Public holidays are observed in the Republic of North Macedonia for a number of reasons, including religious and national significance. They are generally accompanied by celebrations.[1] The holidays are regulated by the 1998 Law on Holidays.[2] If a national holiday happens to be observed on a Sunday, the next (working) day (Monday) will be non-working.
National holidays
Girl from Kumanovo is decorating a Christmas tree.
Besides these, there are several major religious & ethnic communities' holidays:
^According to the Law on Holidays, issued in "Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia", number 21/98 and 18/07, 2007, see here, retrieved on 17 November 2008. (in Macedonian)
^ a b c d e fŠari, Ljiljana; Gammelgaard, Karen; Rå Hauge, Kjetil, eds. (2012). Transforming National Holidays: Identity Discourse in the West and South Slavic Countries, 1985-2010. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 9789027206381.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l"Holiday Calendar | U.S. Embassy in North Macedonia". U.S. Embassy in North Macedonia. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
^ a bVictor Roudometof (2002). Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question. Praeger. p. 11. ISBN 9780275976484.
^"5 мај – Ден на македонскиот јазик". Филолошки факултет "Блаже Конески" – Скопје (in Macedonian). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^"Од 130-тата седница на Владата на РСМ: 5 Мај прогласен за Ден на македонскиот јазик". Влада на Република Северна Македонија (in Macedonian). 16 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2023.