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Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Commerce Day is basically a day-off for the Iceland Stock Exchange, and it is a day to celebrate and showcase your trade and its products ...
On 29 June, Vatican City celebrates the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul as a public holiday. Both the Apostle Peter and the Apostle Paul were martyred in Rome, and today, they are “joint patron ...
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Gibraltar, 1 May is both a time to remember the achievements and challenges of the territory’s workers and to celebrate the coming of ...
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Montenegro voted for independence from Serbia in an EU-organised referendum on 21 May 2006. On 3 June, the parliament of Montenegro ...
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Pentecost is the final celebration of the seven-week Easter period. According to Christian belief, Pentecost commemorates the day that the ...
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Until the end of the 17th Century, Serbia was ruled by the Ottoman Empire of Turkey. At the end of that century, the northern part of the ...
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. It is a public holiday with offices, schools and businesses closed. The holiday is in celebration of the Albanian Declaration of ...
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Oddly, it’s the labour unions, which usually support Labour Day in other countries, that are petitioning to remove it here in Kosovo. Why?
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Serbians not only celebrate Labour Day on 1 May as a national public holiday but also have a second Labour Day holiday on 2 May. In fact, ...
Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. The HMS Beagle arrived in Jersey to officially liberate the island on 9 May, 1945. The UK flag was quickly raised over the harbour master’s ...
Veuillez faire défiler vers le bas de la page pour les dates des années précédentes. La première journée nationale fut célébrée le 16 mai 1734, date choisie par Honoré III. En 1854, le prince Charles ...