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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Saint Kitts and Nevis

The list of Saint Kitts and Nevis 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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18 Jun 2007 (Sun St.Kitts and Nevis) The cabinet has decided that June 19 and 20 would be days of national mourning in the Federation of Sait Kitts and Nevis, and the Governor General has been asked to make Wednesday, June 20, 2007, a public holiday on the island of Nevis. • 22 Mar 2007 (Times Online) Another half-day public holiday has been declared for today, March 22, in the context of the World Cup cricket match between Scotland and the Netherlands (last Wednesday, Australia vs. Scotland, was also a public holiday, but a full-day one). • 21 Feb 2007 (The Sun) St. Kitts, and eight other countries of the Caribbean, will be hosting this year's ICC Cricket World Cup, and Wednesday, 14 March, has been designated a public holiday in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Saint Kitts and Nevis 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in Saint Kitts and Nevis are regulated by Public Holidays Order 1984 (Official Gazette, 1984-03-16, N. 2, 2 p.) which repealed the Public Holidays Order 1979, and was itself later amended in 1986 by the Public Holidays (Amendment) Order 1986 (Statutory Rules and Orders No. 12, Official Gazette, 1986-12-31, N. 12, 1 p.). • Kim Collins Day (August 25) is one of the officially listed federal holidays of Saint Kitts and Nevis, but it is not a public holiday (ie. it is a regular working day). • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (Saint Kitts and Nevis 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis, 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.

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