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OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS IN 2017
January 1 and 2 (Sunday and Monday) – New Year’s holidays
March 3 (Friday) – Bulgaria National Day
April 14, 15, 16, 17(Friday to Monday) – Easter
April 24(Monday) - Israa & Miraaj (Ascension of the Prophet) (UAE)
May 1(Monday) – Labor Day
May 6, 7 and 8 (Saturday to Monday) – Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army
May 24(Wednesday) - Day of the Bulgarian Culture and Slavonic Literature
June 25 and 26 (Sunday and Monday) – Eid Al Fitr (Tentative) (UAE)
August 31, September 1 and 2 (Thursday to Saturday) – Eid Al Adha (Tentative) (UAE)
September 6 (Wednesday) – Unification Day
September 21(Thursday)- Islamic (Hijri) New Year(UAE)
September 22(Friday) – Independence Day
November 30 (Thursday) – Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday (UAE)
November 30 (Thursday) - Martyr’s day (UAE)
December 2 (Saturday) - UAE National Day
December 24, 25, 26 (Sunday – Monday - Tuesday) – Christmas
December 31 – January 1 (Sunday - Monday) – New Year’s holidays
December 24, 25, 26 (Saturday-Monday) – Christmas
December 31 – January 1 (Saturday - Sunday) – New Year’s holidays