May 2016 Holidays
April 29, 2016
By Kellie Lynch
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1-May
- Easter Sunday (Orthodox): Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia,Greece, Jordan, Lebanon, Moldova, Montenegro, Macedonia, Republic of, Romania, Serbia, Russia,Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
- Friday Holiday: Venezuela
- International Labour Day: Kosovo
- International Workers' Day: Eritrea
- Labor and Solidarity Day: Turkey
- Labor Day: Aruba, Cote d'Ivoire, Martinique, Slovakia, Suriname, Serbia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Central African Republic, Congo, Cabo Verde, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cambodia, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Reunion, Seychelles, Senegal, Sao Tome, Principe, Togo, Tunisia, Mayotte
- May Day: Andorra, Albania, Armenia, Argentina, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria,Bolivia, Brazil, Belarus, Congo Democratic Republic, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica,Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia,Egypt, Spain, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Gibraltar, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong,Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea,Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova,Montenegro, Macedonia, Republic of, Macau, Malta, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Norway,Panama, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Paraguay, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Singapore,Slovenia, San Marino, El Salvador, Thailand, Taiwan, Uruguay, Holy See (Vatican City), Venezuela,Vietnam, South Africa
- Majdoor Divas: Nepal
- Prayer Day: Faroe Islands
- Worker's Day: Lebanon, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
2-May
- Easter Monday (Orthodox): Albania, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Greece, Moldova,Montenegro, Macedonia, Republic of, Romania, Serbia, United Kingdom, United States
- May Day: Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Barbados, Bolivia, Dominican Republic,Ghana, Gibraltar, Equatorial Guinea, Hong Kong, Ireland, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Monaco, Montenegro,Nicaragua, Panama, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, South Africa
- Labour Day: China, Spain, Cambodia, Serbia, Ukraine, Kosovo
- Day of Madrid: Spain
- Liberation Day/Reunification Day: Vietnam
3-May
- Orthodox Easter Tuesday (banks only): Cyprus
- Constitution Memorial Day: Japan
- Constitution Day: Poland
- New Year Holiday Substitution: Russia
- Cross Day: El Salvador
- Labor Day: Holiday Ukraine
- Yom HaShoah: Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States
- Youth Day: China
- Al Isra' wal Miraj: Jordan
- Greenery Day: Japan
- Independence Restoration Day: Latvia
- Cassinga Day: Namibia
5-May
- Ascension Day: Andorra, Austria, Australia, Aruba, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Canada, Central African Republic, Congo, Switzerland, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Germany,Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, France, Greenland, Indonesia, Iceland, Lebanon, Liechtenstein,Lesotho, Luxembourg, Monaco, Madagascar, Martinique, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Reunion,Sweden, Senegal, Swaziland, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Mayotte
- Leilat al-Meiraj (The Prophet's Ascension): United Arab, Emirates, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Comoros, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Philippines,Pakistan, Somalia, United Kingdom, United States, Mayotte
- Freedom Day: Ethiopia
- Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Memorial Day: Israel
- Prophet's Ascension: Iran
- Children's Day: Japan
- Constitution Day of the Kyrgyz Republic: Kyrgyzstan
- Children's Day: South Korea
- Battle of Puebla: Mexico
- Liberation Day: Netherlands
- Coronation Day: Thailand
6-May
- St. George's Day: Bulgaria
- Ascension of the Prophet Muhammad: Indonesia
- Constitution Day (extra holiday): Kyrgyzstan
- Martyr's Day: Lebanon, Syria
- Coronation Day: Thailand
- Day of Gorans: Kosovo
7-May
- Defender of the Fatherland Day: Kazakhstan
- Soldiers' Day: El Salvador
8-May
- Mothers' Day: Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, The Bahamas, Colombia, Curaçao, Germany, Finland, Ghana,Honduras, Iceland, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Sri Lanka, Latvia, New Zealand, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, South Africa, Benin, Brazil, Botswana, Congo, Cuba, Cabo Verde, Gabon, Grenada, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Cambodia
- Day of the National Emblem and Flag of Belarus: Belarus
- Victory Day: Czech Republic, Martinique
- WWII Victory Day: France
- Birthday of Ravindranath: India
- Parents' Day: South Korea
- Day of Liberation: Norway
- Father's Day: Romania
- End of World War II: Slovakia
- End of the Second World War: Chad
- Truman Day: United States
- Friday Holiday: Venezuela
- Mother's Day: US Virgin Islands
- End of the Second World War: Mayotte
9-May
- Victory Day: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Serbia, Russia
- Ascension Day Colombia, Ukraine
- Defender of the Fatherland Day observed: Kazakhstan
- Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day: Thailand
- Liberation Day: United Kingdom
- Truman Day observed: United States
- Remembrance Day: Uzbekistan
- Europe Day: Kosovo
10-May
- Radonitsa: Belarus
- Mother's Day: El Salvador
- State Holiday: United States
12-May
- Yom HaAtzmaut: Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States
- St Andrew's Day: Georgia
- Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day): Israel
More dates to be released soon.