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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Belarus

The list of Belarus bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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09 Jan 2008 (Belapan-Minsk) A committee for organizing the festivities marking the 90th anniversary of the 1918 short-lived nationalist Belarusian People's Republic (BPR) has asked the government of Belarus to declare the day when BPR independence was proclaimed, March 25th, a public holiday. • 26 Dec 2006 At a press conference, yesterday, Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) chairman Alexander Veshnyakov said that the time has yet to come to hold a referendum on the unification of Russia and Belarus. • 29 Nov 2006 At the CIS summit in Minsk, a document recommending that CIS states make the Victory Day (May 9) a public holiday and adopt a national law to this effect has been made ready for signing. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Belarus public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Public holidays in Belarus are regulated by paragraph 18 of article 84 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. The actual list of official public holidays in Belarus is specified in Article 3 of the Presidential Decree of March 26, 1998 N 157, Celebrations In The Republic Of Belarus, as amended most recently by the 1998 Assembly decrees, orders and decrees of the President of the Government of the Republic of Belarus, 1999, N 3, st.56 (our thanks to Heikki Oja, of the Helsinki University Almanac Office for his translation of the official Russian text). • Independence Day: The third of July is the anniversary the 1944 liberation of Minsk in World War II. Before a November 1996 referendum, this date was officially observed as the Day of the Liberation of Belarus from the German Invaders, and Independence Day was celebrated on July 27. But then, in 1990 Belarus declared its independence from the Soviet Union, and a 1996 referendum was passed bringing forward the Independence Day public holiday to July 3. • Constitution Day (March 15) was only observed officially in 1994 and 1995, and is now a non-event. • October Revolution Day (November 7) occurs in the month of November of the Gregorian calendar, which begins roughly in the middle of the month of October of the Orthodox calendar (hence the reference to October in this public Holiday's name). • Bridge Holidays are beginning to be observed but no official sources have been found to confirm this yet. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (Belarus central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Belarus, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Belarus, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Belarus, before planning any trip to Belarus. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.