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	<nowiki>*</nowiki> In 2020 there was a change in holidays: June 25 (was Statehood Day until 2019, became Independence Day in 2020) and October 8 (was Independence Day until 2019, became Day of the Croatian Parliament in 2020) changed names and were demoted from public holidays to memorial days (working). May 30 (was Day of the Croatian Parliament until 2019, became Statehood Day in 2020) was promoted from a memorial day to a public holiday, and November 18 (Remembrance Day) was added as a new public holiday.		<nowiki>*</nowiki> In 2020 there was a change in holidays: June 25 (was Statehood Day until 2019, became Independence Day in 2020) and October 8 (was Independence Day until 2019, became Day of the Croatian Parliament in 2020) changed names and were demoted from public holidays to memorial days (working). May 30 (was Day of the Croatian Parliament until 2019, became Statehood Day in 2020) was promoted from a memorial day to a public holiday, and November 18 (Remembrance Day) was added as a new public holiday.

	Note: Citizens of the Republic of Croatia who celebrate different religious holidays have the right not to work on those dates. Christians who celebrate Christmas, Easter and Easter Monday per the ], Muslims on the days of ] and ], and Jews on the days of ] and ].
	{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+
	! colspan="4" \|Memorial Days (working)
	\|-
	!Date
	!English name
	!Croatian Name
	!remark
	\|-
	\|January 9
	\|Day of Unification of Medimurje with its Parent Body Croatia
	\|Dan sjedinjenja Medimurja s maticom zemljom Hrvatskom
	\|
	\|-
	\|January 15
	\|Day of international recognition of the Republic of Croatia and
	Day of peacuful reintegration of the Croatian Danube Region
	\|Dan međunarodnoga priznanja Republike Hrvatske i
	Dan mirne reintegracije hrvatskog Podunavlja
	\|
	\|-
	\|March 15
	\|Day of founding of the People's Protection
	\|Dan osnivanja Narodne zaštite
	\|
	\|-
	\|April 30
	\|Day of the Death of ] and ]
	\|Dan pogibije Zrinskog i Frankopana
	\|
	\|-
	\|May 9
	\|] and
	]
	\|Dan Europe i Dan pobjede nad fašizmom
	\|
	\|-
	\|moveable
	\|Day of Remembrance of Croatian Victims in the Fight for Freedom and Independence
	\|Dan spomena na hrvatske žrtve u borbi za slobodu i nezavisnost
	\|Saturday/Sunday nearest to May 15
	\|-
	\|June 25
	\|]
	\|Dan neovisnosti
	\|was a Holiday until 2020
	\|-
	\|August 23
	\|]
	\|Europski dan sjećanja na žrtve totalitarnih i autoritarnih režima
	– nacizma, fašizma i komunizma
	\|
	\|-
	\|August 30
	\|Day of Remembrance of Missing Persons in the ]
	\|Dan sjećanja na nestale osobe u Domovinskom ratu
	\|
	\|-
	\|September 25
	\|Day of the Deciscion about the Unification of Istria, Rijeka,
	Zadar and the Islands with the Parent Body Croatia
	\|Dan donošenja Odluke o sjedinjenju Istre, Rijeke,
	Zadra i otoka s maticom zemljom Hrvatskom
	\|
	\|-
	\|October 8
	\|Day of the ]
	\|Dan Hrvatskoga sabora
	\|was a Holiday until 2020
	\|}

	==Unofficial holidays==
	*Popular carnival celebrations are held in most cities and towns in the country on ] (''Pokladni utorak''), when customarily businesses in ] and ] cease work for the day earlier than usual, but the day is not officially designated a public holiday.
	*Some cities also celebrate ''de facto'' public holidays on their patron saints' feast days. For example, in ], the day of ] (''Sveti Duje'') is celebrated on May 7, while ] marks the day of ] (''Sveti Vlaho'') on February 3; business usually cease work earlier than usual on these days.
	*Even though Christmas Eve (December 24), New Year's Eve (December 31), and Good Friday are not public holidays, businesses customarily close earlier (as early as 12pm).

	==References==		==References==

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Public holidays in Croatia are regulated by the Holidays, Memorial Days and Non-Working Days Act (Template:Lang-hr).

Public Holidays (non-working)
Date	English name	Croatian name
January 1	New Year's Day	Nova godina
January 6	Epiphany	Sveta tri kralja
moveable	Easter Sunday	Uskrs
moveable	Easter Monday	Uskrsni ponedjeljak
May 1	Labour Day	Praznik rada
May 30	National Day	Dan državnosti
moveable	Corpus Christi	Tijelovo
June 22	Anti-Fascist Struggle Day	Dan antifašističke borbe
August 5	Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day	Dan pobjede i domovinske zahvalnosti
August 15	Assumption of Mary	Velika Gospa
November 1	All Saints' Day	Dan svih svetih
November 18	Remembrance Day	Dan sjećanja na žrtve Domovinskog rata
December 25	Christmas Day	Božić
December 26	Saint Stephen's Day	Sveti Stjepan

* In 2020 there was a change in holidays: June 25 (was Statehood Day until 2019, became Independence Day in 2020) and October 8 (was Independence Day until 2019, became Day of the Croatian Parliament in 2020) changed names and were demoted from public holidays to memorial days (working). May 30 (was Day of the Croatian Parliament until 2019, became Statehood Day in 2020) was promoted from a memorial day to a public holiday, and November 18 (Remembrance Day) was added as a new public holiday.

References

"Zakon o blagdanima, spomendanima i neradnim danima u Republici Hrvatskoj" (in Croatian). Narodne novine. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

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