About Public Holiday
A public holiday, national holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year. Sovereign nations and territories observe holidays based on events of significance to their history, such as the National Day.
South Africa declares public holiday for World Cup win
...By Antoinette RadfordBBC NewsSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a Public Holiday after the country won the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Paris on Saturday, The Springboks claimed their fourth Rugby World Cup win at the weekend, defeating New Zealand by one point, 12-11...
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... Monday was even declared a Public Holiday, but now the guest of honour is a no-show...
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... Like so many of the other victims, the young women were students returning to the University of Thessaloniki after spending a Public Holiday with their family...
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... A Public Holiday was declared, so as many people as possible could attend...
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... To this end, Ms Frederiksen has announced the government will scrap one of Denmark s 11 Public Holidays, in the hope of boosting productivity and economic activity...
Bank holiday for crowning of King Charles and Camilla not ruled out, says No 10
... Some MPs have called for a bank holiday to be announced - either by moving the scheduled one on 1 May to 8 May or creating an additional Public Holiday...
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... A national day of mourning - a one-off Public Holiday - will be held on 22 September...
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... " Jen and her eight-year-old son Theo, whose school had a local Public Holiday on Monday, had travelled from Falkirk to Edinburgh...
Bank holiday for crowning of King Charles and Camilla not ruled out, says No 10
" All options" are being considered on whether there will be a Bank Holiday to mark King Charles III's coronation, No 10 has said.
Camilla, the Queen Consort , and The King will be.
Some MPs have called for a Bank Holiday to be announced - either by moving the scheduled one on 1 May to 8 May or creating an additional Public Holiday .
Downing Street said the government was " carefully considering all plans".
" Obviously this will be a historic event" the No 10 spokesperson said, adding: " All options remain on The Table . "
Labour has backed calls for the May Bank Holiday at The Beginning of the month to be moved to coincide with The Coronation , giving people a Long Weekend to mark the occasion.
Keir Starmer 's spokesperson said it " would certainly be a good way for the country to celebrate The Coronation ".
King Charles immediately became monarch when Queen Elizabeth Ii died, but The Coronation marks a symbolic celebration of his new reign.
It will be The First coronation in the UK held for almost 70 years, The Last being in June 1953 for Elizabeth Ii . Like her son, it was held the year after she became the monarch.
It will also be The First coronation held on a Saturday since Edward Vii in 1902.
Camilla, the Queen Consort , will also be crowned as part of The Service - in a simpler but similar ceremony to the crowning of The King .
Source of news: bbc.com
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