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.
For the first time, the city of Tallinn will participate in the EXPO 2020 world exhibition in the Estonian pavilion, which, postponed due to the pandemic, will open its doors to visitors in October this year.
At today’s cabinet meeting, the members of the Government approved the decisions on the basis of which even more wide-ranging restrictions will come into force in Estonia from Thursday, March 11 until April 11. The restrictions will be eased when the spread of the coronavirus in Estonia has been reduced to the level that does not endanger the medical system’s ability to function. Today the government adopted the decisions in principle, the plan is to approve the corresponding order at tomorrow’s extraordinary meeting.
In order to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the government decided to make the existing restrictions stricter for catering and commercial establishments, which will enter into force as of Saturday, 6 March. Students who are facing final exams and national exams are allowed to continue partial contact learning as of 15 March. An order on these decisions is planned to be adopted tomorrow. The new restrictions will initially apply until 28 March.
From March 1 to March 15, parents can submit applications for the assignment of a school of residence for children entering the first grade of a Tallinn municipal school in September 2021.
Yesterday, on 18 May in Paris, letters addressed to the merchant Hildebrand Veckinchusen and his account books from 1398-1428 kept in the Tallinn City Archives along with other documents related to the history of the Hanseatic League were added to the UNESCO Memory of the World register, which gathers documentary heritage of outstanding global value.
The City of Tallinn, the Goethe Institute of Tallinn, and the CCI Contact Desk are organizing a seminar titled “How to Manage Nightlife? (Kuidas korraldada ööelu?)” on April 12 at Paavli Culture Factory. The seminar is primarily aimed at students whose future work may involve the organization of nightlife, but it is also open to anyone interested in the topic.