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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Malta

The list of Malta bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, 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 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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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). • 28 Mar 2007 (MaltaMedia Daily News) The Minister for Education, Youths and Employment, Louis Galea, has declared the day a public holiday for all state, church and independent schools, on June 4th, 2007, the day after Dun Gorg Preca’s canonization. • 27 Jan 2007 (The Malta Independent) The General Workers’ Union said the government should honour what it was told by the International Labour Organisation on public holidays falling on weekends, and change the position at law to how it stood in 2005. • 24 Jan 2005 (ICEM) The Government of Malta has introduced legislation discontinuing the practice of declaring day in lieu public holidays on the Monday following any fixed-date public holiday that falls on a weekend, as mandated in Malta’s Industrial and Employments Relations Act. • 17 Dec 2001 (Malta Depertment of Information-Valletta) Monday, December 24, and Monday, December 31, 2001, have been declared one-off bank holidays in Malta. On these 2 dates, Malta's commercial banks will be closed. • 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. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: 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 (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

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. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

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 2008 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.