Slovakia has decided to add another two memorial days to its calendar, one a remembrance day and the other a celebratory one.
Parliament’s decision to amend the Act on National Holidays yesterday means the country will now recognise 10 August as a day of remembrance for those who have perished in the mines, by making it the Day of Mining Disaster Victims. The remembrance day was motioned by opposition MP Vladimir Janos from the Smer-SD party, but it will not be a national holiday.
On a happier note, a group of MPs from leading ruling coalition party SDKU called for 1 May to be celebrated as the Day of Slovak Accession to the EU. The 1 May is already a national holiday as it is when Labour Day is celebrated in Slovakia.
Here is a full list of holidays and memorial days in 2010.
| Date | Week Day | Name |
| January – 01 | Friday | Day of the Establishment
of the Slovak Republic |
| January – 06 | Wednesday | Epiphany |
| February – 14 | Sunday | Valentine´s Day |
| April – 02 | Friday | Good Friday |
| April – 04 | Sunday | Easter |
| April – 05 | Monday | Easter Monday |
| May – 01 | Saturday | Labour Day |
| May – 08 | Saturday | Day of victory over fascism |
| May – 09 | Sunday | Mother´s Day |
| June – 20 | Sunday | Father´s Day |
| July – 05 | Monday | Saints Cyril and Methodius Day |
| August – 29 | Sunday | Slovak National Uprising anniversary |
| September – 01 | Wednesday | Day of the Constitution
of the Slovak Republic |
| September – 15 | Wednesday | Our Lady of Sorrows |
| November – 01 | Monday | All Saints´ Day |
| November – 17 | Wednesday | Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day |
| November – 28 | Sunday | First Advent |
| December – 05 | Sunday | Second Advent |
| December – 06 | Monday | Santa Claus |
| December – 12 | Sunday | Third Advent |
| December – 19 | Sunday | Fourth Advent |
| December – 24 | Friday | Christmas Eve |
| December – 25 | Saturday | Christmas |
| December – 26 | Sunday | Second Day of Christmas |
| December – 31 | Friday | New Year´s Eve |