May 2015

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CORRECTION:

The April 2015 issue listed April 22 as the Namibian Independence Day. Namibia’s National Day is March 21.

ALBANIA

May 1: Labor Day

ALGERIA

May 1: Labor Day

ANDORRA

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 24: Pentecost

ANGOLA

May 1: International Workers’ Day

May 25: Africa Day

ANTIGUA and BARBUDA

May 1: Labor Day

May 25: Whit Monday

ARGENTINA

May 1: Labor Day

May 25: Anniversary of the May Revolution

ARMENIA

May 1: Labor Day

May 9: Victory and Peace Day

May 28: Republic Day

AUSTRIA

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Whit Monday

AZERBAIJAN

May 9: Victory Day

May 28: Republic Day

BAHAMAS

May 25: Whit Monday

BARBADOS

May 1: Labor Day

May 25: Whit Monday

BELARUS

May 1: Labor Day

May 9: Day of National Emblem and National Flag

May 9: Victory Day

BELGIUM

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 24: Whit Sunday

May 25: Whit Monday

BELIZE

May 1: Labor Day

May 24: Commonwealth Day

BENIN

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Whit Monday

BOLIVIA

May 1: Labor Day

BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA

May 1: Labor Day

BOTSWANA

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

BRAZIL

May 1: Labor Day

BULGARIA

May 1: Labor Day

May 6: St. George’s Day/Day of the Bulgarian Army

May 24: Day of the Slavic Alphabet and Bulgarian Culture

BURKINA FASO

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

BURMA (MYANMAR)

May 1: May Day

BURUNDI

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

CAMBODIA

May 1: Labor Day

May 13: Royal Ploughing Ceremony

CAMEROON

May 1: Labor Day

May 20: National Day

CANADA

May 18: Victoria Day

CAPE VERDE

May 1: Labor Day

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Africa Day

May 25: Pentecost Monday

CHAD

May 1: Labor Day

May 25: Africa Day

CHILE

May 1: Labor Day

May 21: Battle of Iquique

CHINA

May 1: Labor Day

COLOMBIA

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

May 1: Labor Day

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF

May 1: Labor Day

COSTA RICA

May 1: Labor Day

CÔTE D’IVOIRE

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Whit Monday

CROATIA

May 1: Labor Day

CUBA

May 1: International Workers’ Day

CYPRUS

May 1: Labor Day

CZECH REPUBLIC

May 1: Labor Day

May 8: Liberation Day

DENMARK

May 1: Workers’ Day

May 7: Store Bededag

May 14: Ascension

May 24: Whit Sunday

May 25: Whit Monday

DJIBOUTI

May 1: Labor Day

DOMINICA

May 1: May Day

May 24: Whit Sunday

May 25: Whit Monday

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

May 1: Labor Day

EAST TIMOR

May 1: Labor Day

May 20: Independence Day

ECUADOR

May 1: Labor Day

May 24: Anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha

EL SALVADOR

May 1: Labor Day

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

May 1: May Day

May 25: Africa Day

ERITREA

May 24: Liberation Day

ESTONIA

May 1: Spring Day

May 24: Pentecost

ETHIOPIA

May 28: National Day

EUROPEAN UNION

May 9: Soloman Day

FINLAND

May 1: May Day

FRANCE

May 1: Labor Day

May 8: Victory Day of 1945

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Pentecost

May 25: Pentecost Monday

GABON

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Pentecost Monday

May 26: Mother’s Day

GAMBIA

May 1: Labor Day

GEORGIA

May 26: Independence Day

GERMANY

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Whit Monday

GHANA

May 1: May Day

GREECE

May 1: Labor Day

GRENADA

May 25: Whit Monday

GUATEMALA

May 1: Labor Day

GUYANA

May 1: Labor Day

May 5: Indian Heritage Day

May 26: Independence Day

HONDURAS

May 1: Labor Day

HUNGARY

May 1: Labor Day

May 25: Whit Monday

ICELAND

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 24: Whit Sunday

May 25: Whit Monday

INDONESIA

May 14: Ascension

IRELAND

May 4: May Day

ISRAEL

May 3: Second Passover

May 7: Lag B’Omer

May 23-25: Shavuot

ITALY

May 1: May Day

JAMAICA

May 24: Labor Day

JAPAN

May 3: Constitution Memorial Day

May 4: National Holiday

May 5: Children’s Day

JORDAN

May 25: Independence Day

KAZAKHSTAN

May 1: Day of Unity of Peoples of Kazakhstan

May 9: Victory Day

KENYA

May 1: Labor Day

KYRGYZSTAN

May 5: Constitution Day

May 9: WWII Victory Day

LAOS

May 1: Labor Day

LATVIA

May 1: Labor Day

May 4: Declaration of Independence

LEBANON

May 1: Labor Day

May 6: Martyrs’ Day

May 25: Liberation of the South

LESOTHO

May 1: Workers’ Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Africa Day/Heroes’ Day

LIECHTENSTEIN

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Pentecost Monday

LITHUANIA

May 1: Labor Day

LUXEMBOURG

May 1: May Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Whit Monday

MACEDONIA

May 1-2: Labor Day

MADAGASCAR

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Africa Day

May 25: Pentecost Monday

MALAWI

May 1: Labor Day

MALAYSIA

May 1: Labor Day

MALI

May 25: Africa Day

MALTA

May 1: Labor Day

MARSHALL ISLANDS

May 1: Constitution Day

MAURITANIA

May 1: Labor Day

May 25: Africa Day

MAURITIUS

May 1: Labor Day

MEXICO

May 1: Labor Day

May 5: Cinco de Mayo

MICRONESIA

May 10: Constitution Day

MOLDOVA

May 1: Labor Day

May 9: Victory Day

MONTENEGRO

May 21: Independence Day

MOZAMBIQUE

May 1: Workers’ Day

NAMIBIA

May 1: Workers’ Day

May 4: Cassinga Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Africa Day

NETHERLANDS

May 5: Liberation Day

May 14: Ascension

May 25: Whit Monday

NICARAGUA

May 1: Labor Day

NIGER

May 1: Labor Day

NIGERIA

May 1: Worker’s Day

May 27: Children’s Day

NORWAY

May 1: May Day

May 14: Ascension

May 17: National Day

May 24: Whit Sunday

May 25: Whit Monday

PALAU

May 5: Senior Citizen’s Day

PANAMA

May 1: Labor Day

PARAGUAY

May 1: Labor Day

May 15: Independence Day

PERU

May 1: Labor Day

PHILIPPINES

May 1: Labor Day

POLAND

May 1: Labor Day

May 3: Constitution Day

PORTUGAL

May 1: Labor Day

ROMANIA

May 1: Labor Day

RUSSIA

May 1-2: Spring and Labor Day

May 9: Victory Day

RWANDA

May 1: Labor Day

ST. KITTS and NEVIS

May 1: May Day

May 25: Whit Monday

ST. LUCIA

May 1: Labor Day

ST. VINCENT and

THE GRENADINES

May 1: Labor Day

May 25: Whit Monday

SENEGAL

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 24: Whit Sunday

May 25: Whit Monday

SERBIA

May 1-2: Labor Day

May 9: Victory Day

SEYCHELLES

May 1: Labor Day

SINGAPORE

May 1: Labor Day

SLOVAKIA

May 1: Labor Day

May 8: Triumph Over Fascism Day

SLOVENIA

May 1-2: Labor Day

SOUTH AFRICA

May 1: Workers’ Day

SPAIN

May 1: Labor Day

SRI LANKA

May 1: May Day

SWEDEN

May 1: May Day

May 14: Ascension

May 24: Whit Sunday

SWITZERLAND

May 1: May Day

May 14: Ascension

May 24: Whit Sunday

May 25: Whit Monday

SYRIA

May 1: Labor Day

TAJIKISTAN

May 1: Labor Day

TANZANIA

May 1: Workers’ Day

THAILAND

May 5: Coronation Day

TOGO

May 1: Labor Day

May 14: Ascension

May 24: Pentecost

May 25: Pentecost Monday

TRINIDAD and TOBAGO

May 30: Indian Arrival Day

TUNISIA

May 1: Labor Day

TURKEY

May 19: Youth and Sports Day

TURKMENISTAN

May 9: Victory Day

May 18: Constitution Day

UKRAINE

May 1-2: Labor Day

May 9: Victory Day

UNITED KINGDOM

May 4: May Day

May 25: Spring Bank Holiday

URUGUAY

May 1: Labor Day

May 18: Battle of Las Piedras

UZBEKISTAN

May 1: Labor Day

May 9: Victory Day

VENEZUELA

May 1: Labor Day

VIETNAM

May 1: Labor Day

YEMEN

May 1: Labor Day

May 22: National Day

ZAMBIA

May 1: Labor Day

May 25: Africa Day

ZIMBABWE

May 1: Workers’ Day

May 25: Africa Day

Cari