​As part of the celebreation of the 25th anniversary since the inception of local councils, mass was concelebrated at St John’s Co-Cathedral.

The Parliamentary Secretariat for Local Government and Communities also organised a reception at the Grand Master’s Palace in the presence of President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. During this ceremony, the relatives of late mayors and councillors were all presented with a commemorative plaque. A medal was given to all past ministers and parliamentary secretaries who were responsible for local government during the past 25 years, as well as to all former and present directors of the Local Government Division, former presidents of the Local Councils’ Association and to the present president, to all presidents of the Regional Committees, and to all mayors, vice mayors, councillors and executives secretaries.