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National Holidays and Feasts in Malta
Most religious holidays are celebrated as traditional feasts.
The following you will find a list of all holidays/feasts in Malta & Gozo.
| Date | Name of the feast/holiday |
| 1. January | New Year’s Day (L-Ewwel tas-Sena) |
| 10. February | St Paul’s Shipwreck (San Pawl Nawfragu) |
| 19. March | Feast of St Joseph (San Ä użepp) |
| March/April (Friday before Easter) | Good Friday (Il-Ä imgħa l-Kbira) |
| 31. March | Freedom Day (Jum il-Ħelsien) |
| 1. May | Woker’s Day (Jum il-Ħaddiem) |
| 7. June | Sette Giugno |
| 29. June | Feast of St Peter & St Paul (L-Imnarja) |
| 15. August | Feast of the the Assumption Of Our Lady (Santa Marija) |
| 8. September | Victory day (Jum il-Vitorja) |
| 21. September | Independence Day (Jum l-Indipendenza) |
| 8. December | Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Il-Kunċizzjoni) |
| 13. December | Republic Day (Jum ir-Repubblika) |
| 25. December | Christmas Day (Il-Milied) |
Other Holidays in Malta
All Saints’ Day (November 1 - Jum il-Qaddisin Kollha) and All Souls Day (November 2 - Jum l-Erwieh) are not officially recognized, but kindergartens, primary and secondary schools assign them as holidays.
The last two days of Carnival (Monday and Tuesday) are also school holidays.
Santa Marija is especially popular with residents of the main island for family trips to Gozo, where the feast is celebrated in the capital, Rabat. The Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady is celebrated in seven parishes. Good Friday is characterized by processions across the country, starting at around 3 p.m. and lasting for about four hours, where believers (sometimes wearing a hood) offer tribute to the Passion of Christ by carrying statue representations (vari) of the Stations of the Cross (which are much heavier than the statues used in festas), and by carrying themselves the cross (with or without wheels) through part or all of the procession.
Remembrance Day is observed by the wail of sirens during the traditional two minutes of silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month observed by all Commonwealth countries.
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University of Malta (UOM)
The university in Malta accommodates around 7500 students. It is the only university on the Maltese Islands. Citizens of the European Union are not required to pay any tuition fees - at least for the moment.
Mdina - the old capital
Mdina is the old capital city of Malta and lies on the south-western part of the island. You could say only a little bit in the outback. Beside it is Rabat. The population of Mdina is around 400 people. It is quite impossible that the population can increase, because the whole city resembles more a castle or fort then a city. The city lies 190mtrs above sea level (that’s quite high for Maltese landscape) and is surrounded with slopes on three sides. The city has almost the form of a square and is very strong fortified.
With the pet to Malta
For animals there are strict conditions for entry. The following information should give you an overview of the conditions. However you should consult a veterinary to get detailed information. We believe that the information below is exact, but we can’t give you a guarantee for it.
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