Cyprus has more public holidays than any other EU country

[memory man]

A survey by the UK based company Esri has shown that Cyprus (along with Slovakia) have 15 bank holidays, more than any other EU country. England and Wales have eight bank holidays, the fewest among the EU bloc.

Greece, Malta and Lithuania are in second place with 14 bank holidays, followed with Austria, Portugal and Slovenia with 13.

However, the average working week in Cyprus is 41.6 hours which means that Cypriots are among the hardest working in Europe. The English and Welsh work on average 42.1 hours a week which is more than in the other member states. Cyprus is second in regard to working hours, with Austria third with 41.3 hours and Greece and Portugal fourth with 41 hours. Denmark, at 37.8 hours, has the shortest working week.


https://in-cyprus.com/news/local/survey ... u-country/

[ApusApus]

I knew there was a good reason for moving here from the UK!


SHane

[Varky]

And this does not take into account the two half days in every week

[trevnhil]

And Thursday if you are a Hairdresser.

[WHL]

Well done Cyprus, can never have enough Public Holidays, in my book.

[WHL]

Didn’t the British leave Cyprus its civil service ! and what I hear from my Cypriot friends, it was the British who gave the Cypriot workers all the benefits they enjoy today as to get people to work for them, I would think the same applied to India, and the rest of the colonies.

[Jim B]

If a public holiday falls on the weekend it's lost I believe.

Jim

[WHL]

I don't think it left Cyprus it's civil service ethic as such, but the law systems here used to be based on British law (albeit a lazier version!) as only now are the courts going to be open all day as opposed to mornings only!

I don’t think the civil service changed , when Cyprus got it’s independence, they just carried on where the British left off.