Pirkanmaa wellbeing services (Pirha) has launched a pilot where primary care teams proactively call long-term patients to detect deterioration early and reduce emergency visits and long hospital stays.
A new four-lesson package called Me arvokkaat! offers pupils in grades 4–9 tools to reflect on values and help prevent bullying across the Tampere City Region.
From 1 October, smoking on balconies in rental apartments across Finland is banned under the revised residential tenancy law; Tamperelainen is seeking tenants to interview about how the change has affected them.
An overhaul of Tesoma, including a service alliance between public, private and third-sector partners, has shortened primary care waiting times and improved outcomes.
Sari Tanus, a Tampere Christian Democrat MP, will seek a fourth consecutive parliamentary term and proposes raising the minimum social media age to 16.
Tampere has identified a €46.5 million gap in its 2027 budget and is seeking savings across procurement, service areas and corporate administration while councillors debate possible tax increases.
Orivesi city board has proposed a €60,000 grant to cultural cooperative Pro Orivesi to keep the Orivesi campus running in 2026–2027, with half of the money earmarked to cover immediate winter heating costs.
Akaa city council voted to form a temporary committee to prepare removing councilor Anton Murola as chair of the audit committee after reports of racist social media posts.
A new rule banning smoking in all rental apartments across Finland will take effect next Thursday and will apply to existing leases.
Tampere is flying SDG flags across the city today to mark the UN Sustainable Development Goals anniversary and highlight the city’s long-running sustainability work.
Kaisa Kalliolahti, operator of Cafe Metso at Tampere Main Library, is considering an appeal to the Market Court after the city awarded the concession to Compass Group Finland; a petition of over 10,000 signatures has prompted an extraordinary meeting.
Tampere will not charge families daycare fees for the city's annual staff training day if parents arrange care themselves and register the absence in eVaka by the deadline.
Pirkanmaa wellbeing area (Pirha) will end its Tempore staffing agreement at the end of February and divest its 0.04% stake in Numera after procurement rules raised the minimum in-house ownership threshold to 10%.
The Pirkanmaa welfare area may close its Mäntymäki elderly residential unit in Akaa after landlord Attendo terminated the lease, with the regional board possibly recommending closure once co-operation negotiations conclude.
Tampere will trial a results-based bonus system in early childhood education this autumn in seven daycare centres, covering about 750 children and 175 staff.
Vaasa Administrative Court carried out a rare on-site inspection of Remeo’s Rusko waste processing plant as the company appeals a 2025 decision to revoke its environmental permit following repeated breaches and a major November 2024 fire.
Tampere is expected to grow by more than 3,000 residents this year after population trend turned positive in July thanks to summer migration gains and a birth surplus.
Former Tampere deputy mayor Ilkka Sasi will run as a Finns Party parliamentary candidate in Pirkanmaa in 2027.
The Matriculation Examination Board has allowed supervisors to check candidates' ears and use handheld metal detectors at the autumn matriculation exams to deter and detect cheating.
Tampere has 468 people without a permanent home, over 100 of them women. Sober homeless residents say services focus on people with substance use or severe mental-health issues, leaving them few safe day spaces.