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INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS 2018

algeria 1 April 1 Easter January 1 New ’s Day 2 Easter 21 Day Labour Day May 1 Labour Day July 1 16 begins 10 Ascension August 6 Civic * 15 Eid al-Fitr 21 Whit Monday 3 Labour Day July 5 Independence Day July 21 8 Day August 21 Eid al-Adha August 15 Assumption November 11 September 11 begins November 1 All Saints’ Day December 25 Day 20 11 Armistice Day 26 November 1 December 25 Christmas Day chile 20 En Nabaoui Echarif bolivia January 1 New Year’s Day argentina January 1 New Year’s Day March 30 January 1 New Year’s Day 22 Plurinational State Day 31 February 12 February 12 Carnival April 1 Easter March 24 Truth and Justice March 30 Good Friday May 1 Labour Day 30 Good Friday April 1 Easter 21 Navy Day April 1 Easter May 1 Labour Day June 29 St Peter and St Paul’s Day 2 Malvinas Day 31 Corpus Christi Day July 16 Our Lady of Carmen Day May 1 Labour Day June 21 Winter Solstice August 15 Assumption 25 First Government Day July 16 La Paz Day* September 18 Independence Day June 17 General de Güemes Day August 6 National Day 19 Army Day 20 November 2 All Souls’ Day October 12 July 9 Independence Day December 25 Christmas Day 31 Reformation Day September 17 General San Martín Day brazil November 1 All Saints’ Day October 15 Day of Respect for Cultural December 8 Diversity January 1 New Year’s Day 25 Christmas Day November 19 Day of National Sovereignty February 12 Carnival 31 New Year’s Eve* December 8 Immaculate Conception March 30 Good Friday 25 Christmas Day April 1 Easter china 21 Tiradentes Day January 1 New Year’s Day May 1 Labour Day February 16 January 1 New Year’s Day 31 Corpus Christi Day April 5 Tomb Sweeping Day 26 September 7 Independence Day May 1 Labour Day March 30 Good Friday October 12 Our Lady of Aparecida Day June 18 Dragon Boat 31 Easter Saturday* 28 Civil Servants’ Day September 24 Mid-Autumn Festival April 1 Easter November 2 All Souls’ Day October 1 National Day 2 15 Republic Day 25 colombia December 25 Christmas Day June 11 Queen’s Birthday* January 1 New Year’s Day December 25 Christmas Day bulgaria 6 26 Boxing Day January 1 New Year’s Day March 19 St Joseph’s Day March 3 Liberation Day 29 January 1 New Year’s Day April 6 Orthodox Good Friday 30 Good Friday 6 Epiphany 7 Orthodox Holy Saturday April 1 Easter March 30 Good Friday* 8 Orthodox Easter May 1 Labour Day April 1 Easter 9 Orthodox Easter Monday 14 Ascension 2 Easter Monday May 1 Labour Day June 4 Corpus Christi Day May 1 Labour Day 6 St George’s Day/Army Day 11 Sacred Heart Day 10 Ascension 24 Culture and Literacy Day 29 St Peter and St Paul’s Day 21 Whit Monday September 6 Unification Day July 20 Independence Day 31 Corpus Christi Day 22 Independence Day August 7 Battle of Boyacá Day August 15 Assumption December 24 15 Assumption October 26 National Day 25 Christmas Day October 12 Columbus Day November 1 All Saints’ Day 26 Second Christmas Day November 1 All Saints’ Day December 8 Immaculate Conception 31 New Year’s Eve 11 Cartagena Independence Day 25 Christmas Day canada December 8 Immaculate Conception 25 Christmas Day 26 St Stephen’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day February 19 * costa rica January 1 New Year’s Day March 30 Good Friday January 1 New Year’s Day

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March 29 Maundy Thursday 27 Prayer Day 20 30 Good Friday May 10 Ascension June 23 April 1 Easter 20 Whit Sunday 24 ’s Day/ StJohn’s Day 11 Juan Santamaria Day 21 Whit Monday August 20 Restoration of Independence Day May 1 Labour Day June 5 December 24 Christmas Eve July 25 Guanacaste Day December 24 Christmas Eve 25 Christmas Day August 2 Lady of the Angels’ Day 25 Christmas Day 26 Boxing Day 15 Assumption/Mothers’ Day 26 Second Christmas Day September 15 Independence Day finland dominican January 1 New Year’s Day October 12 Columbus Day republic December 25 Christmas Day 6 Epiphany January 1 New Year’s Day March 30 Good Friday croatia 6 Epiphany April 1 Easter January 1 New Year’s Day 21 Our Lady of Altagracia Day 2 Easter Monday 6 Epiphany 26 Juan Pablo Duarte Day May 1 April 1 Easter February 27 Independence Day 10 Ascension 2 Easter Monday March 30 Good Friday 20 Pentecost May 1 Labour Day April 1 Easter June 23 Midsummer’s Day 31 Corpus Christi Day May 1 Labour Day November 3 All Saints’ Day June 22 Anti-Fascism Day 31 Corpus Christi Day December 6 Independence Day 25 August 16 Restoration Day 25 Christmas Day August 5 Victory and Homeland September 24 Our Lady of Mercedes Day 26 Second Christmas Day Thanksgiving Day November 6 Constitution Day 15 Assumption December 25 Christmas Day October 8 Independence Day ecuador January 1 New Year’s Day April 1 Easter November 1 All Saints’ Day January 1 New Year’s Day 2 Easter Monday December 25 Christmas Day February 12 Carnival May 1 Labour Day 26 St Stephen’s Day March 30 Good Friday 8 WWII Victory Day April 1 Easter cuba 10 Ascension May 1 Labour Day January 1 Liberation Day 21 Whit Monday 24 Battle of Pichincha Day 2 New Year July 14 National Day July 25 Guayaquil Day* March 30 Good Friday August 15 Assumption August 10 National Day May 1 Labour Day November 1 All Saints’ Day October 9 Guayaquil Independence Day July 25 Revolution Anniversary 11 Armistice Day November 2 All Souls’ Day October 10 War of Independence Anniversary December 25 Christmas Day 3 Cuenca Independence Day December 25 Christmas Day December 6 Quito Day* 31 End of the Year Public Holiday georgia 25 Christmas Day January 1 New Year’s Day czech republic 31 New Year’s Eve* 7 Orthodox Christmas Day January 1 New Year’s Day egypt 19 Orthodox Epiphany March 30 Good Friday January 7 Coptic Christmas March 3 Mothers’ Day April 1 Easter 25 Revolution Day 8 International Women’s Day 2 Easter Monday April 8 Coptic Easter 21 May 1 May Day 9 Sham el-Nessim April 6 Orthodox Good Friday 8 Liberation Day 25 Sinai Liberation Day 7 Orthodox Holy Saturday July 5 St Cyril and St Methodius Day May 1 Labour Day 8 Orthodox Easter 6 Jan Hus Day 16 Ramadan begins 9 Restoration of Independence Day September 28 Statehood Day June 15 Iftar Bayram Orthodox Easter Monday October 28 Independence Day July 23 National Day Memorial Day November 17 Freedom and Democracy Day August 20 Eid al-Adha May 9 Victory Day December 24 Christmas Eve September 11 Muharram begins 12 St Andrew’s Day 25 Christmas Day October 6 Armed Forces Day 26 Independence Day 26 Second Christmas Day November 20 Mawlid al-Nabi August 28 Day of the Virgin Mary October 14 Georgian Orthodox Festival estonia November 23 St George’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day March 29 Maundy Thursday February 24 Independence Day 30 Good Friday March 30 Good Friday January 1 New Year’s Day April 1 Easter April 1 Easter March 30 Good Friday 2 Easter Monday May 1 May Day April 1 Easter

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2 Easter Monday 2 Easter Monday 6 Martyrdom of Imam Ali May 1 Labour Day May 1 Labour Day 15 Eid al-Fitr 10 Ascension 21 Whit Monday July 9 Martyrdom of Imam Sadeq 21 Whit Monday August 20 National Day August 22 Eid-e-Qorban October 3 Day of German Unity October 23 Republic Day 30 Eid-e-Ghadir December 25 Christmas Day November 1 All Saints’ Day September 19 Tasua 26 Second Christmas Day December 25 Christmas Day 20 Ashura 26 Second Christmas Day October 30 Arba’in-e Hosseini November 7 Death of Prophet January 1 New Year’s Day Mohammad/Martyrdom of 6 Epiphany January 1 New Year’s Day Imam Hasan February 19 Shrove Monday March 29 Maundy Thursday 8 Martyrdom of Imam Reza March 25 Independence Day 30 Good Friday 25 Birth of Prophet Mohammad and April 6 Orthodox Good Friday April 1 Easter of Imam Sadegh 8 Orthodox Easter 2 Easter Monday 9 Orthodox Easter Monday 19 First Day of ireland May 1 Labour Day May 1 Labour Day January 1 New Year’s Day 27 Orthodox Whit Sunday 10 Ascension March 17 St Patrick’s Day 28 Orthodox Whit Monday 20 Whit Sunday 30 Good Friday August 15 Assumption 21 Whit Monday April 1 Easter October 28 National Day June 17 Independence Day 2 Easter Monday December 25 Christmas Day August 6 Commerce Day May 7 May Bank Holiday 26 Second Christmas Day December 24 Christmas Eve June 4 June Bank Holiday 25 Christmas Day August 6 August Bank Holiday guatemala 26 Boxing Day October 29 October Bank Holiday January 1 New Year’s Day 31 New Year’s Eve December 25 Christmas Day March 29 Maundy Thursday 26 St Stephen’s Day 30 Good Friday india 31 Holy Saturday January 26 Republic Day israel April 1 Easter February 14 March 1 May 1 Labour Day March 3 31 June 30 Army Day 29 Mahavir Jayanti April 19 Independence Day July 1 July Bank Holiday* 30 Good Friday May 20 August 15 Assumption* April 30 Buddha Purnima July 22 Tisha B’Av September 15 Independence Day May 1 May Day* September 10 October 20 Revolution Day June 15 Eid al-Fitr 19 November 1 All Saints’ Day August 15 Independence Day 24 December 24 Christmas Eve 22 Bakri Id/Idu’l Zuha October 1 September 3 Janmashtami 25 Christmas Day italy 31 New Year’s Eve 20 Muharram begins October 2 Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday January 1 New Year’s Day honduras 19 Dussehra 6 Epiphany January 1 New Year’s Day November 7 April 1 Easter February 3 Virgin of Suyapa Day 21 Mawlid al-Nabi 2 Easter Monday March 26 Government Holiday 23 Guru Nanak’s Birthday 25 Liberation Day 29 Maundy Thursday December 25 Christmas Day May 1 Labour Day 30 Good Friday June 2 Republic Day 31 Holy Saturday iran August 15 Assumption April 1 Easter February 11 Anniversary of the November 1 All Saints’ Day Islamic Revolution 14 Americas’ Day Holiday December 8 Immaculate Conception 19 Martyrdom of Hazart Fatemesh May 1 Labour Day 25 Christmas Day March 20 Oil Nationalisation Day September 15 Independence Day 26 St Stephen’s Day 21 Nowruz October 6 General Francisco Morazán’s Birthday 31 Imam Ali’s Birthday December 25 Christmas Day April 1 Islamic Republic Day January 1 New Year’s Day 2 Sizdehbedar 8 Coming of Age Day 14 Mabaath February 11 National Foundation Day January 1 New Year’s Day May 2 Imam Mahdi’s Birthday March 21 Equinox March 15 1848 Revolution Day June 4 Demise of Imam Khomeini April 29 Showa Day 30 Good Friday 5 15th Khordad National Uprising May 3 Constitution Memorial Day April 1 Easter (1963) 4 Greenery Day

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5 Children’s Day 21 Whit Monday July 30 Throne Day July 16 Marine Day June 23 National Day August 14 Oued Ed-Dahab Day August 11 Mountain Day August 15 Assumption 20 Revolution Day (1953) September 17 Respect for the Aged Day September 3 City Fête* 21 HM Mohammed VI’s Birthday 23 Autumn Equinox November 1 All Saints’ Day 22 Eid al-Adha October 8 Sports Day December 24 Christmas Eve September 11 Muharram begins November 3 Culture Day 25 Christmas Day November 6 Green March Day 23 Labour Thanksgiving Day 26 St Stephen’s Day 18 Independence Day December 23 Emperor’s Birthday macedonia 20 Mawlid al-Nabi jordan January 1 New Year’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day 6 Orthodox Christmas Eve January 1 New Year’s Day May 1 Labour Day 7 Orthodox Christmas Day March 30 Good Friday* 16 Ramadan begins April 6 Orthodox Good Friday April 1 Easter 25 Independence Day 8 Orthodox Easter 2 Easter Monday June 15 Eid al-Fitr 9 Orthodox Easter Monday 27 King’s Birthday August 21 Eid al-Adha May 1 Labour Day May 5 Liberation Day September 11 Muharram begins 24 St Cyril and St Methodius Day 10 Ascension November 20 Mawlid al-Nabi June 15 Ramazan Bajram 20 Pentecost December 25 Christmas Day August 2 Republic Day 21 Whit Monday latvia 21 Kurban Bajram December 25 Christmas Day September 8 Independence Day 26 Second Christmas Day January 1 New Year’s Day October 11 Uprising Against Fascism Day March 30 Good Friday 23 Revolutionary Struggle Day April 1 Easter December 8 St Clement of Ohrid Day January 1 New Year’s Day 2 Easter Monday 2 Second Day of New Year May 1 Labour Day malta February 6 4 Declaration of Independence Day January 1 New Year’s Day March 30 Good Friday June 23 Midsummer’s Eve February 10 Feast of St Paul’s Shipwreck April 1 Easter 24 St John’s Day March 19 St Joseph’s Day 2 Easter Monday November 18 Proclamation of the Republic 30 Good Friday 25 Anzac Day December 24 Christmas Eve 31 Freedom Day June 4 Queen’s Birthday 25 Christmas Day April 1 Easter October 22 Labour Day 26 Second Christmas Day May 1 Workers’ Day December 25 Christmas Day 31 New Year’s Eve June 7 Sette Giugno 26 Boxing Day lithuania 29 St Peter and St Paul’s Day August 15 Assumption January 1 New Year’s Day September 8 Feast of Our Lady of Victories January 1 New Year’s Day February 16 Independence Day 21 Independence Day March 29 Maundy Thursday March 11 Restoration of Independence Day December 8 Immaculate Conception 30 Good Friday April 1 Easter 13 Republic Day April 1 Easter 2 Easter Monday 25 Christmas Day 2 Easter Monday May 1 Labour Day May 1 Labour Day 6 Mothers’ Day mexico 10 Ascension June 3 Fathers’ Day January 1 New Year’s Day 17 Constitution Day 24 St John’s Day February 5 Constitution Day 20 Whit Sunday July 6 Statehood Day March 19 Benito Juárez Day 21 Whit Monday August 15 Assumption 30 Good Friday* December 25 Christmas Day November 1 All Saints’ Day April 1 Easter 26 Second Christmas Day December 24 Christmas Eve May 1 Labour Day paraguay 25 Christmas Day September 16 Independence Day January 1 New Year’s Day 26 Second Christmas Day November 19 Revolution Day March 1 National Heroes’ Day December 25 Christmas Day luxembourg 29 Maundy Thursday January 1 New Year’s Day morocco 30 Good Friday February 12 Carnival January 1 New Year’s Day April 1 Easter March 30 Good Friday 11 Independence Manifesto Day May 1 Labour Day April 1 Easter (1944) 14 Start of Independence 2 Easter Monday May 1 Labour Day 15 Independence Day May 1 Labour Day 16 Ramadan begins June 12 Chaco Armistice Day 10 Ascension June 16 Eid al-Fitr August 15 Founding of Asunción

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September 29 Battle of Boquerón Day 25 Constitution Day July 5 St Cyril and St Methodius Day December 8 Virgin of Caacupé Day September 3 Labour Day August 29 Slovak National Uprising Day 25 Christmas Day October 8 Columbus Day September 1 Constitution Day 31 New Year’s Eve November 11 Veterans’ Day 15 Our Lady of Sorrows Day peru 19 Puerto Rico Discovery Day November 1 All Saints’ Day 22 Thanksgiving Day 17 Freedom and Democracy Day January 1 New Year’s Day December 24 Christmas Eve December 24 Christmas Eve March 29 Maundy Thursday 25 Christmas Day 25 Christmas Day 30 Good Friday 26 Boxing Day April 1 Easter qatar May 1 Labour Day January 1 New Year’s Day slovenia June 29 St Peter and St Paul’s Day February 13 National Sports Day January 1 New Year’s Day July 28 Independence Day March 4 Bank Holiday February 8 Culture Day August 30 Saint Rose of Lima Day June 15 Eid al-Fitr April 1 Easter October 8 Battle of Angamos Day August 21 Eid al-Adha 2 Easter Monday November 1 All Saints’ Day December 18 National Day 27 Resistance Day December 8 Immaculate Conception May 1 Labour Day 25 Christmas Day 20 Whit Sunday January 1 New Year’s Day poland June 25 National Day 2 Second Day of New Year August 15 Assumption January 1 New Year’s Day 24 Unification Day October 31 Reformation Day 6 Epiphany April 8 Orthodox Easter November 1 All Saints’ Day April 1 Easter 9 Orthodox Easter Monday December 25 Christmas Day 2 Easter Monday May 1 Labour Day 26 Independence Day May 1 State Holiday 27 Pentecost 3 Constitution Day International Children’s Day south africa 20 Pentecost August 15 Assumption January 1 New Year’s Day 31 Corpus Christi Day November 30 St Andrew’s Day March 21 Human Rights Day August 15 Assumption December 1 National Day 30 Good Friday November 1 All Saints’ Day 25 Christmas Day April 1 Easter 11 Independence Day 26 Second Christmas Day 2 Easter Monday/ December 25 Christmas Day 27 Freedom Day 26 Second Christmas Day russia May 1 Workers’ Day January 1 New Year’s Day portugal June 16 Youth Day 7 Orthodox Christmas Day August 9 National Women’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day February 23 Defenders’ Day September 24 Heritage Day February 13 (Carnival) March 8 International Women’s Day December 16 Day of Reconciliation March 30 Good Friday April 8 Orthodox Easter 25 Christmas Day April 1 Easter May 1 Labour Day 26 Day of Goodwill 25 Liberation Day 9 Victory Day May 1 Labour Day June 12 Russia Day south korea 31 Corpus Christi Day November 4 Unity Day January 1 New Year’s Day June 10 National Day February 15 August 15 Assumption saudi arabia March 1 Declaration of Independence Day October 5 Republic Day May 16 Ramadan begins May 1 Labour Day November 1 All Saints’ Day June 15 Eid al-Fitr 5 Children’s Day December 1 Independence Day August 20 Eid al-Adha 22 Buddha’s Birthday 8 Immaculate Conception September 11 Muharram begins June 6 Memorial Day 25 Christmas Day 20 Ashura August 15 Liberation Day 23 National Day puerto rico September 23 Harvest Moon Festival November 20 Mawlid al-Nabi October 3 National Foundation Day January 1 New Year’s Day 9 Hangul Day 6 Epiphany slovakia December 25 Christmas Day 15 Martin Luther King Jr Day January 1 New Year’s Day February 19 Presidents’ Day Republic Day spain Day of Illustrious Puerto Ricans 6 Epiphany January 1 New Year’s Day March 22 March 30 Good Friday 6 Epiphany 30 Good Friday April 1 Easter March 29 Maundy Thursday* April 1 Easter 2 Easter Monday 30 Good Friday May 28 Memorial Day May 1 May Day April 1 Easter July 4 Independence Day 8 Victory Day May 1 Labour Day

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August 15 Assumption June 15 Eid al-Fitr 27 Summer Bank Holiday* October 12 National Day July 25 Republic Day November 30 St Andrew’s Day* November 1 All Saints’ Day August 13 Women’s Day December 25 Christmas Day December 6 Constitution Day 21 Eid al-Adha 26 Boxing Day 8 Immaculate Conception September 11 Muharram begins uruguay 25 Christmas Day October 15 Evacuation Day January 1 New Year’s Day 26 St Stephen’s Day* November 20 Mawlid al-Nabi 6 Epiphany February 12 Carnival January 1 New Year’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day March 26 /Tourism Week 6 Epiphany April 23 National Sovereignty and 29 Maundy Thursday March 30 Good Friday Children’s Day 30 Good Friday April 1 Easter May 1 Labour and Solidarity Day April 1 Easter 2 Easter Monday 19 Atatürk Day 19 Landing of the 33 Patriots Day May 1 Labour Day Youth and Sports Day May 1 Labour Day 10 Ascension June 14 Ramazan Bayramy Eve 18 Battle of Las Piedras Day 20 Pentecost 15 Ramazan Bayramy June 19 José Artigas’ Birthday June 6 National Day July 15 Freedom and Democracy Day July 18 Constitution Day 23 Midsummer’s Day August 20 Kurban Bayramy Eve August 25 Independence Day November 3 All Saints’ Day 21 Kurban Bayramy October 12 Sarandí Battle Day December 25 Christmas Day 30 Victory Day November 2 All Souls’ Day 26 Second Christmas Day October 29 National Day December 25 Christmas Day usa January 1 New Year’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day January 1 New Year’s Day March 30 Good Friday* 7 Orthodox Christmas Day 15 Martin Luther King Jr Day April 1 Easter March 8 International Women’s Day February 19 Presidents’ Day 2 Easter Monday* April 8 Orthodox Easter April 1 Easter May 1 Labour Day* May 1 Labour Day May 28 Memorial Day 10 Ascension 9 Victory Day July 4 Independence Day 21 Whit Monday* 27 Orthodox Pentecost September 3 Labour Day August 1 National Day June 15 Uraza Bairam* October 8 Columbus Day December 25 Christmas Day 28 Constitution Day November 11 Veterans’ Day 26 St Stephen’s Day* August 21 Qurban Bayram* 22 Thanksgiving Day December 25 Christmas Day syria 24 Independence Day October 14 Defenders’ Day venezuela January 1 New Year’s Day March 8 Revolution Day united arab January 1 New Year’s Day 21 Mothers’ Day emirates 6 Epiphany April 1 Easter January 1 New Year’s Day February 12 Carnival 8 Orthodox Easter April 13 Lailat al-Miraj March 19 St Joseph’s Day* 17 Independence Day May 16 Ramadan begins 29 Maundy Thursday May 1 Labour Day June 15 Eid al-Fitr 30 Good Friday 6 Martyrs’ Day August 20 Eid al-Adha April 1 Easter 16 Ramadan begins September 11 Muharram begins 19 Declaration of Independence Day June 15 Eid al-Fitr November 20 Mawlid al-Nabi May 1 Labour Day August 21 Eid al-Adha 30 Martyrs’ Day 14 Ascension September 11 Muharram begins December 2 National Day June 4 Corpus Christi Day 24 Battle of Carabobo Day October 6 Tishreen Liberation War Day November 20 Mawlid al-Nabi 29 St Peter and St Paul’s Day December 25 Christmas Day January 1 New Year’s Day July 5 Independence Day 2 Second of January* 24 Simón Bolívar Day tunisia March 17 St Patrick’s Day* August 15 Assumption January 1 New Year’s Day 30 Good Friday October 12 Indigenous Resistance Day 14 Revolution and Youth Day April 1 Easter November 1 All Saints’ Day March 20 Independence Day 2 Easter Monday* December 8 Immaculate Conception April 9 Martyrs’ Day May 7 Early May Bank Holiday 24 Christmas Eve May 1 Labour Day 28 Spring Bank Holiday 25 Christmas Day 16 Ramadan begins August 6 Summer Bank Holiday* 31 New Year’s Eve *Not a public holiday/Not a public holiday in all regions. This table lists commemorative dates. Additional public holidays may precede or follow some dates. Regional holidays may not be included. This information is provided as a guide only.

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