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On Monday, 19 June, the youth-oriented summer of festivals will officially begin at Inglirand. Five youth festivals will be taking place throughout the summer.

During the 13th Youth Song and Dance Festival from 30 June to 2 July, the city of Tallinn will have special buses leaving the city centre, make some public transport lines run more frequently and create designated parking areas for bicycles and scooters. Tallinn’s public transport is free for all passengers during the big celebration – from 30 June to 2 July.

By order of the Tallinn City Government, a total of €50,000 will be allocated from the city government's reserve fund to support earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria.

The city allocates a total of €400,000 of restoration grants to 54 applicants, the maximum grant amount being €30,000.

Tallinn has been offering residents free legal advice since March. Consultation days are held in each district according to a schedule. The next consultation days are held from 9:00-18:00 on 11 May at the Kesklinna Social Centre and from 9:00-18:00 on 25 May at the Haabersti Leisure Centre.

Tallinn Deputy Mayor Tiit Terik participated in a digital assembly of mayors as part of the world cities summit held in Brussels. Representing Tallinn, he signed the Living-in.eu declaration, whose purpose is to create successful innovative digital solutions for the advancement of sustainable digital transitioning in European Union cities and communities in cooperation with cities of different sizes.

Tallinn Day celebrates the acquisition of Lübeck city rights in 1248, which included Tallinn as a member of the Union of European Cities. On Monday, 15 May, Tallinn will be 775 years old. The birthday events will begin on 14 May, when Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Tallinn Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart will open the Short Leg Gate.

The website of Tallinn’s Education Office offers an opportunity to explore an online catalogue of recreational activities, providing information on extracurricular activities in Estonian and Russian for schoolchildren and youngsters.

On Christmas Eve, 24 December at noon, the Mayor of Tallinn, Peeter Raudsepp, will proclaim the Christmas Peace by reading the historic Christmas Peace message to the citizens from the window of the Town Hall, in keeping with tradition.

During the past school year, an environmental education programme had been carried out in Tallinn nurseries and schools encouraging children to reuse and recycle things and to develop the habit of sorting waste by type.