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Applications to receive compensation to mitigate the increase in electricity, gas and district heating costs in Tallinn can be submitted from Monday, January 17.

Free rapid testing will continue after 16 January at the Covid prevention centres in Vabaduse Square and Lindakivi Cultural Centre, and four city’s Covid prevention centres will continue to offer vaccinations without prior registration.

Source: European Commission On January 15th, the French city of Grenoble will officially become the European Green Capital for 2022, taking over from...

Tallinn has been consistently replacing sodium street lights with modern LED street lights in recent years, saving hundreds of thousands of euros per year in both maintenance and electricity.

From Sunday 26 December, free rapid antigen testing is provided at the vaccination, counselling and testing centre in Tallinn's Vabaduse Square. The service is intended as an additional preventive measure to reduce the risks of infection before meeting elderly people or people at high risk.

In the field of enterprise, Tallinn's 2022 budget will fund smart city projects and support the green transition process, including the creation of a circular economy centre for advising businesses.

From Monday, March 1 until the end of the month, Tallinn city institutions will work according to the red scenario of internal work organization to limit the spread of Covid-19. This means that the city continues to provide all services to clients, but minimizes contacts between employees.

A challenging year 2020 has put Estonians and Latvians invented – more than 500 ideas were submitted to Prototron. On 29th of January 2021, the winners of the Autumn 2020 round were announced – a record 120,000 euros were shared between 8 teams. So far Prototron has helped 86 technological solutions bought to market and invested more than one million euros in the implementation of smart ideas.

According to a satisfaction survey conducted among city residents at the end of last year, Tallinn is a family-friendly city with a creative atmosphere, where people of different nationalities are treated well and the local people here are considered caring and trustworthy. However, the corona crisis has affected the daily livelihoods of the townspeople.

Tallinn continues to pursue for the title of European Green Capital in 2023, a total of 16 cities across Europe will apply for this year’s title.