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Today, the City of Tallinn and the Avatud Kool SA (Open School Foundation) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new Estonian-language municipal general education school in Põhja-Tallinn. The agreement confirms the collaboration to create Tallinn Open School, providing a diverse educational offering and additional school places in the area.

The City of Tallinn has launched a public landscape architecture competition aimed at finding the best spatial design for the Ukraine Garden (Ukraina aed), located in Lembitu Park. The competition site covers the entirety of Lembitu Park, a formerly built-up city center block destroyed during the March bombings of 1944.

On October 21-22, Tallinn's Deputy Mayor Viljar Jaamu participated in the European Mayors’ Summit held in Strasbourg. The summit brought together European city leaders to share their vision with newly elected Members of the European Parliament and discuss the future priorities of the European Union. The key focus was on the role of cities in shaping EU policy and their contribution to achieving climate objectives.

The Tallinn city government has submitted the proposal for the second supplementary budget for 2024 to the City Council, which aims to adjust planned expenses, revenues, investments, and financial transactions within the city's budget.

This winter, the City of Tallinn will increase its snow clearing operations on sidewalks in the Kesklinn and Põhja-Tallinn districts, while maintaining the usual scope in other districts.

During the autumn school holiday, school stadiums and sports fields in Tallinn will be open to residents for free daily exercise from 10 am to 6 pm. The sports areas are equipped with inventory boxes, offering balls available for on-site use.

Today, on October 21, changes to the second phase of the modernization of Tallinn's public transport network have come into effect. The goal of these changes is to improve connections between city districts and provide more convenient transfer options. A total of 15 bus routes will be affected by the changes.

Tallinn offers both Estonian and international companies the opportunity to use the city as a testbed for their sustainable, smart city solutions. On October 16, the latest round of applications for the Test in Tallinn program was evaluated, with four out of five projects moving forward to the testing phase.

On October 9-10, a delegation of urban planners from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government visited Tallinn to explore the city's innovative development projects. Tokyo has made it a priority to increase the amount of green spaces and green corridors in its urban planning, and projects like Tallinn's Pollinator Highway and Digital Twin (Digikaksik) attracted particular interest.

Tallinn, as the European Capital of Sport 2025, aims to generate positive and lasting value throughout its title year, encouraging residents to be more active and lead healthier lives.