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Bank's Holidays in Austria for 2008, 2009

Austria officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west, Italy and Slovenia to the south, and Hungary and Slovakia to the east. National borders – 2563 km. Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy comprising nine federal states (Styria, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Carinthia, Vorarlberg, Burgenland, Vienna). Government – federal parliamentary republic. President – Heinz Fischer.

Vienna – the capital and largest city. Official languages – german, locally also slovenian, hungarian and croatian. Most austrian lagest cities are: Graz (capital of Styria), Linz capital of Upper Austria), Salzburg (capital of Salzburg), Innsbruck (capital of Tyrol), Klagenfurt.

Austria is one of the 10 richest countries in the world . Human Development Index 2007/2008 rankings for Austria is 0.948, (15th, high) in High Human Development countries. Currency – Euro (€) (EUR). Gini coefficient – 29.1% (low). Fiscal year – Calendar year. Trade organisations – EU, WTO and OECD. from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Main industries – oil, iron, steel, chemicals, tourism, agricultural sector, electricity.

"Business Day" refers to Monday through Friday (Weekend: Saturday and Sunday). Time Zone: CET (UTC+1). Summer (DST) – CEST (UTC+2).

* - the date changes according to the year (catholic or protestant);
** - Not an official public holiday, but all financial and stock exchange activities, most bank as well as most businesses are closed.