Public holidays in Albania

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description There are 15 official public holidays observed in Albania. If a non-working public holiday falls on the weekend, then the first working day afterwards is a non-working day.<ref name="BOA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Per festat zyrtare dhe ditet perkujtimore</ref>

Official public holidays

Official Holidays<ref name="BOA"></ref>
Date	English name	Albanian name	Remarks
1-2 January	New Year's Day	lang}}
14 March	Summer Day	lang}}	ratified by the Albanian Parliament in 2004
22 March	Nevruz Day	lang}}	Bektashi Order Nevruz in Albania
31 March	Catholic Easter	lang}}	date varies
1 Shawwal (10 April)	Eid al-Fitr	lang}}	date varies
1 May	International Labor Day	lang}}	Workers' Day
5 May	Orthodox Easter	lang}}	date varies, trailing Catholic Easter by 0 to 5 weeks.
10 Dhu al-Hijja (16 June)	Eid al-Adha	lang}}	date varies
5 September	Mother Teresa Day	lang}}	ratified by Albanian Parliament as an official and national holiday
22 November	Alphabet Day	lang}}	celebrates the Congress of Manastir, which unified the country's alphabets
28 November	Independence Day	lang}}	Albanian Declaration of Independence
29 November	Liberation Day	lang}}	commemorates the day Albania was liberated from German occupation during World War Two.
8 December	National Youth Day	lang}}	ratified by the Albanian Parliament in 2010
25 December	Christmas Day	lang}}

Date	English name	Albanian name	Remarks
2 March	League of Lezhë	lang}}	not official – working day
7 March	Teacher's Day	lang}}	not official – working day
8 March	International Women's Day	lang}}	not official – working day
5 May	Martyrs' Day	lang}}	not official – working day. Commemorates people who died fighting for Albania during the Second World War.
1 June	International Children's Day	lang}}	not official – working day<ref>official website of Tirana</ref>
28 November	Constitution Day	lang}}	not official – working day
24 December	Christmas Eve	lang}}	Christmas Eve, optional bank holiday
31 December	New Year's Eve	lang}}	New Year's Eve, optional bank holiday