There are two kinds of holiday

Holiday

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Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

- national holidays and work-free days. National holidays are those celebrated by the state. These include official functions and flying the national flag. The latter are actually Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 religious holidays (Christmas, Easter, and the Assumption), which are equivalent to any Sunday; companies and schools are closed, but there is no official celebration.

State holidays that are work-free are shown in green, while work-free days that are not state holidays (coinciding with Catholic religious holidays) are shown in teal. Not work-free holidays are shown in white. Altogether, there are 15 work-free days in Slovenia. Since two of them always fall on Sunday, there are effectively 13 days of public holidays in Slovenia.

Date	English Name	Slovenian Name	Remarks
1 January	New Year New Year The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner....	novo leto	State holiday, work-free.
2 January	New Year New Year The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner....	novo leto	State holiday, work-free.
8 February	Prešeren Day Prešeren Day The Prešeren Day, the full name being Prešeren Day, the Slovenian Cultural Holiday , is a public holiday celebrated in Slovenia on 8 February. It is marking the anniversary of the death of the Slovene national poet France Prešeren on February 8, 1849... , the Slovenian Cultural Holiday	Prešernov dan, slovenski kulturni praznik	State holiday, work-free. Anniversary of the death of Slovenian poet France Prešeren France Prešeren France Prešeren was a Slovene Romantic poet. He is considered the Slovene national poet. Although he was not a particularly prolific author, he inspired virtually all Slovene literature thereafter.... , established as the national cultural day in 1944, work-free since 1991.
-	Easter Easter Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...  Sunday	velika noč	Work-free day, date varies.
-	Easter Monday	velikonočni ponedeljek	Work-free day, date varies.
27 April	Day of Uprising Against Occupation	dan upora proti okupatorju	State holiday, work-free. Formerly Liberation Front Liberation Front of the Slovenian People On 26 April 1941 in Ljubljana the Anti-Imperialist Front was established. It was to promote "an international massive movement" to "liberate the Slovenian nation" whose "hope and example was the Soviet Union"...  Day (dan Osvobodilne fronte), marks the establishment in 1941 of the Liberation Front to fight the German, Italian, and Hungarian occupation of Slovenia.
1 May	May Day Holiday Labour Day Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for...	praznik dela	State holiday, work-free.
2 May	May Day Holiday Labour Day Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for...	praznik dela	State holiday, work-free.
-	Whit Sunday Pentecost Pentecost is a prominent feast in the calendar of Ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, and also later in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection of Jesus...	binkoštna nedelja	Work-free day, date varies.
8 June	Primož Trubar Primož Trubar Primož Trubar or Primož Truber was a Slovene Protestant reformer, the founder and the first superintendent of the Protestant Church of the Slovene Lands, a consolidator of the Slovene language and the author of the first Slovene-language printed book...  Day	dan Primoža Trubarja	State holiday, not work-free. Established in 2010.
25 June	Statehood Day Statehood Day (Slovenia) Statehood Day is a holiday that occurs on every 25 June in Slovenia to commemorate the country's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Although the official declaration of independence did not come until 26 June 1991, Statehood Day is considered to be June 25 since that was the...	dan državnosti	State holiday, work-free. Commemorates the act of independence in 1991.
15 August	Assumption Day	Marijino vnebovzetje (veliki šmaren)	Work-free day.
17 August	Day of Slovenes in Prekmurje Incorporated into the Mother Nation	dan združitve prekmurskih Slovencev z matičnim narodom po prvi svetovni vojni	State holiday, not work-free.
15 September	Day of Restoration of the Primorska Region to the Motherland	dan vrnitve Primorske k matični domovini	State holiday, not work-free.
31 October	Reformation Day Reformation Day Reformation Day is a religious holiday celebrated on October 31 in remembrance of the Reformation, particularly by Lutheran and some Reformed church communities...	dan reformacije	Work-free day.
1 November	All Saints Day All Saints All Saints' Day , often shortened to All Saints, is a solemnity celebrated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown...	dan spomina na mrtve	State holiday, work-free. Formerly called dan mrtvih ('day of the dead').
23 November	Rudolf Maister Rudolf Maister Rudolf Maister was a Slovene military officer, poet and political activist. The soldiers who fought under Maister's command in northern Slovenia became known as "Maister's fighters"...  Day	dan Rudolfa Maistra	State holiday, not work-free.
25 December	Christmas Christmas Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...	božič	Work-free day.
26 December	Independence and Unity Day Independence and Unity Day Independence and Unity Day is a Slovenian national holiday that occurs on every 26 December to commemorate the official proclamation of the Slovenian independence referendum on 26 December 1990. The referendum took part on 23 December. In it, 95% of the voters favoured the establishment of...	dan samostojnosti in enotnosti	State holiday, work free. Commemorates the proclamation of the independence plebiscite results in 1990.

In addition to these, several other holidays are traditionally and popularly celebrated by the people of Slovenia, although not being work-free. The best known are:

• Carnival
  Carnival
  Carnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...
  
   (pust, date varies),
• International Women's Day
  International Women's Day
  International Women's Day , originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and...
  
  , 8 March
• St. George's Day (jurjevanje, the welcoming of spring; 23 April),
• St. Martin's day (martinovanje, changing of must
  Must
  Must is freshly pressed fruit juice that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. The solid portion of the must is called pomace; it typically makes up 7%–23% of the total weight of the must. Making must is the first step in winemaking...
  
   into wine; 11 November) and
• Saint Nicholas Day (miklavž, when children receive presents; 6 December).

External links

• Holidays. Government of the Republic of Slovenia. Accessed on 7 February 2011. A list of the acts about public holidays and days off in the Republic of Slovenia. Provides links and detailed information about all the acts. Accessed on 7 February 2011.