10.30am The President receives the co-sponsors of L-Istrina at Smart City on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace, Attard.

11.30am The President is presented with a silver coin by Prof. Josef Bonnici, Governor of the Central Bank of Malta, commemorating Sir Paul Boffa, at San Anton Palace.

6pm Mrs Abela presides over the Malta Community Chest Fund working committee at San Anton Palace.

7pm The President and Mrs Abela host a concert organised by the Russian Embassy and the Russian Centre for Science and Culture to mark the Russian Christmas, followed by the book launch of George Whitmore’s New Chapel at San Anton, later known as the Russian Chapel, by Dr Anthony Pace, at San Anton Palace.

Wednesday

9.30am The President, accompanied by Mrs Abela, meet students during the harvesting of oranges from the orchard at San Anton Palace for the upcoming Festa taċ-Ċitru 2014 at San Anton Palace.

11.15am The President is presented with a book entitled The Global Crisis and the Road to Peace, by Laiq Ahmed Atif, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta, at San Anton Palace.

Thursday

10.30am The President is interviewed by Mark Frendo, a media student at Mcast’s Art and Design Institute who is producing a documentary about changes in Maltese football, at San Anton Palace.

5pm The President attends the annual party hosted by the Physically Handicapped Rehabilitation Fund at the Physically Handicapped Rehabilitation Centre at Corradino, Paola.

Friday

10.30am The President is presented with a donation by the members of Hudson Holdings in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund, at San Anton Palace.

11.30am The President is presented with letters of credence by Ali bin Saad Ali Al-Kharji, Ambassador of Qatar, at San Anton Palace.

6.30pm The President presides over the launching of the book The Mediterranean Artistic Context of Late Medieval Malta 1091-1530 by Charlene Vella, at San Anton Palace

Next Sunday

10am The President, accompanied by Mrs Abela, inaugurates the Festa taċ-Ċitru 2014, at San Anton Palace.