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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Malta

The list of Malta bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2010, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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07 Jan 2010 (Malta Department of Information-Government of Malta) Malta's Department of Information has published its official list of public holidays for the calendar year 2011. • 23 Dec 2009 (Gozo News-Valetta) Malta Bankers’ Association has announced that Saturday, December 26, 2009, and Saturday, January 2, 2010, had been declared bank holidays and that, as such, all commercial banks would be closed for business on both those days. • 25 Sep 2009 (Department of Information-Government of Malta) The government of Malta Department of Information has published the official list of 2010 public holidays in Malta. • 05 May 2009 (The Times of Malta-Valletta) Yesterday, Malta's Prime Minister, Lawrence Gonzi, has reiterated his suggestion that the September 21 Independence Day public holiday should be declared the National Day holiday of Malta. • 10 Apr 2009 (Borza Ta' Malta-Malta Stock Exchange) The Central Bank of Malta has announced that Easter Monday (April 13, 2009) had been declared a stock exchange holiday. No trading or settlement activity will take place on that day, and local banks will be closed. • 20 Dec 2008 (The Independent-Valletta) Friday, December 26, 2008, and Friday, January 2, 2009, have been declared one-off bank holidays in Malta. As such, Malta's commercial banks will be closed on these 2 days. • 09 Jul 2008 (The Times of Malta) In a recent letter to opposition leader, Labour leader Joseph Muscat, Malta's Prime Minister, Lawrence Gonzi, suggested having one national holiday instead of five. • 08 Mar 2008 (The Times of Malta) Business is likely to come to a standstill on Monday, March 10, 2008, especially in the capital, Valletta, and Sliema, as the island goes through the post-general election result routine, usually meaning traffic-clogged roads and widespread celebrations by supporters of the winning party. • 16 Dec 2007 (The Times of Malta) Malta's Labour Party has promised that, if elected, public holidays that fall on a weekend would give rise to a day in lieu on the following scheduled working day. • 21 Oct 2007 (New Europe) At a recent meeting with members of the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD), Finance Minister, Tonio Fenech, re-iterated its position that there would be no return to the policy of "Days in Lieu" (giving the next working day as a holiday whenever a public holiday falls on a week-end). • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Malta public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Malta are regulated by the National Holidays and other Public Holidays Act of 1975 (ACT XXX of 1975, as amended by Legal Notices: 38 and 59 of 1977; Act X of 1980; Legal Notices 8 and 40 of 1987; and Acts VIII of 1989 and II of 2005). • National Day(s): Malta has not one, but 5 national days; March 31, June 7, September 8, September 21, and December 13. • Weekend Public Holidays: In Malta, since January 1st, 2005, public holidays that fall on a weekend are not officially moved to the following Monday, but in the past it was a common practice to give days in lieu on the following Monday for any public holidays occurring on a Saturday or Sunday. A recent law has put an official end to that practice, but there have been vocal protests so that business travelers are advised to avoid trying to organize any business on the Monday following a week-end holiday. • Sette Giugno is the Commemoration of the 1919 Uprising. • Post-Electtion Mondays: On the Monday after a general election, business is likely to come to a standstill and school transportation is traditionally not available. • Malta International Codes MT and MLT (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .mt (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Malta information and news: Central Bank of Malta (Malta central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Malta maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Malta), and Wikipedia (includes Malta commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Malta, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2010 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Malta, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Malta, before planning any trip to Malta. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.