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Tallinn City Government sent a draft regulation to the city council. If approved, Tallinn will support international conferences that are held off-season.

Tallinn is set to continue its support for international conferences, a initiative started last year, with funding for 28 international conferences, several of which will take place in 2024. The budget for this support measure is 275,000 euros.

At its session on 8 December, the Tallinn City Council elected Peeter Raudsepp as Mayor and approved the new City Government.

Night buses will continue to operate in Tallinn until at least the end of the year. Starting from November 1, departure days and times will be adjusted based on when the service has the most users.

The international sustainable tourism destinations conference Green Destinations 2023 is being held in Tallinn, the European Green Capital 2023. During the conference, a cooperation memorandum for a green corridor between Estonia and Finland was signed. Several Estonian tourism destinations have been part of the Green Destinations network for four years now.

This summer, Tallinn will host the international Tall Ships Races 2024 for the first time, offering 15-25 year-olds the chance to participate in a sailing training program. The city will cover training costs up to €700 per participant, with applications open until February 11, 2024.

During the upcoming Christmas holidays and New Year period, residents can access urgent healthcare services at all city hospitals' emergency departments, at Tallinn Dental Clinic (Tallinna Hambakliinik) and can contact the Family Doctor's Advice Line (Perearsti nõuandetelefon) at 1220.

Latitude59, the most important technology and start-up conference in the Baltics, will take place in Tallinn on 25-26 May and is expected to attract 3000 visitors from around the world.

Tallinn has 58 municipal general education schools as of the 2023/24 school year. 48,700 students will start in these schools in September. More than 3860 of them will enter the first grade. The city offers an allowance at the beginning of the school year for students under the age of 19.

Tallinn plans several updates to its public transport network this year, aiming to create more convenient connections between different districts and offer better transfer options. These changes are expected to be implemented in the second half of the year.