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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Cyprus

The list of Cyprus 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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12 Dec 2008 (AFP-Nicosia) Cyprus' President, Demetris Christofias, has declared a one-off public holiday, on Monday, December 15, 2008, to coincide with the funeral of the ex-President of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, who earlier today. • 21 Dec 2007 (The Gazette) On Monday, December 31, 2007, on the day when the Euro becomes legal tender in Cyprus, banks will not transact business with customers. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Cyprus public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date, such as the following Monday, for example). • Banks are closed on all these listed days except are open on Christmas Eve Banks are closed on Orthodox Easter Tuesday when most other places are open . • Government offices are officially closed on the following public holidays: New Year's Day, Greek Independence Day, May Day, and Independence Day. • Kataklysmos is also called the Flood Festival. • Officially, the following days are observed as holidays by public servants: • (a) Greek Orthodox: Epiphany, Ash Monday, Greek Independence Day, Orthodox Good Friday, Orthodox Easter Monday, Orthodox Whit Monday, Assumption Day, Ochi Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the Second Day of Christmas. • (b) Turkish Muslim: The Prophet's Birthday, Ramazan Bayrami (2 days), Kourban Bayrami (3 days), Turkish Independence Day on April 23rd, Atatürk Day on May 19th, Turkish Victory Day on August 30th, and Turkish National Day on October 29th. • (c) Armenian, Catholic and Protestant: Epiphany (Catholics) and Christmas (Armenians), Greek Independence Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ochi Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the Second Day of Christmas. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank of Cyprus (Cyprus 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 Cyprus, 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.

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