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A public holiday that occurs on a Sunday is not transferred to another date, with the exception of 1 May, which is regarded by the locals more as a general strike than a public holiday. In addition to the national holidays, some public holidays that are not celebrated nationwide, but only by a specific professional group or a local community.
31 January – 2025 Greek presidential election (second round) [1] 18–29 June – EuroBasket Women 2025 in Czech Republic, Germany, Greece and Italy [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Holidays
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece said on Wednesday it will offer a week-long free stay on Rhodes in 2024 to tourists whose vacation was cut short by wildfires that burned for days on the island in July ...
During the war, 28 October was commemorated yearly in Greece and Cyprus, as well as by Greek communities around the world. After World War II, it became a public holiday in Greece and Cyprus. The events of 1940 are commemorated every year with military and student parades and on every anniversary, most public buildings and residences are ...
Americans' cruise vacations to see slower growth in 2025, industry group forecasts Passenger volume this year is projected to grow 4.5% from 2024, when 18.2 million Americans went on ocean cruises ...
With hundreds of beach-strewn islands to explore, a fascinating capital and vestiges of its ancient history to discover at every turn, it’s no wonder Greece is such a popular tourist hotspot.
Clean Monday is a public holiday in Greece and Cyprus, where it is celebrated with outdoor excursions, the consumption of shellfish and other fasting food, [b] a special kind of azyme bread, baked only on that day, named "lagana" (Greek: λαγάνα) and the widespread custom of flying kites, [2] as it symbolises "trying to reach the Divine". [7]