The city supports local companies through the summer campaign "Discover Tallinn!", which invites all Estonians to take part in the capital's diverse cultural summer.
On the occasion of Child Protection Day, June 1st, the City of Tallinn will make a symbolic gift for children, providing free admission for children up to 19 years of age (incl.) to the Tallinn City Museum and its branches, as well as the Tallinn Zoo and Botanical Garden.
The testing of self-driving buses and piloting of teleoperation driving will continue in Tallinn this summer. The City Council agreed to Tallinn's participation in an international project introducing self-driving buses operated by people from a control room who will not sit in the vehicle.
Tallinn City Government proposed a draft climate plan to the City Council, which aims to make the capital climate-neutral by 2050 and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030.
The Tallinn City Government approved a cooperation agreement with electric scooter rental companies to enable riders use the bicycle parking places created in the city centre free of charge.
Caused by a major water leakage on the corner of Mere puiestee and Ahtri street, the traffic of tram line No. 1 is currently stopped and the tram line No. 2 is temporarily running on a free schedule on the route Vana-Lõuna – Suur Paala. A replacement bus line is running between Kopli and Hobujaama tram stops.
On Friday, Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart met with the Mayor of Helsinki Jan Vapaavuori online to summarize the development of collaboration between the two cities and set new goals for the next cooperation agreement.
Tallinn participated in the 3rd Roundtable on the Circular Economy in Cities and Regions which brought together key stakeholders from cities, regions, national governments, the private sector, civil society, academia, philanthropy and international organisations to share knowledge, experience and good practice in supporting the circular economy.
Would you like to expand your business to Estonia or to Finland? Would you like to find experts who could help you to enter the markets? Opening remarks by H.E. Mr Sven Sakkov, Estonian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Helsinki