The Washington Diplomat

APRIL 2003 WORLD HOLIDAYS

ALBANIA
April 20: Easter

ANDORRA
April 21: Monday After Easter Sunday

ANGOLA
April 4: Peace and National Reconciliation Day
April 18: Good Friday

ANTIGUA and BARBUDA
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

ARGENTINA
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter

ARMENIA
April 24: Armenian Genocide Memorial Day

AUSTRALIA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday
April 25: Anzac Day

AUSTRIA
April 21: Easter Monday

BAHAMAS
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

BARBADOS
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday
April 28: National Heroes Day

BELARUS
April 2: Unification Day of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia

BELGIUM
April 21: Easter Monday

BELIZE
April 18: Good Friday
April 19: Holy Saturday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

BENIN
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

BOLIVIA
April 18: Good Friday

BRAZIL
April 18: Good Friday

BULGARIA
April 27: Easter
April 28: Easter Monday

BURKINA FASO
April 20: Easter

BURMA
April 15-17: Water Festival Days

CAMBODIA
April 13-15: Cambodian New Year

CANADA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

CAPE VERDE
April 18: Good Friday

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
April 21: Easter Monday

CHAD
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

CHILE
April 18: Good Friday
April 19: Holy Saturday
April 20: Easter

COLOMBIA
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter

COSTA RICA
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday

CÔTE D’IVOIRE
April 21: Easter Monday

CROATIA
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

CYPRUS
April 25: Good Friday
April 28: Easter Monday

CZECH REPUBLIC
April 21: Easter Monday

DENMARK
April 16: National Day
April 17: Maundy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

DOMINICA
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
April 18: Good Friday

ECUADOR
April 18: Saint Friday

EGYPT
April 25: Sinai Liberation Day

EL SALVADOR
April 16: Holy Wednesday
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday
April 19: Holy Saturday
April 20: Easter

EQUATORIAL GUINEA
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter

ESTONIA
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter Sunday

ETHIOPIA
April 25: Good Friday
April 27: Easter

FIJI
April 18: Good Friday
April 19: Easter Saturday
April 21: Easter Monday

FINLAND
April 18: Good Friday
April 20-21: Easter
April 30: May Day Eve

FRANCE
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

GABON
April 21: Easter Monday

GAMBIA
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

GEORGIA
April 27: Easter

GERMANY
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

GHANA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

GREECE
April 25: Good Friday
April 27: Easter
April 28: Easter Monday
April 29: Easter Tuesday

GRENADA
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

GUATEMALA
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday

GUYANA
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

HAITI
April 14: Americas’ Day
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter

HONDURAS
April 14: Pan-American Day
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter

HUNGARY
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

ICELAND
April 17: Maundy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter Sunday
April 21: Easter Monday
April 24: First Day of Summer

INDIA
April 15: Mahavir Jayanti
April 18: Good Friday

INDONESIA
April 18: Good Friday

IRELAND
April 21: Easter Monday

ISRAEL
April 17: Passover

ITALY
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday
April 25: Liberation Day

JAMAICA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

JAPAN
April 29: Greenery Day (Midori No Hi)

KENYA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

KOREA
April 5: Arbor Day

LAOS
April 13-15: Boun Pimai (Laotian New Year)

LATVIA
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

LEBANON
April 18: Good Friday (Western Rites)
April 20: Easter (Western Rites)
April 21: Easter Monday (Western Rites)
April 25: Good Friday (Eastern Rites)
April 27: Easter (Eastern Rites)
April 28: Easter Monday (Eastern Rites)

LESOTHO
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

LIBERIA
April 11: Fast and Prayer Day
April 18: Good Friday

LIECHTENSTEIN
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

LITHUANIA
April 20: Easter
April 21: Second Day of Easter

LUXEMBOURG
April 21: Easter Monday

MADAGASCAR
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

MALAWI
April 1: Easter Monday

MALTA
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter Sunday

MOLDOVA
April 27: Easter
April 28: Easter Monday

MOZAMBIQUE
April 7: Mozambican Women’s Day

NAMIBIA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

NEPAL
April 14: Nepalese New Year

NETHERLANDS
April 21: Easter Monday
April 30: Queen’s Day

NEW ZEALAND
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday
April 25: ANZAC Day

NICARAGUA
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday

NIGER
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

NIGERIA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

NORWAY
April 13: Palm Sunday
April 17: Maundy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter Sunday
April 21: Easter Monday

PANAMA
April 18: Good Friday

PAPUA NEW GUINEA
April 18: Good Friday
April 19: Easter Saturday
April 20: Easter Sunday
April 21: Easter Monday

PARAGUAY
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday

PERU
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday

PHILIPPINES
April 9: Araw Ng Kagitingan April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday

POLAND
April 21: Easter Monday

PORTUGAL
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 25: Liberty Day

ST. KITTS and NEVIS
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

ST. LUCIA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

ST. VINCENT and THE GRENADINES
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

SENEGAL
April 4: Independence Day
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

SEYCHELLES
April 18: Good Friday
April 19: Easter Saturday

SIERRA LEONE
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday
April 27: Independence Day

SINGAPORE
April 18: Good Friday

SLOVAKIA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

SLOVENIA
April 20: Easter Sunday
April 21: Easter Monday
April 27: Day of Uprising Against Occupation

SOLOMON ISLANDS
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday

SOUTH AFRICA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Family Day (Monday After Easter)
April 27: Freedom Day

SPAIN
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter

SWAZILAND
April 19: King’s Birthday
April 25: National Flag Day

SWEDEN
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter Sunday
April 21: Easter Monday

SWITZERLAND
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter Sunday
April 21: Easter Monday

SYRIA
April 17: Independence Day

TAIWAN
April 5: Chi’ing Ming

TANZANIA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday
April 26: Union Day

THAILAND
April 7: Substituted for Chakri Memorial Day
April 14: Songkran Festival Day

TOGO
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday
April 27: Independence Day

TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

TUNISIA
April 9: Martyrs Day

TURKEY
April 23: Children’s Day

TURKMENISTAN
April 6: Drop of Water Is Grain of Gold Day
April 27: Turkmen Racing Horse Day

UGANDA
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

UKRAINE
April 20: Easter

UNITED KINGDOM
April 18: Good Friday
April 21: Easter Monday

URUGUAY
April 14-19: Holy Week

VENEZUELA
April 13: Palm Sunday
April 17: Holy Thursday
April 18: Good Friday
April 20: Easter
April 19: Declaration of Independence

ZAMBIA
April 18: Good Friday
April 19: Holy Saturday
April 21: Easter Monday

ZIMBABWE
April 18: Good Friday
April 18: Independence Day
April 20: Easter
April 21: Easter Monday