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Tallinn has been confirmed as a candidate for the title of European Capital of Sport 2025; the winner will be announced in November this year.

The Tallinn Education Department has started informing parents about the designation of the school of residence for their children who will start school on 1 September 2022. The deadline for accepting the assigned school is 10 June.

The Tallinn City Government has decided to continue the full rent exemption for outdoor terraces in the city until the end of May this year, with a 50 per cent rental discount from the beginning of June until the end of August. Full rent exemption will again be applied from the beginning of September until the end of December this year.

The Tallinn Urban Environment and Public Works Department has launched an international public procurement procedure for the design and construction of a two-kilometre tramway linking the Tallinn’s Old City Harbour, or Vanasadam, with the planned Rail Baltic Ülemiste passenger terminal.

A home doctor pilot project continues in Tallinn to ensure that children with health emergencies receive medical care at the weekend. Almost 270 home visits have been made this year. Home visits will be temporarily suspended for the summer months before resuming in September.

Last March, Tallinn introduced the first day sick leave benefit as a measure of limiting the spread of coronavirus and encouraging people with illness symptoms to stay home from work at once. This benefit will be applicable for sick leaves initiated until 31 May 2022.

Tallinn is to refresh the red road markings of city centre cycle paths only in the most dangerous road sections, while physical separations between cycle paths and the road will be installed to make cycling safer.

A total of nine youth festivals will take place across Tallinn during the summer, focusing on extreme sports, street art and dance, and music. The summer of festivals kicks off on 14 May in Männi Park as part of Tallinn Day.

The architectural competition for the extension of Tallinna Reaalkool – Tallinn Secondary School of Science – has been won by an Estonian architecture office Molumba with the design R². Construction is scheduled to start in 2024.

From 30 March, Tallinn is offering free legal advice to residents in ten scheduled consultation days in all eight of the city districts.