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Today, 12 November, the Mayor of Tallinn Mihhail Kõlvart hosted the new President of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF, Luc Tardif, Vice-President Petr Brizat and Vice-President of the European Region Henrik Bach-Nielsen, to discuss the promotion of ice sports in Estonia.

Today, Tallinn signed a design contract worth 17.8 million euros with a representative of the Italian companies ATIproject srl and 3TI Progetti, which won the design procurement for Tallinn Hospital.

The City Government decided that Tallinn municipal schools will continue dispersing students at a 30-50 percent capacity, depending on the situation of each particular school, for the next two weeks, i.e. from 15 to 26 November.

The city of Tallinn, in cooperation with Confido, opened a stationary Covid-19 advising, vaccination and testing point on Vabaduse Square, that can be visited without prior booking every day from 9 am to 9 pm.

At the EUROCITIES Annual Conference “The Power of Cities - Transforming Society” held in Leipzig on 5 November, Tallinn was re-elected to the organisation's 12-member board for the second time.

Today, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay announced 49 new cities that were designated as members of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Among them is Tallinn, which will bear the title of UNESCO City of Music from 2022.

Yesterday, the City Government decided that Tallinn municipal schools will continue partial distance learning for another week, i.e. from 8 to 12 November. Distance learning will continue for grade 4-8 students, but students in grades 1-3 and 9-12, and also students with special educational needs, will remain on contact learning.

From Monday, November 8, the city of Tallinn and health care provider Confido offer people the opportunity to be vaccinated at home. Pre-registration for this is open from today by phone 666 2727.

The Forum Open City is the central German conference for issues surrounding Open Data and Open Government. It takes place annually in the KörberForum in Hamburg. Subtitled participatory, digital, sustainable, the conference´s thematical focus aims at the design of tomorrows digital city. What does it require? How can citizens get involved? Where do cities find support and how can digitalization aid public administrations in dealing with new challenges such as the Coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis?

Estonian Electronics Industries Association is pleased to announce that in cooperation with IPC, the seminar "IPC Day 2021 – From EMS to the Moon and beyond" will be held on the 2nd of December 2021 at 10:00-19:00 at the Sokos Viru hotel Conference Center, Viru Väljak 4, Tallinn, Estonia.