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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 |