9am The President receives Leo Brincat, Member of the European Court of Auditors, on a courtesy call and is presented with a copy of the ECA Annual Report 2015 at San Anton Palace, Attard.

10am The President receives outgoing Australian High Commissioner Jane Lambert on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

11.15am The President delivers a speech during a ceremony, organised on the occasion of the ‘Identity Roads’ Erasmus Exchange Project, at San Ġorġ Preca College Middle School in Blata l-Bajda.

Noon The President attends a meeting of the Supervisory Council of the Malta Community Chest Fund Foundation at San Anton Palace.

3pm The President receives Mr David Bezzina on behalf of Horizons Communications, representatives of L-Akkademja tal-Malti, Paul P. Borg, Joe Xerri and representatives from Sensiela Kotba Soċjalisti on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

4pm The President meets representatives from ‘Passi and Beyond Youth Group’ at San Anton Palace.

4.30pm The President meets Joseph-Michael Baldacchino, CEO of the Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers, at San Anton Palace.

7pm The President delivers a speech at an event entitled Serata ta’ Kommemorazzjoni fl-okkażjoni tas-sena Ċentinarja mit-twelid tal-Perit Duminku Mintoff, Eks Prim Ministru ta’ Malta at Verdala Palace, Buskett.

Tuesday

10am The President reviews a Guard of Honour of the Armed Forces of Malta, followed by a march, on the occasion of Republic Day in Valletta.

11am The President delivers the Presidential Republic Day Speech at the Palace, Valletta.

11.30am The President presides over the investiture ceremony on the occasion of Republic Day at the Palace, Valletta.

2pm The President lays a wreath at the foot of the monument dedicated to the Republic of Malta in Marsa.

7pm The President and Mr Preca host a reception in honour of past recipients of Ġieħ ir-Repubblika at San Anton Palace.

Wednesday

11.30 The President meets Jean Claude Attard, president of the Theology Students Association, together with representatives from Zuntier.com, at San Anton Palace.

Noon The President receives Rose Anne Cuschieri, director for educational services within the Secretariat for Catholic Education, on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

1pm The President presides over a press conference by BetaPsi, held to launch the ‘Mind the Mind’ campaign, at the University of Malta, Tal-Qroqq.

2.15pm The President pays a courtesy visit to St Joseph Home during an activity organised by the Richmond Foundation Malta in Santa Venera.

5pm The President receives Spanish Ambassador José Pons on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace

6pm The President delivers a speech at an Intergenerational Discussion by Professor Barbara Harrell-Bond, organised by the President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, at San Anton Palace.

6.45pm The President visits a crib exhibition at St Paul’s Cathedral, Mdina.

Thursday

9.30am The President visits Corradino Correctional Facility.

12.15pm The President attends an event entitled Ċelebrazzjonijiet ta’ Ħiliet, organised by St Ignatius College, Qormi St Sebastian Primary School.

3pm The President attends a meeting of the Board of Administrators of the Malta Community Chest Fund Foundation at San Anton Palace.

5.15pm The President presides over a press conference of a project entitled ‘Shaping Dreams Together’, a project by Karl Vella Foundation, and winner of the President’s Award for Creativity, at the MITA Offices in Santa Venera.

7.30pm The President inaugurates the new Library Room at San Anton Palace.

Friday

2.30pm The President departs Malta for an official visit to Rome

Saturday

10am The President has an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican City.

8pm The President attends Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, performed by the Malta Philarmonic Orchestra, together with the Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, under the direction of Mro Brian Schembri, at the Basilica of San Paola Fuori le Mura in Rome.

Sunday

11.30 The President attends the Thomas Smith annual Christmas Charity Swim in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund Foundation in Sliema.

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