{"id":1474,"date":"2017-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgi-bpo.hu\/szakmai-hirek\/new-public-holiday-in-hungary\/"},"modified":"2021-04-23T11:18:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T09:18:14","slug":"new-public-holiday-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"szakmai-hirek","link":"https:\/\/mgi-bpo.hu\/en\/news\/new-public-holiday-in-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"New Public Holiday in Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">New Public Holiday in Hungary<\/h3>\n<p>The National Assembly has declared Good Friday a public holiday, so <strong>from April 14, 2017 Easter will be a four-day public holiday<\/strong>. Good Friday is a public holiday in 14 European countries, including Denmark, Finland, Bulgaria and Estonia.<\/p>\n<p>This is <strong>important information for employers and employees<\/strong>, while elementary school pupils and high school and vocational school students will not be effected, since for them Good Friday has already been a holiday. The last day of school before spring break is April 12, 2017 (Wednesday) and the first school day after the break is April 19, 2017 (Wednesday).<\/p>\n<p>With this decision there are <strong>11 public holidays in Hungary, which fall or may fall on weekdays<\/strong>:<br \/>\nJanuary 1.<br \/>\nMarch 15.<br \/>\nGood Friday<br \/>\nEaster Monday<br \/>\nMay 1.<br \/>\nPentecost Monday<br \/>\nAugust 20.<br \/>\nOctober 23.<br \/>\nNovember 1.<br \/>\nDecember 25.<br \/>\nDecember 26.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 500px;\" border=\"1\" summary=\"Public holidays in Hungary in 2017.\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<caption style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Public holidays in Hungary in 2017.<\/strong><\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">January 1, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">New Year<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">March 15, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">National Day<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Wednesday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">April 14, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Good Friday<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Friday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">April 16, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Easter<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">April 17, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Easter<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">May 1, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">International Workers\u2019 Day<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">June 4, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Pentecost<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">June 5, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Pentecost<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">August 20, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">the day of the Foundation of Hungary<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Sunday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">October 23, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">National Day<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">November 1, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">All Saints\u2019 Day<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Wednesday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">December 25, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Christmas<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Monday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">December 26, 2017<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Christmas<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Tuesday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The number of public holidays in some European countries<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Germany there are 17 public holidays, in Bulgaria 16, in Slovakia 15, in Croatia 14, in Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland 13, and in Denmark, France and Belgium 12.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1132,"template":"","tags":[],"evszam":[559],"szakmai_cimke":[531],"class_list":["post-1474","szakmai-hirek","type-szakmai-hirek","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","evszam-2017-en","szakmai_cimke-employment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Public Holiday in Hungary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New Public Holiday in Hungary. 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