HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister issues New Year holiday circular

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today issued a circular on the 2022 New Year holiday.

Under the circular, the Kingdom’s ministries, state departments, and public institutions will be closed on Saturday, 1 January 2022.

Since the New Year holiday falls on a weekly holiday, Sunday 2 January 2022, will be compensated as a public holiday in lieu.