The Warsaw University of Technology is to provide city residents with the Warsaw Air Quality Index. It will make it possible to track air quality on an ongoing basis. In addition to such informational and interventional measures, educational activities are also being undertaken.

The end of a year traditionally means a time for recapitulations. At a meeting in the city hall, the efforts of local sportspeople were acknowledged by Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Mayor of Warsaw. 18 competitors and 10 coaches received sports awards from the City of Warsaw.

Warsaw has just completed an annual job finding programme, which resulted in 94% of participants getting jobs. The players on the labour market have acknowledged that unemployed people aged 50 or more have substantial vocational potential.

All the ice rinks have been opened in the capital now some of which include indoor rinks without entrance fees. There is no need to bring your own ice skates, as equipment rental is available.

We are eagerly anticipating the arrival of Christmas - we decorate our Christmas trees, cook dishes and buy gifts.

On 31 December, the Mayor of Warsaw and the TV station TVN invite everybody to come to Defilad Square and participate in the biggest open event of the year. The motto of the event organised by the Stołeczna Estrada is Hello 2017! Thanks to the partnership with TVN all residents of Poland will have a chance to watch the New Year’s festivities in Warsaw.

At the corner of Rtm. Pileckiego and Indiry Gandhi Streets in the Ursynów District, construction works on the new hospital are under way. The Mayor of Warsaw and representatives of the contractors symbolically started work on the construction site.

In 2016, thanks to the support of the local government of Warsaw and the General Police Headquarters, the police in Warsaw received 55 new patrol cars. New cars improve the mobility of the police officers who provide everyday security for the denizens of Warsaw. Due to the support of the local authorities, the police officers will be able to reach more quickly the residents who called them and provide help.

No more stereotyping! Visitors are surprised by the energy, creativity and openness they encounter in Warsaw. For the purposes of the latest promotional campaign, the City of Warsaw asked a popular blogger to say what she thought about Warsaw. As it turned out, she loved it.

There are 23 horses in the Warsaw Police force, all of them of the Silesian horse breed, tall, massive and dark. They serve as a direct coercion measure. Securing certain parts of the city and mass events would be very challenging without them.

Wedla Avenue, behind the Powszechny Theatre, is to be transformed. The above-mentioned greenery patch will be renovated to commemorate the 25th anniversary of signing the Polish-German Treaty on Good Neighbourhood and Friendly Cooperation. On 25 November, a letter of intent was signed regarding this matter.

250 small and medium-sized enterprises are to receive support for export activities. Warsaw and 39 neighbouring communes will allot PLN 30 million for the project Grow with Greater Warsaw. Entrepreneurs representing five leading industries will participate in training courses, international trade fairs, trade missions and study visits.

On Saturday, 3rd December, Warsaw will be blazing with Christmas lights. The whole of Trakt Królewski Street, along with the surrounding streets, will sparkle with the colours of Christmas at dusk. The event will end at 7.30 pm.

On Thursday, 17th November, during the meeting of the Warsaw City Council, day nursery No. 55 will be established. This means that in January 2017, a new day nursery will be opened on S. Fiszera Street in Rembertów, ready to take in 150 children.

During the meeting on 17th November, the Warsaw City Council approved the 2017-2019 Veteran Healthcare Programme. The programme aims to provide comprehensive healthcare to registered veterans and Warsaw Rising fighters.

On 4 November, the first municipal ice rink was opened! The indoor ice rink will operate within the OSiR [Sports and Leisure Centre] Targówek facilities, at Łabiszyńska 20. Subsequent rinks will be successively commissioned until mid December. During the 2016/2017 season, there will be sixteen municipal ice rinks available.

A more-than-300-metre-long crossing has connected pedestrian and bicycle paths situated along the Vistula. Warsaw residents can now freely travel along the 18-kilometre distance from Łazienkowski Bridge to the boundaries of Jabłonna.

The Warsaw zoo will receive not only 200 new trees, but also some specialised equipment, which will be used to reintroduce the European pond turtle.

The City of Warsaw has been awarded in the “Urban Innovation Leader 2016” contest. The award was presented on 20th August during the “City 2.0 - Smart City” conference.

During the gala at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, the POLIN 2016 award has been handed out. The winner of the second edition of the contest was Jacek Koszczan, the founder and President of the Association for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in the Dukla Region - Sztetl Dukla.