We wish to advise that the following National and Public Holidays are set for the coming year, 2018:
January 1, Monday New Year’s Day
February 10, Saturday Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck
March 19, Monday Feast of St. Joseph
March 30, Friday Good Friday
March 31, Saturday Freedom Day
May 1, Tuesday Workers’ Day
June 7, Thursday Sette Giugno (Seventh June, marking a national historic event)
June 29, Friday Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (also known as L-Imnarja)
August 15, Wednesday Feast of the Assumption (also known as Santa Maria, and in Italy, Ferragosto)
September 8, Saturday Victory Day (national feast marked for the victory of the Great Seige)
September 21, Friday Independence Day
December 8, Saturday Feast of the Immaculate Conception
December 13, Thursday Republic Day
December 25, Tuesday Christmas Day
Note that public holidays falling on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays are not compensated for by additional holidays during the rest of the year.