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January’s strong UK retail sales figures triggers hopes for Q1
January’s growth figure for UK retail sales came in at 0.9%, which is a staggeringly
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Bank holidays 2011 in France:
1 January: New Year's Day (Jour de l'an)
1 May: Labour Day (Fête du travail)
14 July: Bastille Day (14 juillet)
15 August: Assumption of Mary (Assomption)
1 November: All Saints (Toussaint)
11 November: Armistice Day (Armistice 1918)
25 December: Christmas Day (Noël)
Bank holidays 2011 in Germany:
1 January: New Year's Day
6 January: Epiphany
22 April: Good Friday
1 May: Labor Day
15 August: Assumption of Mary
3 October: German Unity Day
31 October: Reformation Day
1 November: All Saints' Day
25 December: Christmas Day
26 December: St Stephen's Day
Bank holidays 2011 in Greece:
1 January: New Year's Day (Protochronia)
6 January: Epiphany Day (Ton Foton)
25 March: Greek Independence Day (Tou Evangelismou)
1 May: Labor Day (Protomayia)
15 August: Assumption of Mary (Kimisi ths Theotokou)
28 October: Greek National Day (Epetios tou Ohi)
24 December: Christmas Eve
25 December: Christmas Day (Hristougenna)
26 December: Boxing Day
Bank holidays 2011 in Spain:
January 2: New Year's Day
January 6: Epiphany
February 28: Día de Andalucía
March 1: Dia de les Illes Balears
March 19: St. Joseph's Day
April 22: Good Friday
April 23: Día de Aragón
May 1: Labour Day Día del Trabajador
May 2: Fiesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
May 17: Galician Literature Day
May 30: Día de las Canarias
May 31: Día de la Región Castilla-La Mancha
June 9: Día de la Región de Murcia
June 24: St. John's Day
July 25: Santiago Apostol
August 15: Assumption
September 8: Día de Asturias
September 11: National Day of Catalonia
September 15: Día de Cantabria
October 9: Dia de la Comunitat Valenciana
October 12 Hispanic Day
October 25: Day of the Basque Country
November 1: All Saints Day
December 6: Constitution Day
December 25: Christmas Day
December 26: St. Stephen's Day
Bank holidays 2011 in Switzerland:
January 1: New Year's Day
January 2: Saint Berchtold Day
January 6: Epiphany
March 19: Saint Joseph's Day
April 22: Good Friday:
April 25: Easter Monday
May 1: May Day
June 2: Ascension Day
June 13: Whit Monday
June 23: Corpus Christi
June 29: St Peter and St Paul's Day
August 1: Swiss National Day
August 15: Assumption of Mary
September 18: Swiss Federal Fast
November 1: All Saints' Day
December 8: Immaculate Conception
December 25: Christmas Day
December 26: St Stephen's Day
About Europe
Europe is not surrounded by water from all directions making it an unique continent and has overland borders with the neighbouring continent Asia.
Below is a list of countries that are in Europe
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Estonia,
Finland, France,
Georgia, Germany, Greece,
Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Kazakhstan, Kosovo,
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro,
The Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia,
San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey,
Ukraine, United Kingdom,
Vatican City.
Thus Armenia and Cyprus are considered European countries, though geographically they are located in Asia territory. Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic are generally considered part of Europe. Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey are considered part of both Europe and Asia.
Euro News
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