11am The President delivers a speech at the University of Catania and is presented with the International Virdimura Prize.

1.30pm The President meets Prof. Cristina Tornali, Prof. Adelfio Cardinale and Prof. Eugenio Vecchio in Catania.

7pm The President visits the Ospedale dei Bambini G. Di Cristina in Palermo.

7.30pm The President visits ISMETT Transplant Centre in Palermo.

Tuesday

10.30am The President meets Dr Nello Musumeci, president of the Sicilian region, in Palermo.

11.30am The President meets Prof. Leoluca Orlando, mayor of Palermo, in Palermo.

Noon The President meets representatives of the Consiglio Comunale, together with representatives of the Associazione Sociale Femminile and members of the Consular Corps in Palermo.

3.30pm The President meets Gianfranco Micciche, president of the Sicilian Regional Assembly, in Palermo.

5pm The President addresses an extraordinary session of the Sicilian Parliament, convened by the president of the Sicilian Regional Assembly, in Palermo.

Wednesday

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

3pm The President presides over a meeting of the board of administrators of the President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society at San Anton Palace.

4pm The President receives a group of students from the University of Vienna on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

5pm The President receives representatives of Brown’s Pharma Ltd on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

7pm The President presides over the award ceremony Ħajr għad-Donaturi tad-Demm, organised by the Malta National Blood Transfusion Service, at San Anton Palace.

8.30pm The President delivers a speech on the National Day of Russia in San Ġwann.

Thursday

9.50am The President is presented with credentials by Spanish Ambassador Maria Consuelo Femenia Guardiola at the Palace, Valletta.

11am The President is presented with credentials by Cuban Ambassador José Carlos Rodriguez Ruiz at the Palace, Valletta.

12.05pm The President is presented with credentials by Alfredo Vásquez Rivera, Ambassador of Guatemala, at the Palace, Valletta.

12.45pm The President is presented with credentials by Lebanese Ambassador Mira Daher at the Palace, Valletta.

1.30pm The President visits an exhibition, organised by the MDH Strina Help Fund Committee, in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund Foundation, at Mater Dei Hospital, Tal-Qroqq.

3.30pm The President receives the production team of Il-Mixja, a Holy Week theatrical production organised in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund Foundation, on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

4pm The President receives Wang Yanjun, director of the China Cultural Centre (Malta), on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

7pm The President delivers a speech in honour of the newly-accredited ambassadors at San Anton Palace.

Friday

8.30am The President visits a literacy event organised on World Oceans Day at the Malta National Aquarium in Qawra.

10.30am The President presides over the award ceremony of the Premju Papa Ġwanni XXIII għat-Tjubija, organised by Peace Lab, at the Palace, Valletta.

3pm The President receives Dr Mario Vella, governor of the Central Bank of Malta, on a courtesy call at San Anton Palace.

3.30pm The President meets the winners of the Central Bank of Malta Coin Competition, organised in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund Foundation, at San Anton Palace.

7.30pm The President delivers a speech on the National Day of the UK in Attard.

8.30pm The President visits an activity organised in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund Foundation in Floriana.

Saturday

11pm The President and Mr Preca attend Mozart at Midnight, a concert organised by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund Foundation, at the Manoel Theatre, Valletta.

Sunday

9.30am The President and Mr Preca attend Mass organised by the Office of the President on the occasion of Father’s Day at San Anton Palace.

8.30pm The President delivers a speech on the feast of St John the Baptist at St John’s Cavalier, Valletta.

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