Employees in public institutions will start 2026 without a bridge between the New Year and Epiphany days off. Thus, January 5 will be a working day.
Public sector employees will return to work on January 5, after which they will again benefit from statutory holidays.
The tradition of budget bridges involved turning a working day between two days off into a day off, recoverable later.
Government sources told Cotidianul that at the beginning of 2025 there will be no budget bridge, because Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan opposes it.
The year 2026 will bring 16 legal days off for Romanians, one less than in 2025, after Children’s Day and Pentecost overlap on June 1.
Legal holidays in 2026:
- January 1 – New Year
- January 2 – The second day of the New Year
- January 6 – Epiphany
- January 7 – Saint John the Baptist
- January 24 – Day of the Union of the Romanian Principalities
- April 10 – Good Friday
- April 12 – Easter
- April 13 – Easter Monday
- May 1 – Labor Day
- May 31 – Pentecost
- June 1 – Whit Monday and Children’s Day
- August 15 – Dormition of the Mother of God
- November 30 – Saint Andrew
- December 1 – Romania’s National Day
- December 25 – Christmas
- December 26 – Day after Christmas
