In Tallinn, a total of around 250,000 disposed medical masks and respirators have been collected in five months in mask collection bins and then diverted for reprocessing.
In order to allow for winter maintenance of the streets, this week the flexible traffic posts between the marked bicycle lanes and the main roads will be removed on Endla Street and Kaarli Puiestee.
The City of Tallinn and the Estonian Transport Administration gifted sets of traffic signs to kindergartens for learning safe traffic, which will enable to create a small traffic campus in the kindergarten’s courtyard. 24 Tallinn kindergartens will receive the traffic cart this year.
The Tallinn City Government adopted a draft regulation with the aim to release families with two or more children attending kindergarten from the tuition fee. Under the same conditions, support will also be provided to parents of children attending private kindergartens or using childcare services.
This year, Germany and Estonia are celebrating the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the 30th anniversary of the restoration of these relations, and on this occasion the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany presented the city of Tallinn with a Buddy Bear, designed by artist Julia Valtanen.
For the second year in a row, Tallinn celebrates Baltic Sea Day that is held on August 26. Marine and environmental specialists as well as all townspeople are welcome to the events of the thematic day dedicated to the wellbeing of the Baltic Sea.
At the European Commission's high-level hybrid ceremony of signing the Green City Accord, city leaders from across Europe reaffirmed their commitment to sustainable urban development. The main principle of the Green City Accord is to accelerate green transition in the EU cities.
Today, the cornerstone was laid for Tallinn Zoo's new exhibition building called Cloud Forest (Pilvemets), which will provide a unique experience of the tropical ecosystem of Southeast Asia.
During the Ironman triathlon and events connected to the competition, several streets will be closed, parking will be limited and there will be changes to public transport services and their timetables on 7-8 August.