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Tallinn Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski met yesterday with Halyna Shymanska, Acting Mayor of Zhytomyr, and Valentyn Arendarchuk, Head of the city's Department of Education. The meeting took place as part of an educational visit from Zhytomyr, during which cooperation between the cities in the field of education was discussed.

The first outdoor e-cigarette collection boxes have now been installed in Tammsaare Park and near Kristiine Keskus as part of a pilot project to test how such a system could work in public spaces. The pilot will run until the end of October and will help determine the best way to organize outdoor collection.

From 1 October, the City of Tallinn will offer an on-call family doctor service funded by the city. The service will be provided by OÜ Ennetuskliinik.

On 25–26 September, the international festival Cities After Dark will take place in Tallinn, bringing together the local community as well as experts and urban developers from across Europe to discuss the challenges and opportunities of nightlife and the night-time economy.

Today, 24 September, the Day of National Minorities in Estonia will be celebrated in Tallinn with a series of events introducing the cultures, tastes, and music of various nations as part of the Days of National Cultures programme.

The proposals from the Citizens’ Assembly have led to 61 initiatives to make the city greener and more people-centric: 20 have already been completed, 28 are underway, and 13 are still to come.

Starting today, parents and students in Tallinn can submit applications for the school year start allowance. This support is provided to help families cover the extra expenses that come with the start of a new school year.

Reconstruction of Peterburi maantee will begin on 18 September. The goal of the project is to redesign the street space to make it safer and more people-centred. The work will affect traffic arrangements, and public transport routes will be adjusted.

Tallinn residents aged 14 and older still have a few days left to vote for up to three favourite ideas to be implemented in their district.

This weekend, the Kadriorg Park will host the light festival “Valgus kõnnib 2025”, which will bring temporary traffic changes in the Kadriorg area on the evenings of September 19 and 20.