Category: Europe

The northern Spanish Autonomous Community of La Rioja, famed for its wine, has proposed the public holiday dates for 2021. Next year, Assumption Day falls on a Sunday and will be replaced by Easter Monday, creating a five-day Easter break. In total, citizens will enjoy 12 public holidays at a community level, with four long […]

The Governing Council has approved the decree that establishes twelve paid, non-recoverable and unworkable holidays for 2021 in the northern Spanish Autonomous Community. Referencing how the Easter holidays were affected in 2020 by the COVID-19 lockdown, the Minister of the Presidency and Institutional Relations of the Autonomous Executive, Mayte Pérez, said “We wish and cross […]

Right in the middle of 2020, the government of Extremadura have announced the proposed public holiday list for 2021. In the list, citizens of this Spanish autonomous region will enjoy 13 holidays across the region. Of these, two are lost to Saturdays. The Assumption of Mary falls on a Sunday, and the proposal is to […]

There will be a total 12 work-free days observed across this north-eastern Spanish region next year, with three of the days falling on a  weekend – Labour Day, National Day of Catalonia and Christmas Day both fall on a Saturday. In total, citizens can look forward to four long weekends in 2021. As Constitution Day […]

Although we are still in the first half of 2020, given the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s probably not a bad idea to look forward to the holidays for next year. The Galician Government have announced the working calendar for 2021. There will be a total of 11 work-free days observed across this north-western […]

The government of the Spanish Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia has agreed the calendar of holidays for the islands for 2021. There will be a total 12 work-free days observed across this south-eastern region, with two of the days falling on a  weekend – Labour Day and Christmas Day both fall on a […]

While Spain continues to move itself out of effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of the Balearic Islands is looking ahead and has agreed the calendar of holidays for the islands for 2021. This archipelago of islands in the Mediterranean Sea is an autonomous community and a province of Spain. The four largest islands are Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera. There […]

The Government of Navarra has published the working calendar for 2021. The Regional Community of Navarra lies in the northern part of Spain. As published by the Official Gazette of Navarra, there will be 14 work-free days, of which two will correspond to local festivities. One of these local holidays will be December 3rd, Navarra Day, […]