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Tallinn has started to improve the ventilation systems in all municipal school buildings where needed. This year, the city has earmarked €1.5 million for the improvements.

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.

Tallinn will continue to seek private sector partners for the reconstruction and deployment of the Tallinn Linnahall, the City Concert Hall. Launching a call for tenders will be decided once the market situation improves.

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.

According to the new waste management plan, Tallinn will expand separate collection of biowaste and textile waste, and turn waste collection stations into circular economy centres.

The international ratings agency Fitch has affirmed Tallinn’s long-term credit rating AA- with a stable outlook.

The Tallinn Environment and Public Works Department and the Kristiine district government will present the project for the reconstruction of the Tondi and Kotka streets intersection at a public consultation near the Tondi railway station (Tondi 21a) on Wednesday, 30 March at 6 pm.

Tallinn started its spring cleaning this week, with the work lasting at least a month depending on weather conditions. The first areas to be cleared are the main streets, bicycle lanes, sidewalks, pavements and public transport waiting areas, where debris and dirt accumulated over the winter will be removed. Spring cleaning will end with a major street wash.

Tallinn Deputy Mayors Betina Beškina and Vladimir Svet met with Kari Käsper, Associate Legal Officer at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office for Nordic and Baltic Countries, to discuss the situation of Ukrainian refugees in Estonia.

Estonian Designers' Union launched a sustainable design competition RoheAsi (GreenThing) on Monday. The competition is organized in cooperation with the city of Tallinn, which in 2023 will hold the title of European Green Capital.