Following a meeting of the Council of Ministers, the bank holiday scheduled for Senior Race Day has now been moved to the end of August. Originally, an amendment made to the Bank Holidays Act 1989 on May 4th 2020 by Mr Cannan, stated that the due to the cancellation of the 2020 Isle of Man […]
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Ireland isn’t a country blessed with public holidays compared to its European neighbours, but Irish workers may get a surprise bonus holiday later this year as proposals are in place by the Government to declare a special bank holiday when lockdown restrictions are finally lifted. Speaking in the Dáil, Ireland’s parliament, Minister for Tourism Brendan […]
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While most of the world is wondering about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on this year’s holidays, the Basque Country is showing positivity and foresight by making its work calendar for 2021 available. The way that the holiday dates fall in 2020 means there is little in the way of bridge holidays or the […]
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Russian President Putin has announced a a week-long paid national holiday from March 30th to April 5th, to prevent the large-scale spread of Novel Coronavirus in Russia. In an update from the Kremlin, it has been clarified that the week-long paid national holiday doesn’t mean people should stop working. “Those who have been working remotely […]
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A one-off additional bank holiday has been announced to mark 250 years since the Corn Riots. In 1769, hundreds of islanders stormed Jersey’s Royal Court to protest against landowners exporting wheat from Jersey, a food shortage, the rising cost of crops and an unfair taxation system. The event paved the way for major political reforms […]
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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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Politicians in Jersey have agreed an additional day off on Friday May 8th 2020 to mark 75 years since Victory in Europe. In contrast to the UK, which is moving the early May Bank Holiday from Monday May 4th to Friday May 8th, Jersey will keep the Monday bank holiday and observe an additional public […]
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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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