Holidays
U.S. Embassy Pristina Holidays
The U.S. Embassy Pristina will be closed for the following holidays during the year 2008.
Date | Holiday Name | Type |
January 1
| New Year's Day | American/Local |
January 7
| Christmas (Orthodox) | Local |
January 21 | Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. | American |
February 18 | President's Day | American |
April 28 | Easter Monday (Orthodox) | Local |
May 01 | Labor Day | Local |
May 26 | Memorial Day | American |
July 4 | Independence Day | American |
August 28 | Assumption Day (Orthodox) | Local |
September 1
| Labor Day | American |
September 2 | Beginning of Ramadan | Local |
September 30 | Eid-Al-Fitr | Local |
October 13 | Columbus Day | American |
November 11
| Veterans Day | American |
November 27 | Thanksgiving Day | American |
December 9 | Eid-Al-Addha | Local |
December 25
| Christmas Day | American/Local |
U.S. Embassy Skopje Holidays
The U.S. Embassy Skopje will be closed for the following holidays during the year 2008.
Date | Holiday Name | Type |
January 1
| New Year's Day | American/Local |
January 7
| Christmas (Orthodox) | Local |
January 21 | Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. | American |
February 18 | President's Day | American |
April 28 | Orthodox Easter | Local |
May 01 | Labor Day | Local |
| May 24 | Saint Cyril and Methodius Day | Local |
May 26 | Memorial Day | American |
July 4 | Independence Day | American |
August 2 | Ilinden Uprising Day | Local |
September 1 | Labor Day | American |
September 8
| Macedonian Independence Day | Local |
October 2 | Ramazan Bajram | Local |
| October 11 | People's Uprising Against Fascism | Local |
October 13 | Columbus Day | American |
| October 23 | Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle Day | Local |
November 11
| Veterans Day | American |
November 27 | Thanksgiving Day | American |
December 8 | St. Clement of Ohrid Day* | Local |
December 25
| Christmas Day | American/Local |
* When a Macedonian holiday falls on a weekend day, the Government of Macedonia usually issues a proclamation a few days before the holiday informing the public that a different day will be the “observed” holiday.