The Albanian Government has decided that state administration will take a break on Monday, March 21st, just before the official holiday on March 22 due to the celebration of Sultan Nevruz Day.

The reason is one and only: to save power. Based on this decision, holidays for all those working in the public administration will start Saturday and will last until Wednesday.

Nevruz Day is celebrated annually in Albania on 22 March as Sultan Nevruz.

In Albania, the festival commemorates the birthday of Ali ibn Abi Talib and simultaneously the advent of spring. Declared a public holiday in 1996, it is prominent amongst the nations' Bektashis (because of their Shia affiliations), but adherents of Sunnism, Catholicism, and Orthodoxy also "share in the Nevruz festival to respect the ecumenical spirit of Albania".