Day is officially Jersey's National Day | Island FM |
| 20 Mar 2025 | April 1st declared a Regular Holiday for Eid'l Fitr in Philippines | Bangladesh First |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Gov’t wants to reduce public holidays | Daily Post |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Qatar Central Bank declares March 2 as bank holiday | The Peninsula |
| 05 Feb 2025 | Sunni provinces declare Wednesday holiday in protest of top court ruling | Rudaw |
| 27 Nov 2024 | No bank holiday to mark 80 years after end of WW2 | BBC |
| 31 Jul 2024 | Thursday, August 01 declared a public half-holiday on Nevis | winnfm.com |
If you visit our pages for countries and regions, you will see further relevant news at the bottom of those pages.
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