Tallinn aims to create a nine-kilometre-long park area on a limestone cliff bordering Lasnamäe, Kesklinn and Pirita. The results of the call for ideas for the park will be presented on Thursday 31 March at 17-19 in the Lauluväljaku Klaassaal. The presentation can also be followed online.
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.
The Tallinn City Government decided at today's meeting to establish the Tallinn Hospital Development Foundation, which will coordinate the construction and development of the hospital's medical campus.
Tallinn City Government has assembled the UNESCO Music City Council, which will implement the Tallinn Music Strategy 2022-2025. The Council will comprise two members of the City Government and ten people from influential music organisations. Its work will be organised by the Tallinn Culture and Sports Department.
The Tallinn City Government sent a supplementary budget to the City Council, which will increase the salaries of people working in the city's institutions by seven per cent from 1 March. Kindergarten and hobby school teachers will receive a 7.4% pay rise, while kindergarten assistant teachers will get a 13.3% pay rise.
The City of Tallinn is willing to support holding a WTA Tour women's tennis tournament in Tallinn in 2022-2024, organised by the World Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
A system of free distribution of clothes and other necessary items to Ukrainian war refugees was launched today in cooperation between the city and the Reuse Centre in Lasnamäe Uuskasuteskeskus shop at Punane Street 50. To receive the items free of charge, a war refugee needs to validate the Tallinn smartcard at the shop's cash desk together with an identity document.