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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Bosnia and Herzegovina

The list of Bosnia and Herzegovina 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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26 Nov 2008 (Limun-Sarajevo) Only 2 of the 3 members of the Bosnia-Hercegovina Presidency attended this year's Statehood Day. As per custom, Chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic, the Serb member, was absent. • 01 Oct 2007 (B92 News) The Prime Minister of the Republic of Srpska (one of the two political regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Milorad Dodik, declared three days of national mourning for President Milan Jelic, 51, who died last night. • 30 Mar 2007 (BH Radio 1-Sarajevo) After protracted discussions, the Bosnian Serb Republic People's Assembly adopted the Law on Public Holidays, which most notably does not include a public holiday on July 11, to mark the date of the Srebrenica massacre. • 25 Dec 2006 (Onasa News Agency-MRT) The Serb part of Bosnia Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska, has announced 10 non-working public holidays in January 2007. • 01 Mar 2004 (SRNA News Agency-Bijeljina) Sarajevo and parts of the Bosnia-Hercegovina Federation with a Bosniak majority (FBiH) will observe March 1st as Independence Day, but not the Bosnian Serb Republic (RS) and areas of the Federation with a Croat majority. • 05 Nov 2000 (TV Bosnia-Hercegovina-Sarajevo) The Bosnia-Hercegovina parliament's House of Representatives has yet to schedule a vote for the bill outlining the public holidays of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as laid out in the agreement with the President. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Bosnia and Herzegovina public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Regions: Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the federal level is divided into two entities: Republika Srpska (RS) and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH). • Each of the three main communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina has its own religious public holidays which are often subject to change. • What is most at question is who takes which public holidays off, rather than when the public holidays occur. • The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decided to allow its citizens two working days per year to fulfil their religious needs. These days are not considered official holidays and the measure has been introduced to respect the religious and ethnic diversity of the country. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Bosnia and Herzegovina were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina, before planning any trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.