By the end of the year, Romanians will have 4 more legal holidays out of 15 official holidays in 2023. There will even be two extended weekends, December 1st and Christmas Day. There will be 17 public holidays in 2024, but only 10 of them will fall on a weekday.

What weekends are left in 2023:

• November 30 (St. Andrew) – Thursday;
• December 1 (National Day of Romania) – Friday;
• December 25 and 26 (first and second day of Christmas) – Monday and Tuesday.

2024 – What are the weekends and how do they fall – list:

• January 1 – New Year (months)
• 2 January – The day after the New Year (Tuesday)

• January 6 – Epiphany (Saturday)
• January 7 – Saint John (Sunday)

• January 24 – Day of the Romanian Principalities (Little Union) (Wednesday)

• May 1 – Labor Day (Wednesday)
• May 3 – Good Friday (Friday)
• May 5 – Orthodox Easter (Sunday)
• May 6 – Second day of Orthodox Easter (months)

• June 1 – Children’s Protection Day (Saturday)

• June 23 – Pentecost (Sunday)
• June 24 – Second day of Pentecost (months)

• August 15 – Dormition of the Virgin (Holy Virgin Mary) (Thursday)

• November 30 – Andriy (Saturday)
• December 1 – Great Council Day (Sunday)

• December 25th – Christmas (Wednesday)
• December 26 – The day after Christmas (Thursday)

Legal holidays apply to all Romanians, but for public sector workers, the government will be able to decide whether to grant additional days off to bridge the gap between public holidays and holidays.

For example, during May 1 – Orthodox Easterthe government may grant a day off on May 2 (Thursday) to make a 6-day mini-holiday, which also includes May 1 and religious holidays.

Similarly, the Government could make a decision on August 16 (Friday) to provide a “bridge” between Assumption (August 15 – Thursday) and the weekend.

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