6th of October

The government announced this week a national holiday on Thursday. Because the 6th of October, Armed Forces Day in commemoration of the Yom Kippur War with Israel, is on a Friday this year. A lot of schools and institutions already announced Sunday as a day-of. So all of a sudden there is a four-days holiday.
This is the second time since we are here the government makes a short term decision like this. A few weeks ago they announced the clock was to be set back an hour in two days. We hear people partying in the streets until early this morning.