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September cleaning: Vantaa invites all residents to participate in the September cleaning spree
In September, Vantaa neighborhoods undergo thorough cleaning. The city invites all residents to participate in a voluntary cleaning spree in September. Make a team consisting of your family members, neighbors, friends, or hobby group and join the cleaning spree!
Ambassador of Ukraine Olga Dibrova visited Tikkurila's library today with the mayor of Vantaa, Pekka Timonen
Ambassador of Ukraine Olga Dibrova visited Tikkurila's library today with Mayor Pekka Timonen and Deputy Mayor Riikka Åstrand. The event celebrated the donation of Ukrainian books to the capital region's library network.
Sexual harassment of minors has become more common – cities in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area have produced a support package for those working with the youth
The results of the biennial School Health Survey show that sexual harassment of children and young people has become more common. This year, schools, educational institutions and youth centres in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area will address the phenomenon so that children and young people can learn
International IB education to begin at Vantaa Vocational College Varia
The first IB CP study program in Southern Finland provides the young with facilities for internationality, higher education studies, as well as the practical competence to work as a welfare technology installer.
European City Leaders Explored Vantaa’s Social Innovations
In June, Vantaa hosted the Eurocities network’s Social Affairs Forum annual meeting, where European city leaders and experts networked and exchanged best practices among participating countries.
The young gather to celebrate beginning of new school year — discuss safety with highschoolers in advance
By tradition, students in Vantaa high schools celebrate the beginning of the new school year and new highschoolers. On the following Friday nights, the young will presumably celebrate in parks and outdoor recreation areas such as Heureka and Jokiuoma parks.
City council ratified the inflation adjustment of trustees’ remuneration rule
In its meeting on August 19, 2024, Vantaa City Council ratified the inflation adjustment of the city’s trustees’ remuneration rule. Trustees’ fees will be increased by 20%, and the fees will be tied to the consumer-price index. At the same time, the boards’ annual fees will be standardized. The
Campaign to remind that trash often ends from street well to the Baltic Sea – a street well is not a garbage can
Vantaa participates in a campaign that reminds that trash thrown away may end up in a street well and, from there, to the waterway, because water entering the street drain network is not cleaned, as a general rule.
Vantaa’s housing advisors help with problems related to housing
The purpose of the new housing counseling service is to prevent and solve problems related to housing.
Registration for multilingual social orientation courses is open!
The Social Orientation course provides information about living and working in Finland. Courses are held in Estonian, English and Arabic.