Past news

Just in time for European Waste Prevention Week, the Märkisch-Oderland waste management company (EMO) is launching a new website at www.abfallberatung-mol.de. It is dedicated to the topics of waste prevention, resource protection and waste recycling. Every year in November, the European Week for Waste Prevention draws attention to the topics of resource and climate protection. This is what the three R's of the Europe-wide campaign week stand for: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

"Regional art & culture" – that is the concept behind KUKURYKU! On Thursday, November 21, the spin-off from the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) was awarded the 2024 Courage Award by the Oderland-Spree Start-up Partners working group.

On November 21, 2024, the Spreepark event hall in Beeskow provided a large stage for start-ups in the Oderland-Spree region. The event was hosted by the Oderland-Spree start-up partners' working group, which presented the 2024 Founder Award and the 2024 Encouragement Award on this evening. The "Succession Award for the Oderland-Spree Region", sponsored by the East Brandenburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Frankfurt (Oder) Chamber of Skilled Crafts, was also presented for the first time in the region.

The Office for Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Inspection can announce further progress in the fight against African swine fever (ASF) in our region: Restricted zone II in the districts of Spree-Neiße and Oberspreewald-Lausitz is being reduced in size, while restricted zone I in the districts of Märkisch-Oderland, Oder-Spree, Dahme-Spreewald and in the independent city of Frankfurt (Oder) is largely being lifted and transferred to free territory.

The "Chefinsache/Chefsache" campaign for skilled workers and locations was launched in Marzahn-Hellersdorf and Märkisch-Oderland (MOL) with an impressive poster campaign. The aim of the campaign is to highlight the Metropolitan Region East as an attractive place to live and work and to support regional companies in recruiting skilled workers.

The Viadrina Municipal Museum is pleased to announce a significant new acquisition: It is an oil painting by Carl Alexander Brendel (1877–1945) from 1928. The painting is entitled "Storm over the Oder Meadows" and shows the hustle and bustle of farm workers trying to get the hay on the Oder meadows to safety in time before the approaching downpour.

He is considered a thought leader for German-Polish relations and a moral authority in Poland: the historian, publicist and Polish Foreign Minister Władysław Bartoszewski (1922–2015). From Friday, November 15, visitors to the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) can get to know him anew from an entertaining perspective. The exhibition "Władysław Bartoszewski in caricatures and bon mots" will feature caricatures by well-known Polish artists and graphic designers, accompanied by quotes from Bartoszewski.

Every year, the volunteer examiners conduct more than 4,000 examinations in dual training and continuing vocational training. Without their commitment, securing skilled workers and an efficient economy would be unthinkable. On 8 November, the IHK Ostbrandenburg honored this dedicated work at the examiner reappointment ceremony in the Kleistforum Frankfurt (Oder). This ceremony, which takes place every five years, was a solemn moment of thanks.

The economic region of Frankfurt (Oder) and Eisenhüttenstadt continues to grow. In addition to the expansion of the "Log Plaza" logistics center in Frankfurt (Oder), Eisenhüttenstadt is also setting new accents: A 160-hectare industrial area is being developed here for logistics and industrial companies.

The number of apprenticeships registered with the employment agency in East Brandenburg is almost exactly the same as last year. In Frankfurt (Oder) and the districts of Märkisch-Oderland and Oder-Spree, employers from the regional economy and administration registered a total of 2,339 company-based apprenticeships, which is 2 fewer than in the previous year.