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Tallinn City Government has determined the locations of polling stations for the March elections.

The Tallinn City Government has submitted to the Tallinn City Council a draft ordinance that amends the procedures for awarding grants to Tallinn's private recreational schools, expanding the range of grant recipients and adding an additional possibility to use the grant.

Last year, 2,575 marriages were contracted at the Tallinn Family Register Office, with the oldest groom being 84 and the oldest bride 83. July and August were the most popular months for marriages, with nearly 360 marriages in each month.

The Tallinn City Government approved at its meeting on 18 January the regulations that will increase the allowance for private kindergartens from €200 to €264 per child per month from 1 January, and the rate of private kindergarten allowance will increase from up to €200 to €264 per month. The private nursery allowance is paid to nursery schools and the childcare allowance is paid to parents.

Yesterday, 30 January, the City of Tallinn, in cooperation with the Tallinn Literary Centre and the Estonian Writers' Union, awarded the Tammsaare Novel Prize for the fifth time at the Town Hall. The Tammsaare Novel Prize was awarded to Tõnu Õnnepalu.

In Tallinn, a total of nearly a thousand people are helping to organize the Parliamentary elections by organizing voting at polling stations and supporting the organization of elections in shopping centers and schools.

In Tallinn, more than €15 million in subsistence benefits and €1.23 million in income-related benefits were paid in 2022. Twice as many people in need visited the city's soup kitchens compared to the year before last, with the majority of the new arrivals being elderly people.

Tallinn, the European Green Capital 2023, has joined the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, which has a key objective to support at least 150 European regions and communities in building resilience to climate change by 2030

Compared to 2021, separating all waste by type has become a bit more popular. Of the types of waste, 75% of Tallinn residents collect paper and cardboard, plastic containers, glass containers, hazardous waste and electric and electronic waste separately. 87% of the residents of Tallinn collect paper and cardboard separately.

The City of Tallinn is continuing with the preparations for the Tallinn Hospital project based on the current refinancing agreement between Estonia and the European Commission and the schedule set by the agreement.