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In order to introduce the history of Pirita Monastery, twenty information boards in Estonian and English were installed in the ruins this year.

The Tallinn City Government has submitted to the City Council a 2023 city budget with a total amount of 1.14 billion euros, which is 66.5 million or 6.2% more than the 2022 budget. The focus of next year’s budget will be on social security, with most of the investment going into roads, streets and education.

According to the draft, by January 1, 2023, the number of civil servants in the city authorities will increase by 4.5% compared to January 1 of this year - the largest increase in the number of civil servants is in the social sector.

Of the total operating expenditure in Tallinn's 2023 budget, social welfare and health will account for 10.9 percent, or €97.7 million. The main objective is to ensure the availability of needs-based social welfare services, the well-being of families with children, the elderly and people with special needs, and to assist citizens in difficulty. More consideration will be brought to mental health care.

The spring migration of toads has started and a temporary traffic restriction has been introduced on Astangu Street in Tallinn to ensure a safer migration route for amphibians. The ban on motor vehicles on the stretch from Kotermaa Street to 19/3 Astangu Street is in force from 9 pm until 6 am. The traffic restriction will remain in force until the end of the toad migration.

Due to the Europe Day concert by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tallinn city centre, the intersections of Rävala puiestee with Lembitu and Lauteri streets and the squares of Teatri and Islandi will be closed to traffic today, 9 May from 6.30pm until midnight.

The Tallinn City Government is preparing to initiate the establishment of the Astangu-Mäeküla protected area in the Haabersti district. A public presentation of the concept of the conservation area will be held on Tuesday 10 May at 17.30 at the Astangu Vocational Rehabilitation Centre at Astangu 27, where residents are invited to participate and express their ideas.

In order to ensure safer migration routes for amphibians, Tallinn applies a temporary prohibition on motor vehicle traffic on Astangu Street from 31 March to 14 April from 9 pm to 6 am. The restriction involves the section of Astangu Street between Kotermaa Street 1 and Astangu Street 19/3. The traffic restriction does not apply to public transport passing through Astangu Street.

More than 1,540 students from Ukraine have been offered places in Tallinn's municipal schools. Kindergarten places have been offered to nearly 350 applicants, with 110 Ukrainian children already attending kindergarten.

A temporary prohibition on motor vehicle traffic on Astangu Street in the Haabersti district to ensure safer migration routes for amphibians, originally planned from 31 March to 14 April, will be postponed to start from 10 April to 30 April. The traffic restriction will be in force from 9 pm to 6 am on the stretch from Kotermaa Street 1 to Astangu Street 19/3. The restriction does not apply to public transport passing through Astangu Street.