The 85th anniversary year of the Tallinn City Museum, culminated on 15 December with a conference, held at Hopner House entitled "Keep. Remember. Share."
The City of Tallinn, AS Tallinna Linnatransport (TLT) and the Estonian Red Cross signed a cooperation agreement to donate 20 diesel buses to the Ukrainian city of Zhõtomyr. The buses will be accompanied by a humanitarian shipment of essential supplies to Ukraine.
From 2023, the limit for covering the cost of food in kindergartens in Tallinn will increase by 50% and the cost of school meals for pupils will rise from €1.56 to €1.80 a day. School meals will continue to be free of charge for both primary and secondary school pupils in Tallinn.
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.
The plans adopted in Tallinn over the past year are based on the principles of sustainable urban planning, in terms of both housing, jobs and services. Heritage conservation and the preservation of existing built heritage also play an important role in creating a sustainable urban space.
Tens of thousands of people have had the chance to visit Tallinn's museums free of charge during the year since the city's Museum Sundays programme was launched in 2022.The most important cultural investment this year is the construction of the Tallinn City Theatre, which will be completed in 2023.
Tallinn Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart and Deputy Mayor Tanel Kiik, who visited Ukraine today, handed over 14 diesel buses as a gift to the Mayor of Zhytomyr Serhiy Sukhomlin. In the afternoon, Tallinn city leaders also handed over to the municipalities of the Zhõtomyr region electricity generators and other essential supplies sent from Tallinn.
The first free Museum Sunday of 2023 will take place this Sunday, 8 January. The initiative will be joined by the Nõmme Museum, located in the former station building.
The Museum Sundays programme, which attracted nearly 60 000 visitors last year, will continue this year, but from February it will be necessary to buy a zero ticket to visit the branches of Tallinn City Museum.
The Tallinn City Government has submitted a draft decision to the Tallinn City Council, which, if adopted, will terminate the activities of the Tallinn Water Operators Monitoring Foundation and start liquidation proceedings.