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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Lithuania

The list of Lithuania 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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15 Dec 2008 (The Baltic Course-Vilnius) The government of Lithuania has announced that as part of its plans to fend off the current economic crisis, it was planning to abolish the system of declaring an additional, day in lieu, public holiday on the Monday following any public holiday occurring on a weekend. • 20 Dec 2005 (International Journal of Baltic Law) According to articles 161 and 162 of the Lithuanian Labour code, as amended on December 20, 2005, beginning with 2006, all holidays in Lithuania falling on a Saturday or Sunday are moved to the next Monday. • 17 Oct 2005 (Baltic Business News) The government of Lithuania has decided to create a 3-day All Saints' public holiday by moving the non-working day of Saturday, October 29, 2005, to Monday, October 31, 2008, so that Lithuanians will be off from Sunday, October 30, to Monday, November 1, 2008, inclusively. • 26 Apr 2001 (Lithuanian News Agency, ELTA) The Parliament of Lithuania, by a vote of 63 to 24 with 10 abstentions, approved a proposal by the Social Democrats to make May 1st (International Labor Day) a public holiday, once again. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Lithuania 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 Lithuania are regulated by Articles 161 and 162 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Lithuania (the Official Gazette, No.149-5422, 2005), as amended on December 20, 2005, and by punctual yearly resolutions such as the December 29, 2006, resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania “Regarding the movement of holidays in 2007" (which has been renewed annually, so far). • Weekend Public Holidays: Beginning in 2006, all holidays in Lithuania falling on a Saturday or Sunday are moved to the next Monday, even those which are always celebrated on Sunday. • Jonines (June 24): was made a public holiday in Lithuania, starting in 2004, through the Act No. IX-1656 of 26 June 2003 to amend and supplement Article 162 of the Labour Code. • Lithuania started to officially declare Bridge Holidays in 2006. To make up for these extra public holidays, there are designated specific Working Saturdays. • 2006 Working Saturdays: February 11, July1, August 9. • 2007 Working Saturdays: May 5, November 10, December 22, 29. • Independence Days: The 3 Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) share a lot of common history, particularly in terms of gaining (1918), then losing (1939-1940), then regaining (1990-1991), their independence. We have therefore opted to use "Independence Day" for the public holidays that commemorate the gaining of independence in 1918, and "Independence Restoration Day" for the public holidays that commemorates the re-gaining of independence in 1990-1991. Other sources sometimes refer to the 1918 commemorative date as "Statehood". • May Day/Labour Day: has had a tumultuous history since Lithuania regained its independence from the Soviet Union. In 1990, Lithuania removed May 1st from the its list of public holidays, but it was restored as a public holiday in 1996 by the Lithuanian Democratic Labor Party, and again removed by the Conservatives in 1997, to be finally (?) re-instated in 2002. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of Lithuania (Lithuania 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).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Lithuania, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Lithuania, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Lithuania. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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 Lithuania, 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 Lithuania, before planning any trip to Lithuania. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.