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<h2 id="official-public-holidays">Official public holidays</h2> Official Holidays<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>English name</th><th><a href="/facts/Albanian_language/6CyC8GPJ">Albanian</a> name</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td>1–2 January</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Year%2527s_Day/6XQyYPCn">New Year's Day</a></td><td><i>Viti i Ri</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14 March</td><td><a href="/facts/Dita_e_Ver%25C3%25ABs/sypMTTNh">Summer Day</a></td><td><i>Dita e Verës</i></td><td>ratified by the <a href="/facts/Albanian_Parliament/5U1oVEeS">Albanian Parliament</a> in 2004</td></tr><tr><td>22 March</td><td><a href="/facts/Nevruz_in_Albania/tMQL1hFL">Nowruz</a></td><td><i>Dita e Nevruzit</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Bektashi_Order/eR1neGA7">Bektashi Order</a> <a href="/facts/Nevruz_in_Albania/tMQL1hFL">Nevruz in Albania</a></td></tr><tr><td>31 March</td><td><a href="/facts/Easter/LYPGCQge">Catholic Easter</a></td><td><i>Pashkët Katolike</i></td><td>date varies, fell on a weekend in 2024</td></tr><tr><td>1 <a href="/facts/Shawwal/jQUfcffS">Shawwal</a> (10 April)</td><td><a href="/facts/Eid_al-Fitr/C1brNDJX">Eid al-Fitr</a></td><td><i>Bajrami i Madh (Fitër Bajrami)</i></td><td>date varies</td></tr><tr><td>1 May</td><td><a href="/facts/International_Labor_Day/KLHQ4Qvu">International Labor Day</a></td><td><i>Dita Ndërkombëtare e Punës</i></td><td>Worker's Day</td></tr><tr><td>5 May</td><td><a href="/facts/Easter/LYPGCQge">Orthodox Easter</a></td><td><i>Pashkët Ortodokse</i></td><td>date varies, trailing <a href="/facts/Easter/LYPGCQge">Catholic Easter</a> by 0 to 5 weeks.</td></tr><tr><td>10 <a href="/facts/Dhu_al-Hijja/fXfMFUeQ">Dhu al-Hijja</a> (16 June)</td><td><a href="/facts/Eid_al-Adha/lxHKhuDt">Eid al-Adha</a></td><td><i>Bajrami i Vogël (Kurban Bajrami)</i></td><td>date varies</td></tr><tr><td>5 September</td><td><a href="/facts/Mother_Teresa_Day/PQ5rjkhs">Mother Teresa Day</a></td><td><i>Dita e Nënë Terezës</i></td><td>ratified by Albanian Parliament as an official and national holiday</td></tr><tr><td>22 November</td><td><a href="/facts/Congress_of_Manastir/z1AVAL8Y">Alphabet Day</a></td><td><i>Dita e Alfabetit</i></td><td>celebrates the <a href="/facts/Congress_of_Manastir/z1AVAL8Y">Congress of Manastir</a>, which unified the country's alphabets</td></tr><tr><td>28 November</td><td><a href="/facts/Independence_Day_(Albania)/7nrz3uQm">Independence Day</a></td><td><i>Dita e Pavarësisë</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Albanian_Declaration_of_Independence/nrAvytXn">Albanian Declaration of Independence</a></td></tr><tr><td>29 November</td><td><a href="/facts/Liberation_Day_(Albania)/pfjWMHED">Liberation Day</a></td><td><i>Dita e Çlirimit</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8 December</td><td><a href="/facts/National_Youth_Day/VEs9cbn5">National Youth Day</a></td><td><i>Dita Kombëtare e Rinisë</i></td><td>ratified by the Albanian Parliament in 2010, fell on a weekend in 2024</td></tr><tr><td>25 December</td><td><a href="/facts/Christmas_Day/EsuI0Gds">Christmas Day</a></td><td><i>Krishtlindjet</i></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="unofficial-holidays">Unofficial holidays</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>English name</th><th><a href="/facts/Albanian_language/6CyC8GPJ">Albanian</a> name</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td>6 January</td><td><a href="/facts/Epiphany_(holiday)/j4pUmR6j">Epiphany</a></td><td><i>Uji i Bekuar (Epifani)</i></td><td>not official – working day</td></tr><tr><td>2 March</td><td><a href="/facts/League_of_Lezh%25C3%25AB/Ja2QzrTX">League of Lezhë</a></td><td><i>Lidhja e Lezhës</i></td><td>not official – working day</td></tr><tr><td>7 March</td><td><a href="/facts/Teacher%2527s_Day/lqGcBv87">Teacher's Day</a></td><td><i>Dita e Mësuesit</i></td><td>not official – working day</td></tr><tr><td>8 March</td><td><a href="/facts/International_Women%2527s_Day/AGE0QUxf">Women's Day</a></td><td><i>Dita e Gruas</i></td><td>not official – working day</td></tr><tr><td>1 June</td><td><a href="/facts/Children%2527s_Day/PmzzJ87G">Children's Day</a></td><td><i>Dita Ndërkombëtare e Fëmijëve</i></td><td>not official – working day<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>15 August</td><td><a href="/facts/Assumption_of_Mary/4mfyc0NP">Assumption of Mary</a></td><td><i>Dita Shën Marisë or Pashka e Vogël</i></td><td>not official – working day</td></tr><tr><td>28 November</td><td><a href="/facts/Kosovo_Liberation_Army/MUr6ql0l">The emergence of the KLA</a></td><td><i>Dalja në skenë e UÇK-s</i></td><td>not official – working day</td></tr><tr><td>28 November</td><td><a href="/facts/Constitution_of_Albania/A8p2aDvI">Constitution Day</a></td><td><i>Dita e Kushtetutës</i></td><td>not official – working day</td></tr><tr><td>6 December</td><td><a href="/facts/Saint_Nicholas_Day/u01jdbux">Saint Nicholas Day</a></td><td><i>Dita e Shën Kollit</i></td><td>not official – working day</td></tr><tr><td>24 December</td><td><a href="/facts/Christmas_Eve/UVM8KoES">Christmas Eve</a></td><td><i>Krishtlindjet</i></td><td>Christmas Eve, optional bank holiday</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Kalendari i festave zyrtare për vitin 2024". www.bankofalbania.org (in Albanian). Banka e Shqipërisë. <a href="https://www.bankofalbania.org/Shtypi/Kalendari_i_festave_zyrtare_2024/" target="_blank">https://www.bankofalbania.org/Shtypi/Kalendari_i_festave_zyrtare_2024/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Per festat zyrtare dhe ditet perkujtimore <a href="http://www.kqk.gov.al/sites/default/files/publikime/ligj_7651_-_per_festat_zyrtare_e_ditet_perkujtimore.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.kqk.gov.al/sites/default/files/publikime/ligj_7651_-_per_festat_zyrtare_e_ditet_perkujtimore.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Kalendari i festave zyrtare për vitin 2024". www.bankofalbania.org (in Albanian). Banka e Shqipërisë. <a href="https://www.bankofalbania.org/Shtypi/Kalendari_i_festave_zyrtare_2024/" target="_blank">https://www.bankofalbania.org/Shtypi/Kalendari_i_festave_zyrtare_2024/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>official website of Tirana <a href="http://www.tirana.gov.al/?cid=1,31,1427" target="_blank">http://www.tirana.gov.al/?cid=1,31,1427</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>