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 ...

In Vatican City, All Saints’ Day is an annual observance dedicated to remembering, honouring, and being inspired by the lives of past saints who now stand in glory. On this day, a special address will ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Easter week begins on Palm Sunday, which is when the Pope holds a special mass in Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Even though this is ...

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, ...

Saint Clement of Ohrid Day is celebrated on 8 December in North Macedonia. This is a religious and public holiday held in remembrance of North Macedonia’s Eastern Orthodox patron saint. In 2026, Saint ...

In Slovakia, Constitution Day is a public holiday that is celebrated every 1 September to commemorate the Slovak constitution’s adoption on that day in 1992 in Bratislavia. The constitution was signed ...

Slovakia celebrates Republic Day every 1 January to commemorate the date in 1993 when Slovakia became an independent nation. Known by several names in Slovakia, Republic Day is also referred to as ...

On 5 June, Faroe Islands observes Constitution Day. This is the day in 1849 when the first constitution of Denmark was enacted, making it a limited, Constitutional monarchy instead of an absolute ...

In Iceland, commerce is understandably a crucial national activity, given the island’s isolation from the rest of the world. And Icelanders make the value they place on commerce known by celebrating ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Victory Day is celebrated in Russia and in a number of other former Soviet Republics, but each country keeps the holiday in its own unique ...

Greenland’s National Day on 21 June is one of the most festive dates on the calendar. National day was first celebrated in Greenland in 1983 and is a day to express cultural and national unity as ...

Liberation Day in Albania is commemorated on November 29, the day that Albania was liberated from Nazi Germany in 1944. The holiday celebrates the Albanian resistance during World War II during the ...