9am The President delivers the opening speech during a conference organised by the Ministry for the Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity on the occasion of the International Day of the Family at The Fortress Builders, in Valletta.

10.30am The President presides over a National Roundtable Discussion on the Universal Prohibition of Corporal Punishment organised by The President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, at San Anton Palace.

Tuesday

10.45am The President and Mr Preca participate in the official welcome ceremony at the beginning of President Coleiro Preca’s State visit to Portugal.

11.05am The President participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, in Lisbon.

11.35am The President and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Republic of Portugal, hold a tête-à-tête meeting, followed by bilateral talks together with the Maltese and Portuguese delegations in Lisbon.

12.05pm The President and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, address a joint press conference in Lisbon.

12.30pm The President meets Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, Speaker of the Portuguese Parliament, in Lisbon.

1.30pm The President meets António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal, in Lisbon.

3:15pm The President meets the mayor of Lisbon, Fernando Medina, in Lisbon.

4pm The President delivers the closing speech at the Maltese-Portuguese Business Forum, in Lisbon.

4.30pm The President meets the participating commercial representatives during the B2B Session of the Maltese-Portuguese Business Forum, in Lisbon.

7.15pm The President and Mr Preca attend an official State dinner hosted by the President of Portugal, in Lisbon.

Wednesday

9.30am The President and Mr Preca visit the Champalimaud Foundation and are welcomed by Leonor Beleza, president of the foundation, in Lisbon.

11am The President and Mr Preca visit the European Maritime Safety Agency in Lisbon.

1pm The President and Mr Preca meet with the mayor of Ourém, Louis Albuquerque, at the Ancient Townhall Building, in Ourém.

2.30pm The President and Mr Preca visit the Sanctuary of Fatima ‘Casa de nossa  Senhora do Carmo’ and the Basilicas, in Ourém.

Thursday

9.45am The President receives the credentials from Durga Bahadur Subedi, Ambassador of Nepal to Malta, at The Palace in Valletta.

11am The President receives the credentials from Sanja Vlahovic, Ambassador of Montenegro to Malta, at The Palace in Valletta.

12.05pm The President receives the credentials from Elizabeth Paula Napeyok, High Commissioner of Uganda, at The Palace, Valletta.

12.45pm The President receives the credentials from Ana Maria de León de Alba, Ambassador of the Republic of Panama, at The Palace in Valletta.

2pm The President presides over the launch of the publication entitled The People of Malta, by Stephen Buhagiar and Roderick Vella, at San Anton Palace.

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

4pm The President presides over a meeting with the local councils of Qormi and Siġġiewi and the Rural Development Department Parks and Initiatives, at San Anton Palace.

6pm The President delivers the opening speech during a lecture entitled ‘The Call for Rule of Law: A Feminist Approach to Peace and Social Inclusion through Justice’ organised by the President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, at San Anton Palace.

7pm The President and Mr Preca host a reception in honour of the newly-accredited High Commissioner and Ambassadors at San Anton Palace.

Friday

10am The President visits the International Maritime Law Institute, at the University of Malta.

11.30am The President receives a group of students from San Anton School on a courtesy call, at San Anton Palace.

2pm The President receives Claudia Taylor East, chief executive officer of SOS Malta on a courtesy call, at San Anton Palace.

4pm The President receives delegates from the General Workers’ Union on a courtesy call, at San Anton Palace.

6pm The President visits The Art Exhibition featuring local artists as part of the Valletta Concours d’Elegance, at The Palace, Valletta.

7.45pm The President presides over the commemoration of the 90 years of brewing and inaugurates the corporate offices of Farsons, in Mrieħel.

9pm The President attends a fundraising event organised at Il-Bacino Restaurant, in aid of Julian Camilleri.

Saturday

10am The President delivers an opening speech during the conference entitled ‘Palace of New Thinking – New Forms of Governance’, at Verdala Palace.

7.30pm The President presides over an exhibition in honour of Malta’s first president emeritus, Sir Anthony Mamo, at San Anton Palace.

Sunday

4.30pm The President visits the Dinghy Regatta organised by the Royal Malta Yacht Club, in Ta’ Xbiex.

6pm The President visits the Horticultural Show at San Anton public gardens.

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