Lunar New Year, which is celebrated approximately for two weeks, was celebrated during a Greece school district event.

It's the first time New York students will have the day off for the Lunar New Year since a new state law was signed in 2023.

New York State has officially become the first in the nation to recognize Lunar New Year as a statewide holiday ...

This is the first year the holiday falls on a school day since Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation in 2023 mandating school closures, making New York the first state in the nation to do so.

From Beijing to Hanoi and Moscow, the holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea — is a major festival celebrated by diaspora communities around the world.

The one-day holiday — which typically comes in late January or early February — was added to all New York public school calendars in 2024.

Lunar New Year celebrations kicked off on Feb. 1 with the Brooklyn Lunar New Year Celebration & Prosperity Street Festival in ...

Travel and spending during China’s Lunar New Year ... a public subsidy campaign, while local governments like Beijing and Guangdong distributed cinema vouchers ahead of the holiday.

Jan. 27, the day before the Seollal (Lunar New Year) holidays begin, will be a temporary public holiday. The Ministry of Personnel Management on Jan. 14 said the Cabinet approved the designation. Thus ...

The announcement for UAE public holidays 2025 was made last year on the UAE’s official gazette following a review of several federal laws in the constitution. The announcement saw a new resolution, ...