Celebrating Scotland\u2019s first game since 1998.<\/p>\n
First Minister John Swinney will propose Monday 15 June 2026 is designated a national bank holiday to mark Scotland\u2019s participation in the World Cup for the first time since 1998.<\/p>\n
This will allow individuals, businesses and other organisations in Scotland to celebrate after the men\u2019s team play their opening game against Haiti in Boston.<\/p>\n
The First Minister said:<\/p>\n
\u201cScotland qualifying for the men\u2019s World Cup was a\u00a0remarkable achievement and a landmark moment, and the reaction to the dramatic win against Denmark reminded us all what football means to the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, we want to make the most of this huge opportunity for Scotland and ensure as many people as possible have the opportunity to celebrate the team\u2019s success.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot only is this an historic sporting event, it\u2019s also a chance for Scotland to be on the world stage, to attract business development, create tourism interest within the country and to make cultural and sporting connections.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is why I am taking steps to ensure the Monday after our opening game should be national bank holiday, so that – no matter the outcome of the match – we can all come together to share the occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Background<\/p>\n
Bank holidays are set under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971. The relevant powers were devolved by the Scotland Act 1998.<\/p>\n
A day can be appointed as a bank holiday in Scotland by Royal Proclamation. The First Minister advises the Privy Council on proclamations for Scotland that are then designated by Royal Proclamation by His Majesty the King.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrating Scotland\u2019s first game since 1998. First Minister John Swinney will propose Monday 15 June 2026 is designated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-221452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}