10am The President and Mr Preca participate in the official welcome ceremony at the beginning of the State visit in Bulgaria, Sofia.

10.15am The President participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider.

10.30am The President meets Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at the office of the administration of the President.

10.50am The President and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev hold bilateral talks, together with their respective delegations.

11.35am The President and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev hold a joint press conference.

12pm The President meets Bulgarian Prime Minister Bosko Borisov at the Council of Ministers building.

12.45pm The President meets National Assembly of Bulgaria chairperson Tsveta Karayancheva.

2.30pm The President addresses the Bulgarian-Maltese Business Forum and will preside over the signing of a memoranda of understanding.

7.45pm The President and Mr Preca attend dinner hosted by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev.

Tuesday

9.30am The President meets Deputy Prime Minister on Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva, together with Health Minister Kiril Ananiev.

10.45am The President visits Sofia City Library.

12pm The President meets Deputy Mayor of Sofia Yoana Hristova.

6.30pm The President meets the international guest speakers who will be addressing a conference organised by the President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, entitled ‘The Couple’s Relationship in the 21st Century: Evolving Contexts and Emerging Meanings’, at San Anton Palace

Wednesday

8.55am The President delivers the opening speech at a conference, entitled ‘The Couple’s Relationship in the 21st Century: Evolving Contexts and Emerging Meanings’, organised by the President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society at the Palace, Valletta.

2.30pm The President presides over a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the President’s Trust at San Anton Palace.

4.30pm The President meets the Honorary Consul General of Malta in San Francisco Louis Vella, at San Anton Palace.

5pm The President meets Malta Unesco Youth Association representatives at San Anton Palace.

Thursday

10.30am The President meets Ambassador Peter Schatzer, permanent observer to the United Nations in Vienna and senior advisor to the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean in Malta, at San Anton Palace.

11.30am The President meets the Maltese Association of Psychiatry president Etienne Muscat, at San Anton Palace.

3pm The President attends a meeting of the National Cancer Platform Association, at San Anton Palace.

4pm The President receives a courtesy call by Tony Cutajar, at San Anton Palace.

7pm The President meets the major stakeholders of the Spark Youth Empowerment Project by The President’s Trust, at San Anton Palace.

Friday

9am The President meets the Slovenian Culinary Academy president Jozef Oseli, at San Anton Palace.

10am The President visits Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre at Mater Dei Hospital.

3.10pm The President delivers the closing speech at a conference entitled ‘The Couple’s Relationship in the 21st Century: Evolving Contexts and Emerging Meanings’, organised by the President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, at the Palace, Valletta.

5pm The President meets members of a business delegation, which the President will lead in an upcoming state visit to Croatia, at San Anton Palace.

6.30pm The President attends a Mass by Archbishop Charles Scicluna on the occasion of the commencement of Fr Gordon Refalo’s pastoral duties in Għaxaq.

Saturday

11am The President leads the ceremony of the arrival FIFA World Cup Trophy, at Malta International Airport.

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