Kazakhstan to get three additional days off in December

Kazakhstan will enjoy additional three days off for December holidays, Tengrinews reports.

According to the Holidays Law of Kazakhstan, the First President’s Day that is celebrated on December 1 is a public holiday and the Independence Day - December 16-17 - is a national holiday. Both holidays days off. 

December 1 – the First President's Day -- is Sunday, so, according to the law, the next day become the day off. This means that besides Saturday, November 30, and Sunday, December 1, Kazakhstan will also have a rest day on Monday, December 2. 

According to the law, the Independence Day is celebrated for two days - December 16 and 17. This year these are Monday and Tuesday. 

This makes three December weekdays the additional days off for Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan celebrated the new public holiday - the First President’s Day - for the first time last year. And Kazakhstan marks the 22th anniversary of its independence this year.