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For the 2025/26 academic year, a total of 3,906 children have been assigned a place in the first grade of Tallinn’s municipal schools.

One year after taking office in April 2024, the Tallinn City Government marks its first full year of work. Over the past year, the city has launched a number of major reforms to improve management efficiency, make public services more accessible and of higher quality, increase transparency, and invest strategically in the living environment and civil protection.

The City of Tallinn, in collaboration with the TalTech Academy of Architecture and Urban Studies, is set to present its neighbourhood-based renovation initiative SOFTacademy at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Opening on 10 May, the exhibition brings the modernist residential district of Mustamäe into the international spatial dialogue.

Today, representatives of Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius gathered to discuss how the capitals of the Baltic states are working to ensure the safety of their residents. The meeting concluded with the signing of a memorandum of understanding that lays the foundation for future cooperation between the three capitals in crisis preparedness.

Through the Test in Tallinn programme, the city offers companies the opportunity to test their innovative smart city products and services in a real urban environment. In the most recent application round, three new projects were selected for piloting.

The Tallinn City Government has submitted the city’s 2025 supplementary budget proposal to the City Council, which would increase the total city budget by approximately €8.2 million. If adopted, the revised budget for 2025 will amount to €1.3 billion.

Starting this spring, Tallinn has appointed a nature ranger responsible for maintenance and landscape care in local conservation areas and the Paljassaare Special Conservation Area, as well as for the restoration and upkeep of species-rich meadows.

Starting today, 22 April, property owners in Tallinn can begin submitting applications for compensation related to the 2025 land tax increase. The first to be processed will be applications from those whose land tax is up to €100 and who have already paid the full amount. Those whose land tax exceeds €100 — with the second installment due on 1 October — have time to apply, as their applications will be processed starting from 2 October.

The City of Tallinn and the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training of the Kingdom of Spain have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote educational cooperation. The signing ceremony took place today at Tallinn Mustamäe Upper Secondary School, with Deputy Mayor Aleksei Jašin representing the City of Tallinn and José Aurelio Llaneza Villanueva representing the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training of the Kingdom of Spain.

The Tallinn City Government has submitted the detailed plan for the Erika 12 property and its surrounding area in Põhja-Tallinn to the City Council for approval. The purpose of the plan is to change the land use designation from commercial and industrial to residential and commercial, and to grant building rights for the construction of six buildings with up to five storeys, featuring ground-floor commercial spaces and apartments above.