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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Czech Republic

The list of Czech Republic 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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21 Sep 2007 (actualne.cz) The Czech Senate passed a draft law abolishing some of the traditional public holidays which senators considered either historically obsolete or outright alien. International Women's Day would be cancelled as would Family Day and the Day of Knowledge. • 07 Feb 2007 (Radio Praha) Further to our news story of November 6, 2006, yesterday, the senatorial amendment to add Good Friday to the list of Czech public holidays was not voted upon, and provoked heated debatres in the lower house, yesterday, as opponents of the proposal tried to torpedo it, by adding an amendment which would cancel Women's Day as a public holiday. • 03 Nov 2006 The Senate today again submitted a bill declaring Good Friday national holiday to the Chamber of Deputies and at at the same time proposed that International Women's Day be deleted from the list of Czech special days. The bill was approved by 41 out of 62 senators present, but may not make it through the Chamber of Deputies where the left and right forces are balanced, as the left supports the International Women's Day being listed among special days, while the right argues that unlike other special days, International Women's Day is not directly connected with the Czech Republic. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Czech Republic 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: Official public holidays in the Czech Republic are regulated by the 1975 Act to amend the Act of 2 Nov. 1951 respecting the national festival, public holidays, days of remembrance and days of national significance. • 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). • New Year's Day (January 1st) is also sometimes referrd to as Czech State Recovery Day, Reconstruction Day, State Restoration Day, and Establishment Day. • Statehood Day (September 28th) is also Saint Wenceslaus Day. • Other commemorated days, although not public holidays, include: • The Day for Remembering the Victims of Holocaust and Preventing Crimes against Humanity (January 27). International Women’s Day (March 8). The anniversary of joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO (March 12) The May Uprising of the Czech Nation (May 5). The Day for Remembering the Victims of the Communist Regime (June 27). The Day for War Veterans (November 11) Source: The Official Website of the Czech Republic. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Czech National Bank (Czech Republic 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 Czech Republic, 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 Czech Republic, 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 Czech Republic, before planning any trip to Czech Republic. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.