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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Albania

The list of Albania bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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18 Jan 2007 (Southeast European Times) Albania to hold local elections on February 18th. These local elections are regarded as a test of political maturity in Albania, which aspires to eventual membership in the EU and NATO. • 13 Sep 2003 (AFP-Tirana) Albania's government has created a new annual national public holiday, on October 19, to mark the date of the upcoming beatification of Mother Teresa. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Albania public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Albania are governed by the law 7651 of December 21, 1992, and the labour code of 1995 (law 7961) as amended by law 7780 of December 22, 1993. • Weekend Public Holidays: The labour code of 1995 (art. 86-2) stipulated that public holidays that fell on a Sunday were moved to the following Monday. Then, law 7780 of December 22, 1993, further stipulated that public holidays falling on a Saturday or a Sunday should be observed on the following Monday. • Mother Theresa Day on October 19 does not refer to either her birthday or the day of her birth, but rather to the date when Mother Teresa, whose real name was Agnesa Gonxha Boiaxhiu, was beatified by Pope John Paul II, in 2003, only six years after her death. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of Albania (Albania central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Albania, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Albania that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Albania were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Albania, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Albania, before planning any trip to Albania. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.