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City Council handled the year 2023 welfare account
ReleaseVantaa City Council handled, in its meeting on March 25, the 2023 welfare account, initiatives submitted by residents, as well as ratified the local detailed plan for Satomäenkuja in Jokiniemi.
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Vantaa's first physical activity program
ReleaseVantaa City Council approved Vantaa’s very first physical activity program in its meeting on February 26. The program also encouraged the city councilors to engage in gymnastic exercises during a pause in the meeting. The sporty meeting also ratified the local detailed plans for Kivistö event arena
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City council celebrated UNICEF's Child Friendly Cities recognition granted to Vantaa
ReleaseCity council celebrated UNICEF's Child Friendly Cities recognition granted to Vantaa.
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City council ratified the integration plan and several local detailed plans
ReleaseCity council ratified the integration plan and several local detailed plans.
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Vantaa City Council approves the budget for 2024 – Säde Tahvanainen elected as the Chair of the Council
ReleaseOn 13 November 2023, the Vantaa City Council elected Säde Tahvanainen (SDP) as the new Chair of the Council and accepted Antti Lindtman’s resignation as he takes up duties as the Chair of the Social Democratic Party of Finland. The City Council also approved the budget and tax rates for 2024 and the
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City Council ratified the local detailed plan for Vantaa Energy Ltd's power-to-gas plant
ReleaseVantaa City Council’s meeting on October 9 began with a moment's silence in remembrance of the fatalities in Hakunila’s tenement fire. Five people died in the fire: the mother and four under-10-year-old children. The City Executive Board, as well, had a moment’s silence in honor of the fatalities in
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Antti Lindtman to step down from his position as chair of the city council
ReleaseAntti Lindtman, chair of the city council, announced today, on September 18, that he will step down from his position as the chair of the city council. He will continue in his position until the new chair has been chosen. Lindtman was chosen as the chair of the Social Democratic Party on September 1
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Mika Kasonen elected as Chairman of City Executive Board of Vantaa
ReleaseThe Vantaa City Council held its first meeting of the autumn term on 21 August. At the meeting, Mika Kasonen of the National Coalition Party was elected as the new Chairman of the City Executive Board for the 2023-2025 term of office, following the departure of the current Chair, Sari Multala, as