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2025

29.09.2025 | Frankfurt (Oder)

Ticket distribution for "We are one big family" starts on October 1

This year, the city of Frankfurt (Oder) is once again inviting all senior citizens aged 65 and over to the traditional "We are one big family" series of events. From December 3 to 7, the festively decorated exhibition hall will open its doors for afternoons of coffee and cake, music, encounters and entertainment.

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26.09.2025 | Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland

Broadband expansion in the Märkisch-Oderland district enters the next phase

The district of Märkisch-Oderland continues to systematically drive forward the expansion of its digital infrastructure. With the entry into the next phase of the fiber optic expansion, an important milestone has been reached: the aim is to provide the entire district with high-performance and future-proof Internet connections.

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22.09.2025 | Strausberg

The "Startup-Hangar Strausberg" will be launched on 23.9.

On 23.9.2025 from 4 p.m. there will be a celebration in the old hangar at Strausberg airfield. The "Startup Hangar Strausberg", one of the six startup centers funded by the state, will begin operations. Startups based in Brandenburg will be supported here to the east of Berlin over the next few years.

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15.09.2025 | Frankfurt (Oder)/Słubice

For an end to border controls on both sides

A meeting between Mayor Claus Junghanns and his Słubice counterpart Marzena Słodownik and the German government's coordinator for German-Polish inter-societal and cross-border cooperation, Knut Abraham MP, focused on the border controls on both sides and their negative impact on the twin city.

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11.09.2025 | Frankfurt (Oder)

Relief for the twin city: additional lane at the A12 checkpoint coming

The Federal Ministry of Transport has confirmed: An additional clearance lane will be set up on the A12 in the area of the Frankfurt (Oder) checkpoint in the direction of Poland. The aim is to reduce the considerable traffic jams on the Polish side and improve traffic flow on the central east-west axis.

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05.09.2025 | Frankfurt (Oder)

Knut Abraham visits the PRO EUROPA VIADRINA Euroregion

German-Polish partnerships at municipal level an anchor in cross-border cooperation in the heart of Europe: Knut Abraham, Member of the German Bundestag and Coordinator for German-Polish inter-societal and cross-border cooperation of the Federal Government, also used his visit to Frankfurt (Oder) on September 3, 2025 to meet with representatives of the PRO EUROPA VIADRINA Euroregion and the East Brandenburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

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04.09.2025 | Frankfurt (Oder)

Advance booking at the Kleist Forum since September 1

On September 1, advance ticket sales began for all events in the new 2025/2026 season at Frankfurt's Kleist Forum. "It is our best, most diverse and certainly most prominent season to date. The curtain will rise over 200 times in our theater for unique performances, shows, concerts, performances and readings from all areas of the performing arts ...", says Florian Vogel, the theater's Artistic Director.

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