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From September 3 to October 1, Tallinn is waiting for proposals on which projects could be financed from the city's participatory budget in 2022.

The construction of the lighting solution in the pedestrian tunnels of the Haabersti traffic junction has been completed. The newly installed lights in the Suurhall and Zoo tunnels replicate the movement of people in the walkway and change colour according to the speed of movement.

Tallinn celebrates the arrival of Chinese New Year on Friday, February 12 at Vabaduse Square and Tallinn Song Festival Grounds. New Year's celebrations include dance, drum and light performances, fire sculptures, demonstrations of oriental martial arts, and the traditional fireworks display. Spectators are welcome to Vabaduse Square from 1 pm, the program at the Song Festival Grounds starts at 4 pm.

Construction work for the construction of Tondiraba Park in Lasnamäe will start in March. The park will become the largest recreation area in the capital, which will provide plenty of space for both people and nature.

The Swedish Crown Princess Victoria, who is on a two-day visit to Helsingborg, visited the urban innovation area during the H22 City Expo festival and selected the pavilions of Tallinn, Linz and Oslo for the visit.

Tallinn's draft city budget for next year proposes a total of €41 million for operating expenditure and investment in the area of urban assets, with a focus on developing municipal and social housing, supporting housing associations and improving the energy efficiency of city-owned buildings.

This year's best athletes and team of Tallinn were announced at a ceremony held in Tondiraba Ice Hall on Wednesday evening - the title of best female athlete was awarded to Kelly Sildaru, while the title of best male athlete was awarded to Janek Õiglane, the best youth athlete was swimmer Eneli Jefimova, the best para-athlete was the wheelchair curling team of Kätlin Riidbach, Signe Falkenberg, Andrei Koitmäe and Lauri Murašov and the best team was Tallinn FC Flora football team. Tallinn's best youth sports club was Nelson wrestling club.

Next year's draft city budget foresees a total of €50.1 million for operating expenditure and investments in the area of environment and environmental protection. In addition to the activities related to the European Green Capital, for example, the improvement of parks and green spaces will continue as an important part of creating a high quality urban space.

The Tallinn City Government has introduced new social benefits from next year, with an increase in the start-of-school allowance for second-graders from €50 to €75 and an increase in the pension supplement for pensioners from €150 to €175 to compensate for price rises. It also introduces a per capita income ceiling for social assistance and increases the rent allowance and the rate of compensation for the cost of adapting housing.

In autumn 2022, a support measure for conference tourism was created to attract more conference tourists to Tallinn. The maximum amount of support is planned to be up to €30 000 per conference. Tallinn will start supporting international conferences in the city next year. The first call for applications has already been launched and is open until 25 January.