Past news

The 2026 Training Award of the Metropolitan Region East builds on the successful Marzahn-Hellersdorf 2025 Training Award and expands it through supra-regional cooperation. It serves as a tool for location marketing and for sustainably strengthening the regional training landscape. The application phase will start during the career compass training and job fair from May 8 to 9, 2026.

Chambers of Industry and Commerce in Berlin and Brandenburg call for action on the i2030 rail infrastructure program - The chambers of industry and commerce in Berlin and Brandenburg have reacted with disillusionment to the federal government's response to a minor question from the Green parliamentary group in the Bundestag on the i2030 infrastructure program. The answer makes it clear that the further financing of central rail projects, including the reconstruction of the Potsdam main line and the extension of several S-Bahn lines, is not secured.

IHK Ostbrandenburg, owner of the collective brand "Eberswalder Würstchen", insists on Brandenburg regionality. The Eberswalde sausage factories at the traditional Britz site are to be closed. Against this backdrop, the IHK Ostbrandenburg supports all efforts by the Brandenburg state government to preserve the site.

The Oder-Spree district is introducing a baby welcome service for families with newborns from 2026. With this new service, the district wants to support families at an early stage and make it easier for them to start life with their child.

Jens Warnken, President of the Cottbus Chamber of Industry and Commerce, comments on the Brandenburg government crisis on behalf of the State Working Group of Chambers of Industry and Commerce in Brandenburg: "From the point of view of the business community, talks with the CDU on the formation of a new state government must now start immediately so that the government crisis in Brandenburg can be overcome quickly ... "

Thanks to the new seat heaters and insulated walls, the season at the Theater am Rand can start earlier: It starts as early as March 7! All events until the end of May are now open for booking. Highlights in spring: Kafka am Rand, Kästner unplugged, the guitar jack-of-all-trades Luca Stricagnoli, the cabaret artist Arnulf Rating and the anniversary concert by Engerling.

The city of Frankfurt (Oder) and the municipality of Słubice are partners in the Interreg VI A project "Mobile Doppelstadt", which will run from 1 May 2024 to 31 October 2026. The digital bilingual newsletter "Mobile Doppelstadt", which is published by the Frankfurt-Słubice Cooperation Center and sent by email, provides information on the most important issues, events and results of the project.

Unemployment figures rise slightly due to seasonal factors – mixed picture looking back on the year: In December, a total of 14,782 people were registered as unemployed in the city of Frankfurt (Oder), the district of Märkisch-Oderland and the district of Oder-Spree. That is 149 more than in November and 70 more than in December 2024.

A record number of visitors crowns an extraordinary year at Frankfurt's Kleist Forum theater: 49,543 guests attended performances at the Kleist Forum and guest performances of the theater's own productions in Cottbus, Schwetzingen, Hamburg and Rome. In addition, around 11,000 people took part in workshops and cultural education programs.

The members of Mittlere Oder e.V., the German supporting association of the PRO EUROPA VIADRINA Euroregion, met on 11.12.2025 in Frankfurt City Hall for the ordinary general meeting. In addition to the 2024 annual financial statements, the working plan and budget for 2026 were also discussed and approved. The most important item on the agenda was the regular two-yearly election of the new Executive Board.