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Verify against official government sources before production use. Provided as-is, no warranty.","holidays_note":"Complete national public holiday calendar for 2026, auto-sourced from Nager.Date (date.nager.at) where available. Some countries on lunar/Islamic calendars are manually curated and may list major holidays only.","verification":"VAT rates cross-checked against 2026 aggregate sources (vatupdate.com global table, PwC WWTS) on 2026-07-08. Corporate tax rates from PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries (2026). Other facts knowledge-based; verify before high-stakes use. 50-topic pilot (2026-07-09): JP, US, DE, BR, KE expanded from 28 to 50 topics with per-field primary-source citations (government ministries, World Bank, ILO, national statistics offices) where available; fields without a reliable primary source were left null/flagged rather than estimated. Remaining 43 countries still at 28 topics pending the same treatment. 50-topic batch 2 (2026-07-09): GB, FR, IN, CN, AU expanded from 28 to 50 topics with per-field primary-source citations where available. Added 3 brand-new 50-topic countries: RU (Russia), PK (Pakistan), BD (Bangladesh). Total country count now 51. Notable unverified/flagged fields: UK B-READY pillar scores unconfirmed despite coverage; China esim_available=false (diverges from other countries, Great Firewall roaming caveat noted); Australia parental_leave_policy maternity/paternity weeks both null (scheme doesn't split that way); Russia has extensive 2022-sanctions-era payment/SIM/roaming caveats and unconfirmed B-READY coverage (WBG lending suspended in Russia since March 2022); Pakistan confirmed IN B-READY 2024 but pillar scores unconfirmed; Bangladesh confirmed IN B-READY 2024 WITH actual pillar scores (56.99 / 41.46 / 70.49) — the only one of these 8 countries with hard B-READY numbers found. Remaining ~38 existing countries still at 28 topics pending the same treatment. 50-topic batch 3 (2026-07-09): SG, AE, KR, MX, CA expanded from 28 to 50 topics with per-field primary-source citations where available. Added 2 brand-new 50-topic countries: MA (Morocco), UA (Ukraine). Sri Lanka (LK) research was interrupted mid-task by a session spend-limit error and is NOT included in this batch — pending a future pass. Total country count now 53. Notable flagged fields: UAE not covered by B-READY 2024/2025 (scheduled for 2027 edition per World Bank's own coverage page); Singapore/UAE/Korea/Mexico/Canada B-READY pillar scores partially unconfirmed (secondary-source only for some pillars); Singapore and UAE have no general statutory minimum wage (sector-specific floors only); Ukraine entry carries extensive 2022-war/martial-law caveats (entry restrictions, male travel ban, B-READY coverage unconfirmed, GDP reflects war-impacted economy); Morocco paternity leave reform (15 days) confirmed only for public-sector employees, private-sector figure left null. Remaining ~33 existing countries still at 28 topics pending the same treatment; Sri Lanka pending as a new-country addition. Data-quality fix (2026-07-09): corrected a schema-type bug in the MA/UA batch-3 entries where several base fields (business_hours_typical, timezone, climate, languages, idp, payment_culture, tap_water, tax_free_shopping) had been written as nested objects instead of plain strings by the research subagent, which would have rendered as '[object Object]' on the generated site; flattened to descriptive strings using the original note content. Added Sri Lanka (LK) as a new 50-topic country (batch 4), including a monthly Poya-day holiday pattern and 2022-crisis recovery context in its GDP figure. Total country count now 54. 50-topic batch 5 (2026-07-09): TW, HK, TH, VN, ID, MY, PH, IT expanded from 28 to 50 topics with per-field primary-source citations where available. Notable flagged fields: Taiwan/Hong Kong B-READY status complicated by political/SAR status (Taiwan excluded from World Bank publications; HK tracked separately from mainland China); Thailand/Vietnam/Malaysia visa and alcohol-sales rules flagged as being in active transition as of mid-2026 (reverify before relying on them); Italy has no statutory minimum wage (relies on sector collective bargaining, compliant with EU Minimum Wage Directive via high CBA coverage); Indonesia/Vietnam/Philippines/Malaysia minimum wages are regional/provincial, not single national figures. Remaining ~25 existing countries still at 28 topics pending the same treatment. | Batch (2026-07-09): expanded ES/PT/NL/BE/CH/AT/SE/NO to 50 topics via primary-source research (government ministries, EU sources, World Bank/IMF, statistical offices); B-READY coverage status flagged per country (most not yet in 2024/2025 editions); soft cultural-etiquette fields (business_card_etiquette, gift_giving_custom, business_dress_code, negotiation_style_note) explicitly flagged as non-primary-source cultural convention where no government data exists. | Batch (2026-07-09): expanded DK/FI/PL/CZ/IE/GR/TR/IL to 50 topics via primary-source research (government ministries/statistical offices, EU sources, World Bank/IMF, ILGA-Europe); B-READY coverage status flagged per country (none confirmed in 2024/2025 editions); politically/legally sensitive fields (lgbtq_legal_status in PL/TR/IL, gdp_per_capita in IE and TR) carry explicit caveats about volatility or in-flux legal status; soft cultural-etiquette fields flagged as non-primary-source where no government data exists. | Batch (2026-07-09, FINAL): expanded SA/EG/ZA/NG/AR/CL/CO/PE/NZ to 50 topics via primary-source research (government ministries/statistical offices, World Bank/IMF, ILGA/HRW/Human Dignity Trust for LGBTQ status). All 54 countries in the dataset are now at the full 50-topic schema. B-READY coverage confirmed absent for most of this batch (only SA/EG were pilot/scheduled candidates); politically/legally sensitive fields (lgbtq_legal_status in SA/EG/NG/PE, alcohol_sales_hours in SA) stated factually and neutrally per research instructions; volatile-currency countries (AR, EG, NG) carry explicit inflation/exchange-rate caveats on wage and GDP figures. | Re-verification pass (2026-07-10): TH visa-exemption rollback status updated (approved 19 May 2026, not yet in Royal Gazette as of early July — 60-day rule still live at border); TH alcohol sales-hours change confirmed PERMANENT from 29 May 2026 (was flagged as 180-day trial); CN eSIM note updated for the Oct 2025 domestic eSIM launch (still Chinese-ID-only, foreigners unchanged). | 50-topic batch 6 (2026-07-10): added 8 brand-new countries - HU, RO, HR, BG (EU: all four confirmed full Schengen; RO VAT 21% since Aug 2025 verified; BG euro adoption 1 Jan 2026 at 1.95583 BGN/EUR verified; 2026 minimum wages from Eurostat Jan-2026 release: HU EUR838, RO EUR795, HR EUR1050, BG EUR620; holidays from Nager.Date 2026) and QA, KW, OM, JO (Gulf/Middle East: QA/KW confirmed still no VAT as of 2026, OM VAT 5%, JO GST 16%; KW 15% DMTT effective 2025 (Decree-Law 157/2024) and QA DMTT (Law 22/2024) verified; OM 5% personal income tax from 2028 verified - first in GCC; Islamic-calendar holidays flagged approximate/moon-sighting dependent; JO minimum wage JOD290 from Jan 2025 flagged for reconfirmation). B-READY 2024 coverage: HU/RO/HR/BG included (pillar scores not fetched), QA/KW/OM/JO not covered. Cultural-etiquette fields flagged as non-primary-source convention. Total country count now 62. | Loop A batch 7 (2026-07-11): added 4 brand-new 50-topic countries -- SK, SI, LT, LV (Baltics/Central Europe: all four confirmed full Schengen/EU members; SK VAT raised to 23%/19% in 2025; SI VAT 22%/9.5% with temporary 22% CIT surcharge (2024-2028) for flood reconstruction; LT VAT restructured Jan 2026 (9% rate abolished, split into 12%/5%); LV distinctive 0%-on-retained-profits CIT model; 2026 minimum wages verified: SK EUR915, SI EUR1,481.88, LT EUR1,153, LV EUR780; holidays from Nager.Date 2026). B-READY 2024/2025/2026 coverage confirmed for all four but no public composite score found for any -- set to null per no-guessing policy. LGBTQ legal status flagged as fast-moving/contested in SK (2025 constitutional two-gender amendment) and LT (2025 court ruling, partnership bill pending, referendum motion introduced); LV civil unions in force since Jul 2024. Total country count now 66. Verification rotation (2026-07-11): re-checked VAT/minimum-wage/visa/alcohol fields for the 8 longest-unverified 50-topic countries (JP, US, DE, BR, KE, GB, FR, IN) against current sources. Confirmed unchanged and already current: JP consumption tax, alcohol; US federal minimum wage and alcohol framework; DE VAT and alcohol; BR e-visa status and alcohol; KE VAT and eTA policy; GB VAT, minimum wage, ETA rollout, alcohol; FR VAT, minimum wage, alcohol; IN minimum wage (NFLMW) and alcohol. Two fields found stale and updated with sources: KE minimum_wage (KES 16,113.75 to KES 18,047.40/month, May 2026 gazette) and IN vat (updated to reflect GST 2.0 5%/18%/40% slab structure effective Sept 2025, replacing outdated 0/5/12/18/28% description). Other observed upcoming-but-not-yet-effective changes noted for future rotations: JP JESTA travel authorization (law passed, effective ~2029), US ESTA fee change to $40.27, DE/FR ETIAS rollout expected Q4 2026, BR CBS/IBS tax reform pilot phase (1% test rate from Jan 2026, full effect through 2033). | Loop A batch 8 (2026-07-13): added 4 brand-new 50-topic countries -- EE, LU, MT, CY (all EU/eurozone members; EE/LU/MT full Schengen, CY EU member but not yet Schengen as of mid-2026 -- accession technically ready per EU's 5th State of Schengen report but final Council approval pending, noted neutrally re: island's political division). Notable: EE has 0% CIT on retained/reinvested profits (22% only on distribution, planned 2026 hike to 24% was cancelled); LU has the EU's highest minimum wage and free nationwide public transport since 2020; MT nominal 35% CIT with 6/7ths imputation refund system (effective ~5%) and driving on the left; CY raised its signature 12.5% CIT to 15% effective 1 Jan 2026 (OECD Pillar Two) and also drives on the left. business_ready_score left null for all four (World Bank B-READY has no confirmed composite score for these economies yet) -- no guessing per policy. Holidays 2026 sourced via Nager.Date/official government calendars. Total country count now 70. Verification rotation (2026-07-13): re-checked vat/minimum_wage/visa_requirement_common_passports/alcohol_sales_hours for the 8 oldest-researched 50-topic countries not yet covered by a prior rotation (CN, AU, RU, PK, BD, SG, AE, KR -- selected as the earliest-researched batch, since JP/US/DE/BR/KE/GB/FR/IN were already rotated on 2026-07-11). Confirmed unchanged: CN vat/minimum_wage/alcohol; AU vat/visa (alcohol_sales_hours marked uncertain -- state-level rules not individually re-checked, left as-is); RU vat/minimum_wage/visa; PK vat/visa/alcohol; BD all four fields; SG all four fields; AE vat/minimum_wage/alcohol; KR all four fields. 5 fields found stale and updated with sources+verified date: CN visa-free list expanded 46->50 countries (UK/Canada added Feb 2026); AU minimum wage raised to AUD 26.44/hr effective 1 Jul 2026 (was 24.95); RU alcohol sales-hours baseline refined to spirits 10:00-20:00 / beer+wine to 22:00 under the 2026 nationwide overhaul; PK minimum wage raised to PKR 40,700/month effective 1 Jul 2026 (was 37,000, FY2026-27 budget); AE visa-on-arrival list expanded 25 Jun 2026 to Indonesia/Vietnam/Thailand/Philippines/Kenya/South Africa nationals holding a Group-2 residence permit. | Loop A batch 9 (2026-07-15): added 4 brand-new 50-topic countries — IS (Iceland: VAT 24%/11%, CIT back to 20% from 2026, no statutory minimum wage (collective agreements ~ISK 513-515k/mo), Vinbudin state alcohol monopoly, Schengen via EEA, remote-worker long-term visa up to 180 days; holidays: full Nager.Date 2026 list, 16 entries), RS (Serbia: VAT 20%/10%, CIT 15%, minimum wage RSD 371 net/hr from Jan 2026 (+10.1%), no DN visa, Belgrade transit fare-free since 2025; holidays: full Nager.Date 2026 list incl. Sunday-shift for Statehood Day), KZ (Kazakhstan: NEW TAX CODE — VAT raised 12%->16% from 1 Jan 2026 verified via PwC/Baker McKenzie, CIT 20% (banks/gambling 25%), minimum wage frozen at KZT 85,000, Neo Nomad Visa USD 3,000/mo, B-READY 2025 pillar scores included, alcohol 12:00-21:00 spirits / 23:00-08:00 ban for <=30% ABV; holidays: Nager 2026 list completed with egov.kz official calendar (Orthodox Christmas Jan 7, Kurban Ait May 27 — Nager omitted both; no truncation)), BH (Bahrain: VAT 10%, CIT 0% general + 46% oil/gas + 15% DMTT from FY2025 (Decree-Law 11/2024), no private-sector statutory minimum wage, no DN visa confirmed by official sources (aggregator claims contradicted), holidays: full 14-entry 2026 list transcribed from Central Bank of Bahrain official bank-holidays page — Nager returned only 5 fixed dates and was NOT used; Islamic dates flagged moon-sighting dependent). Total country count now 74. Verification rotation (2026-07-15): re-checked vat/minimum_wage/visa/alcohol_sales_hours/digital_nomad_visa (digital_nomad_visa newly in rotation as an extra-topics published field) for the 8 oldest-unrotated countries MX, CA, MA, UA, LK, TW, HK, VN. Confirmed current: MX all 5 (border VAT stimulus renewed only through 31 Dec 2026 — recheck at year end); CA vat/minimum_wage(18.15 CAD/hr Apr 2026)/visa/DNV; MA all 5 (SMIG 17.92 MAD/hr Jan 2026; new AEVM e-authorization for a few African nationalities noted); UA vat/minimum_wage(UAH 8,647 Jan 2026)/alcohol/DNV (uResidency applications temporarily suspended — note for future edit); LK all 5 (VAT 18%; free 30-day ETA for 40 countries from 25 May 2026; DNV USD 2,000/mo launched Feb 2026; 19 dry days 2026); TW all 5 (min wage NT$29,500/196 Jan 2026; New Southbound visa-free trial expires 31 Jul 2026 — recheck in August); HK vat/visa/alcohol/DNV; VN all 5 (8% reduced VAT extended to 31 Dec 2026 per Resolution 204/2025/QH15; Decree 293/2025 regional wages). 3 fields stale and updated with sources+verified: CA alcohol_sales_hours (Ontario 7am-11pm for all retail incl. grocery/convenience per AGCO, online sales allowed from 1 Jan 2026), UA visa_requirement_common_passports (martial law extended to Oct 31, 2026 by Rada mid-July 2026), HK minimum_wage (HK$43.1/hr effective 1 May 2026). Holiday completeness pass (validate warnings): SA 3->10 entries and QA 4->14 entries, full-set from official announcements (QNA/Amiri Diwan for QA; Royal Order/HRSD/Supreme Court announcements for SA — see verification_holidays.gov_sources for caveats incl. the Eid al-Fitr enumeration flag); SA/QA removed from verification_holidays.pending. RU validate warning (2025-12-31 in holidays list) left unchanged — no grounds to alter existing-country data without re-research. | Loop A batch 10 (2026-07-16): added 4 brand-new 50-topic countries -- GE, AM, AZ, UZ (Caucasus/Central Asia: GE VAT 18% single-rate, Estonian-style 15% CIT on distributed profits only, 'Remotely from Georgia' DNV, no tourist tax, mandatory traveler health insurance from 1 Jan 2026, holidays via Nager.Date 17-entry full list; AM VAT 20%, CIT 18%, no DNV (Temporary Residence Permit as remote-worker alternative), no tourist tax, holidays via Nager.Date 14-entry full list; AZ VAT 18%, CIT 20% (+10% branch-profit tax on repatriation), Novruz/Ramazan/Gurban 2026 dates confirmed via Cabinet of Ministers Decision No.362 (2 Dec 2025)/Ministry of Labour production calendar rather than Nager (AZ not Nager-covered), DNV planned 2026-2028 but not yet operational, no tourist tax; UZ dual VAT 12%/6% (voluntary reduced rate from 1 Jun 2026), CIT 15%, alcohol purchase/drinking age 21, tourist tax (5-15% of base value per night for foreigners, Cabinet Resolution No.475), holidays via lex.uz Labour Code Art.208 + Presidential Decree UP-257 24 Dec 2025 (19-entry full list incl. in-lieu shifts), UZ not Nager-covered so holidays hand-transcribed from primary sources). All four researched with primary-source citations (matsne.gov.ge, mfa.am/parliament.am, e-qanun/sosial.gov.az, lex.uz/gov.uz) where available; unconfirmed fields (e.g. GE/AM/AZ/UZ business_ready_score composite scores -- B-READY reports topic-level not one aggregate score) left null with note rather than estimated. Total country count now 78. Verification rotation (2026-07-16): re-checked vat/minimum_wage/visa_requirement_common_passports/alcohol_sales_hours/digital_nomad_visa for the 8 oldest-unrotated 50-topic countries (TH, ID, MY, PH, IT, ES, PT, NL). TH and ID confirmed current with no material changes beyond the existing 2026-07-10/07-13 entries (Thai visa-exemption rollback still pending Royal Gazette publication as of this check; Indonesian E33G remote-worker visa and PPN/alcohol framework unchanged). IT and PT confirmed current, no changes (Italy still has no statutory minimum wage; Portugal's Porto alcohol restriction already reflected). 5 fields updated with new primary-sourced changes: MY vat.notes (added 6% reduced service-tax-rate detail for rental/leasing effective 1 Jan 2026, MSST/customs.gov.my); PH minimum_wage (new Wage Order NCR-27 signed 30 Jun 2026, NCR floor rising PHP695->755 on 25 Jul 2026 then ->780 on 20 Jan 2027, DOLE/NWPC); PH visa note (China 14-day visa-free window added 16 Jan 2026, evisa.gov.ph); NL alcohol_sales_hours (1 Jan 2026 tightening: spirits purchase age raised to 21, fines raised to EUR1,200, government.nl); ES minimum_wage (2026 SMI raised to EUR1,221/month per Real Decreto 126/2026, superseding the 2025 EUR1,184 figure, BOE) and ES digital_nomad_visa.min_income_monthly (explicit 2026 computed threshold ~EUR2,849/month added, indexed to the new SMI). No holidays_2026_sample entries had <6 holidays in this run's validate-data.js output, so the mandatory 2-country holiday-completeness pass had no qualifying candidates this cycle. | Loop A batch 11 (2026-07-17): added 4 brand-new 50-topic countries -- KH, LA, MM, NP (Southeast/South Asia: KH VAT 10% w/ temporary fuel-sector cut to 4% from Mar 2026, holidays via Nager.Date full 21-entry 2026 list (Nager covers Cambodia); LA VAT 10%, no digital nomad visa/tourist tax, holidays hand-transcribed from officeholidays.com/Laos government sources cross-checked -- LA holidays intentionally limited to the well-corroborated statutory core list (New Year, Women's Day + in-lieu, 3-day Lao New Year, Labour Day, National Day = 8 entries) per the no-inference holiday policy, excluding several additional dates found in secondary travel sources that could not be confirmed as statutory paid holidays; MM Commercial Tax 5% (no VAT system), holidays hand-transcribed from officeholidays.com reflecting Myanmar's gazetted calendar incl. Buddhist full-moon-day statutory holidays and bridge days (27 entries) -- MM data carries extensive post-2021-coup volatility caveats (GDP, exchange rate, internet connectivity, LGBTQ criminalization under Penal Code s.377); NP VAT 13% flat, holidays hand-transcribed and cross-verified against independent Panchang/lunar-calendar sources after finding date errors in an initial MoHA-gazette-citing secondary source (corrected Holi and Dashain-start dates), NP has a newly-approved Digital Nomad Visa (2026 rollout, portal still finalizing) and a landmark same-sex-marriage Supreme Court ruling (18 June 2026). All four researched with primary/authoritative-source citations where available; business_ready_score left null for all four (World Bank B-READY has no single confirmed composite score). Total country count now 82. Verification rotation (2026-07-17): re-checked vat/minimum_wage/visa_requirement_common_passports/alcohol_sales_hours/digital_nomad_visa/tourist_tax for the 8 oldest-unrotated 50-topic countries (BE, CH, AT, SE, NO, DK, FI, PL -- all originally researched 2026-07-09, never previously rotated). Confirmed unchanged after live re-verification: BE vat/visa/alcohol/DNV/tourist_tax (BE tourist_tax already reflected the Jan-2026 Brussels EUR5/EUR4 rate); CH vat/visa/alcohol/DNV/tourist_tax; NO vat/minimum_wage/visa/alcohol/DNV (NO tourist_tax already correctly reflected the 1-Jul-2026 besoksbidragslov enabling law with no municipality yet collecting); DK vat/visa/DNV/tourist_tax (DK alcohol_sales_hours already reflected the 16/18-split purchase-age rule); FI vat/minimum_wage/visa/DNV (FI tourist_tax already correctly reflected proposal-stage status; FI alcohol_sales_hours already reflected the 2025-2026 Alko reform at an adequate summary level); PL vat/minimum_wage/visa/DNV/tourist_tax. 7 fields updated with newly-sourced additions/corrections: BE minimum_wage (was null -- added the RMMMG/GMMI EUR2,189.81/month de facto wage-floor figure, effective 1 Apr 2026); AT vat (added new 4.9% super-reduced food-VAT rate, effective 1 Jul 2026); AT visa_requirement_common_passports (added EES biometric border-check mandatory-rollout note, 10 Apr 2026); SE vat (added temporary 12%->6% food VAT cut, 1 Apr 2026-31 Dec 2027); SE alcohol_sales_hours (added the Systembolaget farm-sales carve-out confirmed by a 2026 Stockholm court ruling); PL alcohol_sales_hours (added Warsaw's citywide 22:00-06:00 off-premise sales ban, effective 1 Jun 2026); CH minimum_wage (added Ticino and Basel-Stadt 2026 cantonal rates alongside the existing Geneva/Neuchatel/Jura figures). No holidays_2026_sample entries had <6 holidays in this run's validate-data.js output (same as the prior two rotations), so the mandatory 2-country holiday-completeness pass had no qualifying candidates this cycle. | Loop A batch 12 (2026-07-18): added 4 brand-new 50-topic countries -- MN, BN, FJ, MV (MN: 10% VAT, progressive CIT scale (1%/10%/25% by bracket), MNT 792,000/month minimum wage, holidays sourced via Nager.Date 10-entry base list PLUS a manually-added Tsagaan Sar (Lunar New Year, 3 days, Feb 17-19) that Nager omits -- confirmed as a known Nager gap for Mongolia via cross-check, total 16-entry full list, no truncation; BN: NO VAT/GST system, 18.5% CIT, first-ever statutory minimum wage BND 500/month introduced 2023 but sector-specific only (banking/finance/ICT/healthcare/education/professional-services/accommodation, not yet universal), holidays hand-transcribed (Nager not BN-covered) incl. Islamic moon-sighting-dependent dates flagged as approximate pending gazette confirmation, strict Syariah Penal Code alcohol/LGBTQ context stated factually; FJ: VAT cut 15%->12.5% effective 1 Aug 2025, 25% CIT, FJD 5.00/hour minimum wage (1 Apr 2025), holidays hand-transcribed (Nager not FJ-covered), tourist_tax reflects both the FJD 200 departure tax and a new temporary 5% Tourism Services Tax from 1 Sep 2026; MV: dual GST system flagged explicitly (8% general GST vs 17% Tourism GST/T-GST, distinct from a standard/reduced-rate pair), 15% CIT with 0% under MVR 500k threshold, minimum wage tiered by business size (MVR 4,500/7,000/8,000), holidays hand-transcribed (Nager not MV-covered) with several Hijri-calendar dates flagged +/-1-day provisional pending official gazette confirmation nearer the date, alcohol/LGBTQ/resort-only-alcohol context stated factually. All four researched with primary/reputable-source citations where available; business_ready_score left null for all four (no confirmed World Bank B-READY composite score). Total country count now 86. Verification rotation (2026-07-18): re-checked vat/minimum_wage/visa_requirement_common_passports/alcohol_sales_hours/digital_nomad_visa/tourist_tax for 8 never-rotated 50-topic countries in two groups -- CZ/IE/GR/TR and IL/SA/EG/ZA (all originally researched 2026-07-09, none previously rotated). 20 of 24 checked fields in the CZ/IE/GR/TR group were CONFIRMED CURRENT; 4 fields updated with sourced enrichments (no core numeric value changed for any): CZ and GR visa_requirement_common_passports (added EES mandatory-since-10-Apr-2026 note, matching the pattern already applied to AT in the prior rotation), IE vat (added Budget 2026 permanent hospitality/hairdressing VAT cut 13.5%->9% effective 1 Jul 2026), TR alcohol_sales_hours (clarified a June 2026 amendment transferred enforcement authority to local government while the underlying 22:00-06:00 retail ban is unchanged, and flagged an uncorroborated 09:00-21:00 claim circulating on lower-quality aggregator sites as inaccurate per primary/legal-industry sources). All 24 fields in the IL/SA/EG/ZA group were CONFIRMED CURRENT with no material changes found (Israel VAT stayed 18% in the 2026 budget; Saudi VAT/minimum-wage/alcohol-prohibition/visa policy unchanged; Egypt minimum wage EGP7,000/8,000 confirmed matching the 2 Apr 2026 PM announcement; South Africa VAT confirmed to have stayed at 15% after the 2025 16% hike plan was reversed, minimum wage confirmed at the exact 1 Mar 2026 gazetted ZAR30.23/hour rate) -- per dataset convention, fields confirmed unchanged do not receive a new verified-date stamp (only fields whose value was actually corrected/enriched do, consistent with prior rotations e.g. PL/ID/TH remaining unstamped after their own confirmed-current passes). No holidays_2026_sample entries had <6 holidays in this run's validate-data.js output (same finding as the prior several runs), so the mandatory 2-country holiday-completeness pass had no qualifying candidates this cycle -- this run's holiday-completeness effort instead went into the MN Tsagaan Sar gap-fill and the BN/FJ/MV full hand-transcription described above, all within the spirit of the completeness-guarantee policy. Separately noted for a future maintenance pass (out of this run's scope: not a variable-field rotation target): validate-data.js flags 13 existing countries from Loop A batches 9-11 (IS, RS, KZ, BH, GE, AM, AZ, UZ, KH, LA, MM, NP) as missing the medication_import_rules field that all other 50-topic countries carry -- these predate that field being added to the standard schema checklist and were not backfilled here since backfilling a whole missing field falls outside this run's authorized change scope (added countries + re-verification of variable fields + holiday sync + _meta + queue + site/). Expansion batch 2026-07-19 (loop A, auto): added ET (Ethiopia), GH (Ghana), TZ (Tanzania), UG (Uganda) at full 54-field schema with per-field primary-source citations where available; fields without a verifiable primary source left null with flag: no_primary_source (ET.tax_free_shopping/business_ready_score, GH.alcohol_sales_hours, TZ.business_ready_score.value composite score, UG.business_ready_score). Total country count now 90. Verification rotation batch 2026-07-19 (loop A, auto, 8 countries — NG, QA, AR, BD, BG, BN, CL, CO): re-verified variable fields (vat, corporate_tax, minimum_wage, visa_requirement_common_passports, digital_nomad_visa, tourist_tax, business_ready_score, gdp_per_capita, plus country-specific fields lgbtq_legal_status/alcohol_sales_hours/cash_declaration_limit where flagged) against 2026 primary sources. Notable corrections: NG.gdp_per_capita corrected from stale ~$3k to ~$835-1084 (2023-24 naira devaluation) and NG.holidays_2026_sample fixed (added missing Eid-ul-Fitr/Eid-ul-Adha, removed non-statutory Children's Day/National Youth Day); BG fully redenominated to EUR following the country's 1 Jan 2026 euro adoption (currency_detail/vat/corporate_tax/minimum_wage/tourist_tax) and holidays_2026_sample completed with 4 missing in-lieu/changeover dates; AR gained a newly-added cash_declaration_limit field; BD.business_ready_score updated to B-READY 2025 figures (53/45/58, superseding 2024's 56.99/41.46/70.49); CL.tourist_tax updated to reflect the Kast government's May 2026 removal of the proposed 1.25% accommodation tax from the pending tourism bill. Full per-country field-level detail is in the commit diff. This pass covered the highest-value variable fields per country (10-15 targeted searches each) rather than the full ~38-field exhaustive sweep, due to an interim subagent-budget constraint hit mid-run; remaining lower-priority fields (banking_hours, customs_duty_free_allowance, road_rules, etc.) for these 8 countries were not re-touched this pass and remain candidates for a future rotation. 50-topic batch (2026-07-20, Loop A batch 14): added DZ (Algeria), TN (Tunisia), CI (Cote d'Ivoire), SN (Senegal) as brand-new 54-field entries with primary-source citations (PwC WWTS, government tax/labour authorities, World Bank B-READY, Nager.Date/government gazettes for holidays with Islamic-calendar dates flagged estimated-pending-moon-sighting-confirmation where applicable). Total country count now 94. Monday holiday full-resync (update-holidays.js) ran first, updating 19 Nager-covered countries; flagged BH now shows only 5 holidays post-sync (Nager gap, not yet gov-protected) -- queued for a future rotation to hand-transcribe from Bahrain government sources. Verification rotation (2026-07-20): rotated the 8 remaining never-before-rotated existing countries (PE/NZ/HU/RO/HR/KW/OM/JO), completing the first full pass across all pre-2026-07-11 countries. Notable findings: PE VAT IGV/IPM split changed for 2026 (18% total unchanged) and its tax-free-shopping field was corrected from a stale \"not implemented\" to a confirmed operating Global Blue scheme; HU minimum wage and tax-free threshold both updated (prior tax-free figure was a HUF/EUR mixup, corrected), plus a major lgbtq_legal_status update reflecting the April 2026 CJEU ruling and change of government; RO minimum wage mid-year step-up captured, cash_declaration_limit backfilled (a genuine RO government-domain source for the full moveable-date holiday list still could not be found despite a renewed attempt -- left as Nager-synced pending gov verification); HR five fields updated (GDP, retirement age off-by-3-months correction, 2025 parental-leave reform, new 2026 local-option alcohol-hours law, EES-live visa note) plus a B-READY pillar-ranking note; KW and OM both achieved full primary-source holiday verification for the first time (moved from _meta.verification_holidays.pending to gov_sources) -- KW corrected an Isra & Mi'raj date error (16->18 Jan) and flagged Mawlid as still-estimated, OM corrected nearly every holiday date versus the prior secondary-sourced list (Council of Ministers/Ministry of Labour via Oman Observer/Times of Oman/Muscat Daily) and dropped Renaissance Day as apparently discontinued since 2020; JO got GDP/B-READY-coverage updates with holidays reconfirmed unchanged. cash_declaration_limit backfilled for PE/NZ/RO/OM where missing (Loop C is separately rolling out the same field topic-wide -- 72/90 as of an earlier run today). 50-topic batch 15 (2026-07-21): added VE (Venezuela), EC (Ecuador), UY (Uruguay), PY (Paraguay) as brand-new 54-topic entries (South America). VE required careful handling of dual/parallel exchange rates, dollarization-adjacent bono system (minimum_wage split into frozen legal base + non-salary bonuses), and sanctions context; business_ready_score/tax_free_shopping/tourist_tax left null+flagged (no confirmed primary source). EC is fully dollarized (currency=USD); IVA confirmed at 15% for 2026. UY and PY both researched cleanly with few flags; PY smoking legal age, public_holiday_in_lieu_policy, tourist_tax and medication_import_rules left null+flagged (no primary source located this pass). Holidays for all 4 fetched in full from Nager.Date (global=true filter, no truncation): VE 34, EC 11, UY 15, PY 12 entries. Total country count now 98. Verification rotation (2026-07-21): selected 8 existing countries with fewest dated/rotated fields (SA/ZA/SK/SI/UZ/NP/MV/JP). Changes found: SA gdp_per_capita (2025 figure now published, down from 2024) + cash_declaration_limit newly added (SAR 60,000->40,000, note ZATCA's own page not yet updated); ZA cash_declaration_limit newly added (ZAR 25,000->100,000 per 2026 Budget/SARB circular); SK and SI visa_requirement_common_passports updated for EU EES full rollout (10 Apr 2026) + ETIAS Q4 2026 timeline, both got cash_declaration_limit newly added (EU-wide EUR 10,000 rule, previously missing from both records); SI vat notes updated to flag the pending-but-not-yet-in-force ZIURS VAT-cut act (Constitutional Court referendum challenge as of 1 Jun 2026, rates unchanged at 22%/9.5% for now); NP vat notes updated for the FY2083/84 (2026/27) federal budget's new e-payment VAT discount and electricity/ride-hailing 5% tier; MV and JP business_ready_score both updated to reflect World Bank confirming both economies are now on the B-READY 2026 coverage list (report not yet published). UZ: no changes found on this pass (vat/corporate_tax/minimum_wage/lgbtq_legal_status all confirmed current). | 50-topic batch 16 (2026-07-29, Loop A batch 16): added BO (Bolivia), CR (Costa Rica), PA (Panama), DO (Dominican Republic) as brand-new 54-topic entries (Central America/Andes). Holidays fetched/cross-verified in full for 2026: BO 13 (hand-verified via Decreto Supremo N.529521 cross-checked against Ferrere/Ministerio de Trabajo reporting since Nager.Date could not be reached directly), CR 12 (hand-verified via Codigo de Trabajo Art.148/El Financiero/BDO/La Nacion since Nager returned no 2026 data for CR), PA 12 (hand-verified via MITRADEL/government calendar since Nager.Date rendered client-side JS), DO 12 (hand-verified via Ministerio de Trabajo official 2026 announcement applying the Ley 139-97 Monday-shift law). Notable: BO dropped its US/Canada visa requirement 1 Dec 2025 (flagged as volatile); PA is a dual-currency (PAB/USD) jurisdiction with no B-READY score confirmed; CR has no automatic holiday-to-Monday shift for 2026 after the post-COVID law expired; DO applies the distinctive Ley Dominicana 139-97 Monday-shift rule. business_ready_score/tax_free_shopping/digital_nomad_visa (DO)/tourist_tax (BO/DO) left null+flagged per the no-guessing policy where no primary source was found. Verification rotation (2026-07-29): rotated the 8 oldest-never-rotated existing countries (LT, LV, EE, LU, MT, CY, IS, RS — all added 2026-07-13/07-15, never previously through a dedicated rotation pass). Findings: LT lgbtq_legal_status corrected (referendum is still only a proposed advisory measure pending Seimas approval, not a March 2026 vote as previously implied); LV and LU visa_requirement_common_passports updated for the ETIAS launch slipping from Q4 2026 to an expected 2027 date; LU minimum_wage updated for a new 1 Jun 2026 indexation tranche (EUR2,771.33/3,325.59); MT and CY gdp_per_capita refreshed against live World Bank API figures; MT visa_requirement_common_passports updated for the same ETIAS delay; CY visa_requirement_common_passports updated to reflect June 2026 EU technical approval of Schengen accession (not yet a member) and CY lgbtq_legal_status updated to note the 25 Nov 2025 CJEU same-sex-marriage-recognition ruling (Cupriak-Trojan) reported to apply to Cyprus via media, though no primary Cypriot government implementation source was confirmed; IS visa_requirement_common_passports updated for the same ETIAS delay (the flagged Iceland temporary fuel-VAT-cut expiry could not be confirmed this pass due to a subagent WebSearch-budget exhaustion, left unchanged, flagged for a future rotation); EE and RS confirmed current with no changes found. Nager.Date holiday spot-checks during rotation flagged two pre-existing (not newly introduced) completeness gaps for a future rotation to hand-verify and complete: LV (14 on file vs Nager 16) and CY (14 on file vs Nager 16-17) — not altered this pass without the specific missing entries in hand, per the no-guessing policy. | 50-topic batch 17 (2026-07-30, Loop A batch 17, auto): added GT (Guatemala), HN (Honduras), SV (El Salvador), NI (Nicaragua) as brand-new 54-topic entries (Central America). Holidays hand-verified for 2026 for all four via government/labour-ministry and cross-checked secondary sources (Nager.Date API endpoint was not directly fetchable for this batch; lists cross-verified against officeholidays.com and government labour-code holiday articles, e.g. GT Acuerdos/Codigo de Trabajo, HN Decreto 78-2015 Semana Morazanica, SV Codigo de Trabajo Art.190, NI Ley 1272 in force since 20 Jan 2026 which added 4 new politically-themed holidays raising NI count from 10 to 14). SV confirmed USD-dollarized with Bitcoin mandatory-acceptance repealed Jan 2025 (still legal, optional). NI GDP-per-capita sources conflict (World Bank ~$2,290 for 2024 vs Worldometer ~$3,337-3,559 2025/26 projections) -- both cited with a discrepancy note. business_ready_score left null for all four (no confirmed World Bank B-READY composite score); tax_free_shopping left null for all four (no VAT tourist-refund scheme found). Total country count now 106. Verification rotation (2026-07-30): rotated the 8 oldest-never-rotated existing countries (KZ, BH, GE, AM, AZ, KH, LA, MM -- all added 2026-07-15/07-16/07-17, first rotation pass for all eight). Findings: KZ holidays_2026_sample corrected via egov.kz -- added Orthodox Christmas (Jan 7) and first day of Qurban Ait (May 27), removed Constitution Day (Law No.306-VIII, 11 Jun 2026, moved it to 15 Mar effective 2027 -- 2026 is a transition year with no Constitution Day observance); BH business_ready_score updated from 'not confirmed' to confirmed-covered under B-READY 2025's 101-economy interim edition (Ministry of Finance-cited topic scores, 3rd globally in Dispute Resolution); KH holidays_2026_sample cross-verified against Ministry of Labour Prakas No.216/25 which confirmed the existing 21-date list was correct except May 1 should read 'International Labor Day and Visak Bochea Day' combined (name-only correction); LA holidays_2026_sample expanded 8->12 entries (added Women's Day observed-in-lieu, Lao Women's Union Day Jul 20, Boat Racing Festival Oct 27, That Luang Festival Nov 24 -- aggregator-corroborated, primary gov gazette not reached this pass, flagged for next rotation); MM holidays_2026_sample expanded 27->31 entries (added Chinese New Year Feb 16-17, Eid al-Adha May 27, Deepavali Nov 8 -- previously-missing minority-community gazetted holidays); GE and AM confirmed unchanged (Georgia: mandatory tourist travel insurance since 1 Jan 2026 and digital-nomad/work-permit rule reconfirmed on schedule; Armenia: minimum wage AMD 75,000/month unchanged, visa-exemption window for US/EU/Schengen/UAE/Bahrain/Qatar/Saudi/Kuwait residence-permit holders reconfirmed active through 1 Jul 2027); AZ confirmed unchanged (retirement age equalization to 65 for women effective 1 Jul 2026 reconfirmed; no new minimum-wage decree found). None of the 8 rotated countries triggered validate-data.js's <6-holiday warning this run. Loop A batch 18 (2026-08-06): added CU/JM/TT/IQ (Caribbean/Middle East) as brand-new 54-topic entries; holidays hand-verified for all four (Cuba/Iraq not Nager-covered, hand-transcribed with Islamic lunar dates in IQ flagged 'estimated pending moon-sighting confirmation' per the no-inference holiday policy; JM/TT cross-checked against Nager.Date with one JM date correction — National Heroes' Day corrected from a Nager-reported Friday to the correct third-Monday-of-October rule). Total country count now 110. Verification rotation (2026-08-06): re-checked the 8 least-recently-verified existing countries (CN/TH/JP/US/DE/FR/GB/IN, oldest per-field 'verified' timestamps from the original 2026-07-09/10 pilot batches) across their highest-value variable fields; search-tool budget constraints limited full ~38-field sweeps for several countries (notably IN, where no fields could be independently re-verified this pass and were left untouched pending a future rotation with fresh search capacity). Confirmed changes: JP corporate_tax (new FY2026 4% Defense Special Corporate Tax surtax), US visa_requirement_common_passports (ESTA fee raised to $40.27) and business_ready_score (US now confirmed on B-READY coverage list, still unscored), DE and FR visa_requirement_common_passports (EU Entry/Exit System now fully operational at all Schengen borders since 9-10 April 2026; ETIAS still not launched as of Aug 2026), TH visa_requirement_common_passports (enrichment: India moved visa-free->visa-on-arrival, China separate bilateral 30-day exemption, 2-entries/year cap). CN/JP/US/DE/FR/GB VAT, corporate tax, and minimum wage figures all reconfirmed unchanged against current 2026 primary sources. GB gdp_per_capita flagged for a future pass (World Bank now shows a 2025 data year available but exact figure not extracted this session).\n\n[2026-08-11] ループA自動実行: 新規4カ国追加(LB, MU, ZM, ZW)。検証ローテーション8カ国(GT, HN, SV, NI, CU, JM, TT, IQ)を全フィールド再検証(WebSearchベース)。TTは検証セッション中にWebSearch予算が枯渇したため大半のフィールドに要再検証フラグを付与(特にlgbtq_legal_status: Privy Council判決待ち、次回ローテーションで最優先再確認)。\n\n[2026-08-13] ループA自動実行: 新規4カ国追加(BW, NA, MZ, AO)。検証ローテーション6カ国を選定して全フィールド再検証(TTは前回セッションでWebSearch予算が果てて未検証のままだったため最優先で実施し、Privy CouncilのJason Jones控訴は2026-07-08に审理済み・判決留保中であり未だ判決なしと確認)。新規4カ国はいずれもB-READYに未収録。TT: lgbtq_legal_status/parental_leave_policy/gdp_per_capita/vat/tax_free_shoppingを再確認(VATは将来の小売売上税移行方針が発表されたが現行12.5%VATは未変更)。GH: business_ready_scoreを公式BRRポータル(brr.gov.gh)の2025パイラースコアで更新。UG: gdp_per_capita(2025実績値)・minimum_wage(Employment Amendment Act 2026で賃金定問制度新設だが具体額は未告示)・lgbtq_legal_status(最高裁上訴审理は2026-03-31予定が延期、新日程未発表)を更新。DZ: gdp_per_capita(2025実績値)を更新、イスラム暦祭日(Eid al-Fitr/al-Adha/イスラム元日/アシュラ)を「推定」から「アルジェリア宗教省公式確認済み」に更新(Mawlidは将来日付のため推定のまま)。MN/FJ/ET/TZは全フィールド再検証を実施し変更なしと確認(値は現状維持)。\n\n[2026-08-17] ループA自動実行(月曜のため冒頭でupdate-holidays.js全件同期を実施、46カ国更新)。新規4カ国追加(AL=アルバニア, MK=北マケドニア, ME=モンテネグロ, BA=ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ、いずれもバルカン半島・EU加盟候補国)を54フィールドの新規エントリとして追加(並列サブエージェント4体がWebSearch/WebFetchで一次ソースを調査、メインセッションでcountries.jsonへ統合)。AL: VAT 20%/corporate tax 15%(PwC WWTS)、最低賃金ALL 50,000/月(2026-01-01付Council of Ministers決定)、祝日23件(officeholidays.com、Eid al-Fitr/al-Adhaは推定フラグ)、GDP per capita $10,012(World Bank 2024)、B-READY 2024未収録。MK: VAT 18%/corporate tax 10%(PwC)、最低賃金MKD 26,046/月(2026-03-01付, wageindicator.org)、祝日12件、B-READY 2024収録有無は要再確認フラグ、GDPは出典間で差異ありフラグ付き($8,146, World Bank 2023)。ME: VAT 21%/corporate tax 累進9-15%(PwC)、最低賃金EUR 670/月(学位保有者は800)、祝日23件(国家+正教/カトリック/イスラム各コミュニティ祝日を注記)、デジタルノマドビザ有効(2026-12-31まで、延長未確定)、観光税EUR 0.50-1.50/泊。BA: VAT 17%単一(国家レベルITA)/corporate tax 10%均一(FBiH/RS/Brčko全て)、最低賃金はFBiH/RSで異なる(FBiH純BAM 1,027 vs RS BAM 1,000-1,450教育水準別)、祝日25件(州/準国家単位のフラグ付き)、B-READY 2024収録確認・パイラースコア原典PDFから取得(Regulatory 67.45/Public Services 37.81/Operational 70.05)。4カ国ともWebSearch予算制約により一部フィールド(退職年齢・観光税詳細・医薬品輸入規則・GDP精査等)はnull+flagで未確定のまま計上、将来の検証ローテーションでの再確認候補とする。総国数122。検証ローテーション(2026-08-17): 「verified日付が最も古い/未ローテーション」の既存8カ国(BR, KE, AU, RU, PK, SG, AE, KR — いずれも2026-07-09/10の初期50トピック・パイロットバッチ由来で、一部を除き本日まで未ローテーション)を並列サブエージェント4体(2カ国ずつ)で全変動フィールド再照合。実際に更新のあった項目: BR/KE gdp_per_capita(World Bank 2025年値に更新、KEは2024年値も下方改定)、AU holidays_2026_sample(7件→8件、King's Birthdayが欠落していたため追加)、AU/RU business_ready_score(B-READY 2026/2027収録スケジュールを世界銀行の公式Geographical coverageページで確認 — AUは2026年版62カ国追加分に収録、RUは2027年版まで収録なしと判明)、RU digital_nomad_visa(引き続き専用ビザなし、ただし2026-04に「Talent Visa」という隣接する高度人材ビザが新設されたことを注記)、PK corporate_tax(銀行業の税率が44%ではなく39%であることをPwC WWTSで訂正)、SG minimum_wage(Local Qualifying Salaryが2026-07-01付でS$1,800へ実際に引き上げ済みであることを確認)、AE tourist_tax(Dubai Tourism Dirhamの一時免除は2026-04-01からの3か月限定であり2026-07-01付で通常徴収に復帰したことを確認)。その他大半のフィールド(VAT・法人税本則・最低賃金額・ビザ制度・観光税基本構造・LGBTQ法的地位・現金申告限度額・酒類販売時間等)は今回照合の結果いずれも変更なしと確認。PK/SGの一部(GDP per capita)とAE B-READY 2025収録有無はWebSearch予算枯渇のため未確定のまま次回持ち越し。 Loop A batch (2026-08-23): added MD/CM/SD/LY as brand-new 55-topic entries (holidays cross-checked against Nager.Date + officeholidays.com/qppstudio.net for Islamic-calendar countries SD/LY/CM). Re-verified 8 longest-unverified countries (CN/TH/JP/US/GB/IN/BR/AU) across all variable fields; corrections: TH visa policy (India remains visa-exempt, not VOA, per 14 Jul 2026 Cabinet decision superseding the 19 May decision previously recorded), IN holidays (14->17, fixed Bakrid date), BR holidays (10->13, added Carnaval/Corpus Christi as widely-observed ponto facultativo), GB/US/CN business_ready_score (B-READY 2025 coverage updates), AU parental leave (confirmed 26-week full rollout effective 1 Jul 2026), GB gdp_per_capita (2025 figure), CN/BR/TH tax law updates (2026 VAT Law, Pillar Two, IBS/CBS transition).\n\n[2026-08-25] ループA自動実行: 新規4カ国追加(IR=イラン, BY=ベラルーシ, KG=キルギス, TJ=タジキスタン、いずれも制裁下/未整備国で55フィールドの新規エントリとして追加、並列サブエージェント4体がWebSearchで一次ソースを調査、メインセッションでcountries.jsonへ統合)。IR: 制裁下のためPwC非対応(Wikipedia/vatupdate.com等の代替ソース使用)、祝日は移動祝日含め29件(ヒジュラ暦は推定フラグ)、Toman/Rial換算の注記あり、tax_free_shopping/tourist_taxはno_primary_sourceでnull。BY: 2022年来のEU/US制裁下、VAT20%/10%、祝日10件(Nager.Date取得)、LGBTQ状況(2026年プロパガンダ禁止法)を記載。KG: Nager非対応のため祝日21件を政府労働省生産カレンダー準拠で手動記載(イスラム暦2件は推定)、2025年承認のデジタルノマド永住ステータス制度を記載。TJ: Nager非対応のため祝日14件を手動記載、B-READY 2025のパイラースコアを確認・記載。4カ国ともbusiness_ready_score等の一部フィールドはno_primary_sourceでnullのまま計上。検証ローテーション(2026-08-25): 「一度も再検証パスの対象になっていない」既存8カ国(TN, CI, SN, VE, EC, UY, PY, BO -- いずれも2026-07-20/07-21/07-29に新規追加されて以降、専用の検証ローテーションを経ていなかった)を並列サブエージェント4体(2カ国ずつ)でWebSearchベースの全変動フィールド照合。セッション共有のWebSearch予算枯渇により一部フィールド(特にCIの大半、BO全体)は未検証のまま次回持ち越し。実際に更新のあった項目: TN.minimum_wage(SMIG改定、decrees 66-69/2026により528.320->554.736 TND/月ほかへ引き上げ、2026-01-01遡及発効)、TN.holidays_2026_sample(8件->16件、イスラム暦の祝日6件が全て欠落していたため追加、旧来のvalidate-data.js祝日網羅性フラグ相当の不備を是正)、SN.holidays_2026_sample(9件->14件、Grand Magal de ToubaとイスラムカレンダーによるKorite/Tabaski/Tamkharit/Gamouが全て欠落していたため追加 -- セネガルは人口の95%以上がムスリムであり重大な欠落だった)、UY.vat(ツーリスト向け0%IVA優遇の適用期間を誤記載していたのを是正: 旧記載の「2026-09-30まで」は誤りで正しくは2025-11-15から2026-04-30の季節限定措置と判明)、PY.minimum_wage(既存の金額・発効日は正しかったが、根拠法令Decreto N 6225/2026を新たに確認しsource_urlを強化)。CI: VAT/法人税は確認済み変更なし、tourist_taxについて「taxe de nuitee」と別に「taxe pour le developpement touristique」(1.5%->2.5%への引き上げ)が2026年財政法で確認されたが両者の関係が未整理のため次回照合対象。VE: 全項目確認済み変更なし(IVA16%/法人税累進15-34%/最低賃金ボーナス制度とも2026-04-30時点の既存記載を再確認、8月時点の追加改定は未確認)。EC: 全項目確認済み変更なし、B-READYは単一総合スコアを公表しない方式(トピック別+3ピラー別)であることが判明したため今後null記載を継続する方針を確認。BO: WebSearch予算枯渇のため今回完全に未着手、次回優先対象。 Loop A batch (2026-08-26): added TM (Turkmenistan), PG (Papua New Guinea), BT (Bhutan), TL (Timor-Leste) as brand-new 55-field entries. TM/BT/TL holidays hand-transcribed from government/secondary sources cross-checked against 2-3 independent references (Nager.Date does not cover these three); PG holidays sourced from officeholidays.com/timeanddate cross-checks. BT.vat reflects Bhutan's new GST regime effective 1 Jan 2026 (replacing the prior Sales Tax); TL.vat documents the absence of a VAT system (Sales Tax 2.5% + Services Tax 5%), with VAT preparation targeted for 2027 per the 2026 budget. Total country count now 134. Verification rotation (2026-08-26): re-checked DE/FR/TW/HK/VN/ID/MY/PH (8 longest-unrotated countries by last-touched field date). Real updates found: DE/FR visa_requirement_common_passports (ETIAS delayed from Q4 2026 to 2027 per eu-LISA); DE.vat (single-source report of 7% reduced rate now covering restaurant dine-in food, flagged pending cross-verification); TW.business_ready_score (Taiwan now has a B-READY 2025 economy profile, correcting prior exclusion assumption; exact pillar scores still pending); TW.vat/corporate_tax (added PwC source_url citations); HK.business_ready_score (Regulatory Framework and Public Services pillars now placed in second quintile); VN.vat (8% reduced rate extended through 31 Dec 2026 under Resolution 204/2025/QH15, scope revised); VN.tourist_tax (resolved from unverified to confirmed absent); VN.holidays_2026_sample (added new 14th statutory holiday, Vietnam Culture Day, 24 Nov 2026); ID.visa_requirement_common_passports (Visa-Free Visit list expanded to 6 countries/territories per MOIC Reg. 10/2026); PH.minimum_wage (NCR-27 implementation now under active litigation as of Aug 2026, flagged as contested/unsettled rather than simply effective); PH.business_ready_score (Operational Efficiency pillar confirmed at 51.45, completing all three pillars). MY.business_ready_score was left unchanged (B-READY 2025 pillar data confirmed to exist but exact composite figures could not be extracted this pass; flagged for a future rotation). DE/FR/TW/HK minimum_wage and DE/FR holidays_2026_sample lists were independently re-confirmed accurate against nager.date/government sources and re-stamped verified 2026-08-26. 2026-08-27 batch: added MG/MW/RW/SC (55-field entries, East/Southern Africa/Indian Ocean); notable MW.vat corrected 16.5%->17.5% (MRA rate change eff. 1 Jan 2026), RW confirmed strong B-READY 2024 performer, SC confirmed highest African GDP/capita in dataset. Verification rotation covered IR/BY/KG/TJ/TM/PG/BT/TL (the two most recently added batches, never before rotated): IR holidays corrected (Nowruz recalculated to Mar 20 2026, 5 downstream dates shifted); KG lgbtq_legal_status updated (new gender-identity restriction bill, first reading only, not enacted) + holidays + gdp_per_capita; TJ holidays + gdp_per_capita refreshed; TM holidays (Nowruz 2->3 days) + gdp_per_capita + business_ready_score (newly B-READY 2025 covered); PG gdp_per_capita + business_ready_score (newly B-READY 2025 covered); BT retirement_age corrected to current 2023 RCSC rank-based ages; BY and TL fully re-verified with no discrepancies found.","verification_holidays":{"gov_sources":{"JP":{"url":"https://www8.cao.go.jp/chosei/shukujitsu/syukujitsu.csv","verified":"2026-07-13","count":18,"scope":"内閣府公式CSV(国民の祝日・休日)"},"US":{"url":"https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/","verified":"2026-07-14","count":11,"scope":"Federal holidays only, per 5 U.S.C. 6103, per U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).","years":["2026","2027"]},"DE":{"url":"https://www.bmi.bund.de/DE/themen/verfassung/staatliche-symbole/nationale-feiertage/nationale-feiertage-artikel.html","verified":"2026-07-14","count":9,"scope":"Only German Unity Day (Oct 3) is federal law nationwide; other 8 uniform via Länder Sonn-/Feiertagsgesetze per BMI. Moveable dates cross-verified against gov.uk and service-public.gouv.fr official calendars for the same Western Easter-cycle dates. All 16 Länder add further regional holidays not included here.","years":["2026","2027"]},"FR":{"url":"https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2405","verified":"2026-07-14","count":11,"scope":"Mainland France legal holidays. Alsace-Moselle adds Good Friday and 26 Dec; overseas departments add local commemoration date; not included.","years":["2026","2027"]},"GB":{"url":"https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays","verified":"2026-07-14","count":8,"scope":"England and Wales bank holidays only. Scotland and Northern Ireland differ.","years":["2026","2027"]},"IN":{"url":"https://nests.tribal.gov.in/WriteReadData/RTF1984/1768984993.pdf","verified":"2026-07-14","count":14,"scope":"14 mandatory gazetted holidays for Central Government offices per DoPT OM F.No.12/2/2023-JCA dated 3 July 2025. Delhi adds 3 more; other states substitute from a 12-item optional list, not included. Bakrid date revised 27→28 May 2026 per PIB PRID 2264022.","years":["2026"]},"BR":{"url":"https://www.gov.br/gestao/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2025/dezembro/confira-o-calendario-oficial-de-feriados-nacionais-e-pontos-facultativos-em-2026","verified":"2026-07-14","count":10,"scope":"National holidays only per Portaria MGI Nº 11.460 (29/12/2025). Pontos facultativos excluded (discretionary).","years":["2026"]},"AU":{"url":"https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/public-holidays/2026-public-holidays","verified":"2026-07-14","count":7,"scope":"Australia has no single national holiday list; each of 8 states/territories legislates its own. Reflects 7 holidays common by name to all jurisdictions; exact observed dates can differ by jurisdiction.","years":["2026","2027"]},"SG":{"url":"https://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/2025/0616-public-holidays-for-2026","verified":"2026-07-14","count":11,"scope":"11 gazetted public holidays under the Employment Act, per Ministry of Manpower (MOM). 2027 per MOM press release 18 June 2026.","years":["2026","2027"]},"AE":{"url":"https://uaelegislation.gov.ae/en/legislations/2595","verified":"2026-07-14","count":13,"scope":"Federal UAE holidays under Cabinet Resolution No. 27 of 2024, dates confirmed via MOHRE circulars. Mawlid date remains subject to final moon-sighting confirmation per source's own caveat.","years":["2026"]},"KR":{"url":"https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=234501","verified":"2026-07-14","count":21,"scope":"관공서의 공휴일에 관한 규정 (Presidential Decree, 인사혁신처), amended effective 11 May 2026. Lunar/substitute dates cross-referenced against KASA (Korea AeroSpace Administration) official 월력요항 almanac for 2026/2027. Memorial Day has no substitute-holiday provision.","years":["2026","2027"]},"CN":{"url":"国办发明电〔2025〕7号《国务院办公厅关于2026年部分节假日安排的通知》(4 Nov 2025), mirrored at beijing.gov.cn","verified":"2026-07-14","count":33,"scope":"Actual holiday days per State Council Notice; excludes the compensatory workdays (weekend-shifted) the same notice also specifies. 2027 notice not yet issued.","years":["2026"]},"TW":{"url":"中華民國115年政府行政機關辦公日曆表 (DGPA), mirrored by Kaohsiung City Government","verified":"2026-07-14","count":22,"scope":"DGPA has approved the 2027 calendar but only scanned/image PDFs were accessible, so 2027 left null rather than guessed.","years":["2026"]},"HK":{"url":"https://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/holiday/2026.htm ; https://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/holiday/2027.htm","verified":"2026-07-14","count":17,"scope":"GovHK gazetted General Holidays lists. 2027 list gazetted 15 May 2026.","years":["2026","2027"]},"TH":{"url":"Bank of Thailand Notification No. 31/2568 (bot.or.th), incorporating Cabinet Resolution-approved holiday schedule","verified":"2026-07-14","count":19,"scope":"thaigov.go.th/soc.go.th were JS-rendered and unreadable; BOT's officially gazetted notification used instead.","years":["2026"]},"VN":{"url":"https://xaydungchinhsach.chinhphu.vn (Cổng TTĐT Chính phủ), Bộ Nội vụ Thông báo 9441/TB-BNV","verified":"2026-07-14","count":13,"scope":"Điều 112 Bộ luật Lao động 2019 categories per Ministry of Home Affairs schedule for 2026.","years":["2026"]},"ID":{"url":"https://setneg.go.id (Kementerian Sekretariat Negara RI), SKB 3 Menteri Nomor 1497/2025, 2/2025, 5/2025","verified":"2026-07-14","count":17,"scope":"17 'Hari Libur Nasional' only; 8 separate 'Cuti Bersama' collective-leave days excluded (administrative, not statutory holidays).","years":["2026"]},"MY":{"url":"Jadual Hari Kelepasan Am Persekutuan 2026, Bahagian Kabinet, Jabatan Perdana Menteri (kabinet.gov.my)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":15,"scope":"Federal ('P') public holidays only; excludes state-only ('N') holidays. New Year's Day is not a federal holiday in Malaysia.","years":["2026"]},"PH":{"url":"Proclamation No. 1006 s.2025; Proclamation No. 1189 s.2026; Proclamation No. 1264 (officialgazette.gov.ph / pco.gov.ph)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":20,"scope":"Base 10 regular + 8 special non-working days per Proc. 1006; Eid dates fixed by later proclamations once lunar dates confirmed. EDSA Anniversary (25 Feb) declared Special Working Day, excluded.","years":["2026"]},"MX":{"url":"https://www.profedet.gob.mx/micrositio/index.php/dias-de-descanso (PROFEDET/STPS, Art. 74 LFT); SRE embassy 2026 official calendar","verified":"2026-07-14","count":7,"scope":"7 statutory 'días de descanso obligatorio' under Art. 74 LFT (no 6-yearly transition holiday in 2026).","years":["2026"]},"CA":{"url":"https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/public-holidays.html","verified":"2026-07-14","count":13,"scope":"Per Canada Revenue Agency (Government of Canada), transcribed exactly incl. its own Quebec-scope annotations.","years":["2026"]},"IT":{"url":"Gazzetta Ufficiale, Legge 8 ottobre 2025 n.151; Legge 27 maggio 1949 n.260 (as amended); MAE consular confirmation","verified":"2026-07-14","count":12,"scope":"Nationwide fixed holidays per Legge 260/1949 as amended, plus new San Francesco d'Assisi holiday (Legge 151/2025). Municipalities add one local patron-saint holiday, not included.","years":["2026"]},"ES":{"url":"BOE, Resolución de 17 de octubre de 2025 (Dirección General de Trabajo, Ministerio de Trabajo y Economía Social)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":8,"scope":"8 holidays common to all Autonomous Communities plus Ceuta/Melilla. Each region adds further holidays; municipalities add up to 2 local holidays.","years":["2026"]},"PT":{"url":"Código do Trabalho Art. 234.º, pgdlisboa.pt (Procuradoria-Geral Distrital de Lisboa official legal database)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":13,"scope":"Mandatory national holidays (feriados obrigatórios). Carnival Tuesday is optional/facultative, excluded. Municipalities add one local patron-saint holiday.","years":["2026"]},"NL":{"url":"p-direkt.nl (Rijksoverheid, Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":11,"scope":"Bevrijdingsdag is a full public holiday for the general public only once every 5 years (lustrum); paid day off for civil servants annually.","years":["2026"]},"BE":{"url":"belgium.be (federal portal); Conseil des ministres release confirming Ascension = 14 May 2026","verified":"2026-07-14","count":10,"scope":"10 nationwide legal public holidays per federal portal Belgium.be.","years":["2026"]},"CH":{"url":"epa.admin.ch (Eidgenössisches Personalamt EPA), official 2026 holidays PDF","verified":"2026-07-14","count":9,"scope":"Only 1 August is federally mandated nationwide; other 8 reflect the federal administration's own observed pattern. Cantons set their own additional statutory holidays and some diverge (e.g. Geneva, Ticino, Valais).","years":["2026"]},"AT":{"url":"arbeitsinspektion.gv.at (Austrian Federal Ministry labour authority)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":13,"scope":"13 nationwide statutory holidays under the Arbeitsruhegesetz.","years":["2026"]},"SE":{"url":"riksdagen.se, Lag 1989:253 om allmänna helgdagar (Sveriges riksdag)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":13,"scope":"Whit Monday abolished 2005 (replaced by National Day). Midsummer/All Saints defined by law as the Saturday within a fixed date window rather than a fixed calendar date.","years":["2026"]},"NO":{"url":"lovdata.no (Lov om helligdager og helligdagsfred 1995; Lov om 1. og 17. mai som høgtidsdager 1947)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":12,"scope":"12 nationwide public holidays combining the Helligdagsloven and the 1947 law on 1/17 May.","years":["2026"]},"DK":{"url":"borger.dk (Denmark's official citizen portal)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":10,"scope":"Store Bededag abolished from 2024. Source explicitly states 1 May, 5 June, 24 Dec, 31 Dec are NOT official holidays in Denmark.","years":["2026"]},"PL":{"url":"zielonalinia.gov.pl (Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":14,"scope":"14 statutory 'dni wolne od pracy' for 2026; 4 fall on Sunday, not separately compensated under the Labour Code.","years":["2026"]},"CZ":{"url":"mpsv.gov.cz (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs), zákon č. 245/2000 Sb.","verified":"2026-07-14","count":14,"scope":"14 calendar-distinct-day entries (Jan 1 carries two legal names). Good Friday/Easter Monday cross-verified against official PL/ZA sources.","years":["2026"]},"IE":{"url":"workplacerelations.ie (Workplace Relations Commission)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":10,"scope":"10 statutory public holidays under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 as amended. Good Friday is NOT a statutory public holiday in Ireland.","years":["2026"]},"IL":{"url":"gov.il, Israel Civil Service Commission (נציבות שירות המדינה), 2026 circular","verified":"2026-07-14","count":9,"scope":"Days marked 'no work' in the Civil Service Commission's official 2026 work calendar. Memorial Day (Yom HaZikaron) excluded as not a day off.","years":["2026"]},"EG":{"url":"presidency.eg, 'National Holidays 2026' official page","verified":"2026-07-14","count":15,"scope":"Direct transcription incl. source's own weekday-adjustments (e.g. Police Day observed Thu 29 Jan; Labor Day observed Thu 7 May), per Egypt's post-2020 practice of shifting some holidays to Thursdays.","years":["2026"]},"ZA":{"url":"gov.za, 'Public Holidays' official page, per Public Holidays Act No 36 of 1994","verified":"2026-07-14","count":13,"scope":"Both 2026 and 2027 tables published on the same official page. Sunday-observed-Monday substitutions noted exactly as source states.","years":["2026","2027"]},"KE":{"url":"Kenya Law (new.kenyalaw.org), Public Holidays Act Cap 110, First Schedule; Ministry of Interior gazette notices","verified":"2026-07-14","count":12,"scope":"Fixed-date holidays from Cap 110 First Schedule Part I; Idd dates from Ministry of Interior gazette notices. Diwali excluded (no 2026 gazette date located).","years":["2026"]},"AR":{"url":"argentina.gob.ar/jefatura/feriados-nacionales-2026 (official JSON feed, Ley 27.399)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":16,"scope":"16 national holidays (feriado inamovible + already-resolved feriado trasladable categories). Excludes optional 'día no laborable' and tourism bridge days.","years":["2026"]},"CO":{"url":"sedeelectronica.minhacienda.gov.co (Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público, official calendar tool)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":19,"scope":"19 official holidays for 2026 (Ley Emiliani Monday-shifted dates resolved). Includes new Chiquinquirá holiday added by Ley 2578 de 2026.","years":["2026"]},"PE":{"url":"gob.pe/feriados (Plataforma del Estado Peruano)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":15,"scope":"Only entries labeled 'Feriado nacional' (15 dates). Two 'Día no laborable' dates (2 Jan, 27 Jul) excluded as source distinguishes them from feriado nacional.","years":["2026"]},"NZ":{"url":"govt.nz, 'Public holidays and anniversary dates'","verified":"2026-07-14","count":11,"scope":"National public holidays only; regional anniversary days vary by council and excluded. Dates given are the day employees receive off (post-Mondayisation).","years":["2026","2027"]},"RU":{"url":"publication.pravo.gov.ru, Постановление Правительства РФ №1466 от 24.09.2025","verified":"2026-07-14","count":15,"scope":"Base dates per Labour Code Art. 112 (standing law); 2026 transfer resolution read directly from official PDF. No 2027 transfer resolution issued yet.","years":["2026"]},"PK":{"url":"cabinet.gov.pk, Cabinet Division Circular F.No.10-1/2025-Min-II dated 9 January 2026, 'Public and Optional Holidays for the Year 2026'","verified":"2026-07-14","count":17,"scope":"OCR-transcribed from official scanned PDF, cross-read twice. Islamic dates marked '*' by the Cabinet Division as anticipated/moon-sighting-subject, reproduced exactly as published. Optional/denominational holidays excluded.","years":["2026"]},"BD":{"url":"bvc.portal.gov.bd (Bangladesh National Portal), Ministry of Public Administration Gazette Notification Ref. ০৫.০০.০০০০.১৭৪.১১.০০৭.১৯-১৯৭ dated 9 Nov 2025","verified":"2026-07-14","count":27,"scope":"Combines 'সাধারণ ছুটি' General Holidays (14) and 'নির্বাহী আদেশে সরকারি ছুটি' Executive-Order Holidays (7). OCR-transcribed from scanned gazette; two entries (Chaitra Sankranti name, Shab-e-Barat date) corroborated via Bangladesh Embassy Tokyo's official notice reproducing the same circular rather than the primary crop — flagged for future re-verification. Optional/communal holiday sections excluded.","years":["2026"]},"MA":{"url":"mmsp.gov.ma (Ministère de la Transition Numérique), Décret n° 2-77-169; habous.gov.ma communiqués","verified":"2026-07-14","count":15,"scope":"17 official holidays; Aïd Al Mawlid Ennabaoui (2 days, late Aug 2026) not yet officially announced, excluded rather than estimated.","years":["2026"]},"LK":{"url":"cbsl.gov.lk (Central Bank of Sri Lanka), official 2026 bank holidays calendar","verified":"2026-07-14","count":26,"scope":"All 26 dates marked 'P' (Public Holiday) in the source, derived from Government Gazette declarations under the Holidays Act.","years":["2026"]},"HU":{"url":"njt.jog.gov.hu (Nemzeti Jogszabálytár), Munka törvénykönyve 102.§; NGM decree 10/2025","verified":"2026-07-14","count":13,"scope":"11 munkaszüneti nap categories confirmed via official legal database, cross-checked against NGM Saturday-workday compensation decree for weekday placement.","years":["2026"]},"HR":{"url":"narodne-novine.nn.hr (Official Gazette), Zakon o blagdanima, spomendanima i neradnim danima (NN 110/2019)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":14,"scope":"13 named holidays (14 calendar days) read directly from the official gazette text.","years":["2026"]},"BG":{"url":"justice.government.bg (Ministry of Justice legal portal) + gli.government.bg (General Labour Inspectorate PDF), Кодекс на труда Чл. 154","verified":"2026-07-14","count":15,"scope":"Base list confirmed via official-domain PDF (gli.government.bg). Easter dates follow the Bulgarian Orthodox Paschalion. A separate one-off Council of Ministers decision added 31 Dec 2025 and 2 Jan 2026 as non-standing additional non-working days (euro-changeover related), not included here.","years":["2026"]},"JO":{"url":"pm.gov.jo (official Prime Ministry circulars); mfa.gov.jo/content/public-holidays","verified":"2026-07-14","count":15,"scope":"Islamic holiday dates from individual official Prime Ministry circulars for 2026 (moon-sighting dependent, year by year); no 2027 circulars exist yet.","years":["2026"]},"SK":{"url":"vlada.gov.sk, Act No. 241/1993 Coll.","verified":"2026-07-14","count":16,"scope":"Combines štátne sviatky and dni pracovného pokoja per Act 241/1993. Per 2025 transitional amendment, 8 May and 15 Sept are NOT days of rest specifically in 2026.","years":["2026"]},"SI":{"url":"gov.si/en/topics/national-holidays/; gov.si embassy notice confirming Easter Monday 6 April 2026","verified":"2026-07-14","count":15,"scope":"Combines gov.si's 'National Holidays' (work-free) and 'Other work-free days' lists. Non-work-free commemorative days (Primož Trubar Day, Prekmurje/Primorska unification days, Sports Day, Sovereignty Day, Science Day, Rudolf Maister Day) excluded as not days off.","years":["2026"]},"LT":{"url":"ua.mfa.lt/konsuline-informacija (Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":14,"scope":"Easter dates apply the government-published formula (first Sunday/Monday after first full moon after vernal equinox), cross-checked against other EU states' official sources.","years":["2026"]},"LV":{"url":"likumi.lv/ta/id/72608 (Law 'Par svētku, atceres un atzīmējamām dienām'); vdi.gov.lv","verified":"2026-07-14","count":14,"scope":"Moveable Christian dates follow standard Western Easter computus, corroborated by other EU official sources. Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May, a working-day observance) excluded as not a non-working holiday.","years":["2026"]},"EE":{"url":"riigikantselei.ee; riigiteataja.ee (Pühade ja tähtpäevade seadus); kyiv.mfa.ee embassy notice","verified":"2026-07-14","count":12,"scope":"12 riigipühad per the Holidays and Special Days Act.","years":["2026"]},"LU":{"url":"itm.public.lu/fr/conditions-travail/conges/jours-feries.html (Inspection du Travail et des Mines)","verified":"2026-07-14","count":11,"scope":"Official multi-year table covering 2025–2030; both 2026 and 2027 transcribed directly.","years":["2026","2027"]},"MT":{"url":"gov.mt/en/About Malta/Pages/Public Holidays.aspx","verified":"2026-07-14","count":14,"scope":"Per the National Holidays and Other Public Holidays Act (Chapter 252).","years":["2026"]},"CY":{"url":"centralbank.cy, official 2026 Bank Holidays circular","verified":"2026-07-14","count":14,"scope":"Republic of Cyprus (government-controlled area) only. Central Bank circular corresponds to the national public holiday list; excludes the source's one bank-only extra closure day (Easter Tuesday) as it's not a national public holiday.","years":["2026"]},"QA":{"url":"https://qna.org.qa/en/news/news-details?id=amiri-diwan-announces-eid-al-fitr-holiday&date=15%2F03%2F2026","verified":"2026-07-15","count":14,"scope":"Qatar News Agency (state agency) verbatim transcriptions of Amiri Diwan announcements: National Sport Day (QNA 2026-02-08), Eid Al-Fitr Mar 17-23 (QNA 2026-03-15), Eid Al-Adha May 26-30 (QNA 2026-05-24). National Day Dec 18 fixed by gazetted Cabinet decision (The Peninsula 2025-05-19 reporting the Official Gazette); year-specific announcement typically issued each December. Amiri Diwan dates formally cover government entities; QCB sets bank dates separately.","years":[2026]},"SA":{"url":"https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/en/knowledge-centre/articles/322","verified":"2026-07-15","count":10,"scope":"Private/non-profit sector statutory holidays (Labour Law standard). Founding Day per Royal Order (SPA spa.gov.sa/2324647); Eid Al-Fitr per HRSD official announcement 2026-03-04 ('begins at end of working day Wed Mar 18, runs 4 days' — Mar 19-22; transcribed verbatim by Gulf Business and Argaam; NOTE: one outlet (Arabian Business) enumerated Mar 18-21, conflicting with the HRSD wording — Mar 19-22 follows the official text); Eid Al-Adha May 26-29 per HRSD/Supreme Court announcements (Hotelier ME 2026-05-20, Time Out Riyadh 2026-05-17 citing SPA); National Day Sep 23 fixed by HRSD rule (first day of Libra, Umm al-Qura). Government-sector Eid breaks are set separately and typically longer. SAMA bank-holiday page was unreachable (server error).","years":[2026]},"KW":{"url":"Central Bank of Kuwait (cbk.gov.kw) official closed-to-the-public announcements, cross-checked against KUNA (Kuwait News Agency, state agency) articles reporting CSC/Cabinet decisions directly, and Kuwait Times/Arab Times reporting of CSC circulars","verified":"2026-07-20","count":9,"scope":"8 of 9 dates confirmed via official-domain (cbk.gov.kw) closure notices and/or state-news-agency (KUNA) articles reporting the Civil Service Commission/Cabinet decisions directly. Isra & Mi raj corrected from 16 Jan to 18 Jan (CBK announcement). Prophet Birthday (Mawlid) remains an unconfirmed estimate, explicitly flagged as such -- no CSC/CBK announcement exists yet as it is 5+ weeks out from the verification date.","years":["2026"]},"OM":{"url":"omanobserver.om (Ministry of Information, quoting Council of Ministers/Ministry of Labour circulars); timesofoman.com and muscatdaily.com (ONA-attributed Eid announcements)","verified":"2026-07-20","count":16,"scope":"Full 2026 national/religious holiday list per Council of Ministers advance-announcement policy; Eid dates are post-moon-sighting confirmed, not estimates. Renaissance Day (23 Jul) omitted as apparently discontinued since 2020; New Year Day omitted as not part of the official gazetted list.","years":["2026"]}},"pending":{"FI":{"reason":"No .fi ministry page rendered a per-year 2026 dated holiday table (only the fixed Independence Day law, Finlex 388/1937, was directly read). Moveable Easter-cycle dates were cross-checked against other countries' official pages rather than a Finnish government source; researching agent itself flagged 'treat with slightly lower confidence.' Data left unchanged pending a more direct Finnish source.","tried_urls":["finlex.fi/en/legislation/1937/388","valtioneuvosto.fi"]},"GR":{"reason":"Ministry of Labour 'Αργίες' page and Ministry of Interior circulars are JS-rendered and could not be captured as static text. Two of twelve dates (Clean Monday, Whit Monday) were derived by the researching agent via arithmetic offset from an anchor date rather than read from a Greek government table — explicitly flagged 'CAUTION — lower confidence' and violates the no-calculation rule. Data left unchanged.","tried_urls":["ypergasias.gov.gr/ergasiakes-scheseis/chronika-oria/argies/"]},"TR":{"reason":"Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı's official religious-calendar page (vakithesaplama.diyanet.gov.tr) is JS-rendered and could not be captured as static text; Ramazan/Kurban Bayramı dates were confirmed only via convergence of secondary reporting rather than direct primary-source reading. Researching agent flagged 'CAUTION — moderate confidence.' Data left unchanged.","tried_urls":["vakithesaplama.diyanet.gov.tr/dinigunler.php?yil=2026","mevzuat.gov.tr"]},"NG":{"reason":"Federal Ministry of Interior issues per-occasion circulars rather than one annual list; as of the research date (14 Jul 2026) Independence Day, Eid-el-Mawlid, and Christmas/Boxing Day for 2026 had not yet been gazetted. The researching agent's own transcription is explicitly incomplete ('omitted rather than estimated'). Data left unchanged rather than overwritten with a partial list.","tried_urls":["interior.gov.ng/category/public-holiday/"]},"CL":{"reason":"gob.cl's official 'Feriados 2026' page was blocked by an active Cloudflare challenge and could not be read. The researching agent explicitly labeled its output 'PARTIAL LIST' — several known statutory holidays (Naval Glories Day, Assumption, Day of Evangelical and Protestant Churches, All Saints' Day, Immaculate Conception, Día de los Pueblos Indígenas) were not independently confirmed and are missing. Data left unchanged rather than overwritten with a partial list.","tried_urls":["gob.cl (Cloudflare-blocked)","dt.gob.cl/portal/1628/w3-article-95017.html"]},"UA":{"reason":"Substantive finding, not a fetch failure: an official Verkhovna Rada Research Service document (research.rada.gov.ua) confirms that under Law No. 2136-IX Art. 6(6), the non-working-day provisions of Labour Code Art. 73 (Ukraine's statutory holiday list) do NOT apply while martial law remains in effect, and martial law has been continuous since February 2022 through the research date (14 Jul 2026). The Cabinet of Ministers also stopped issuing its annual working-day-transfer order per Law No. 3494-IX (2023). There is no confirmable, currently-enforced official holiday list to transcribe; publishing a pre-2022-style list would misrepresent the current legal status. Data left unchanged; recommend a dedicated review of how to represent this legal status on the site.","tried_urls":["zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/main/days2026","zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/322-08","research.rada.gov.ua/uploads/documents/34098.pdf","kmu.gov.ua"]},"RO":{"reason":"legislatie.just.ro (Portal Legislativ, Ministry of Justice) could not be fully rendered by the fetch tool. The 11 fixed-date holidays are well-established, but the moveable Orthodox Easter/Pentecost 2026 dates were corroborated via 'multiple independent Romanian legal/HR sources' rather than a directly-rendered official government page — this description does not confirm the secondary sources were themselves official/government domains, unlike other countries in this batch where an official-domain PDF fallback was reached. Data left unchanged pending re-verification with a confirmed official-domain source for the moveable dates.","tried_urls":["legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/127264"]}}}}}