Past news

With the arrival of spring, the Theater am Rand will start its new season on 7 March 2026, including the opening of the theatre restaurant Kleine Wirtschaft, which is run by Polish restaurateur Joanna Golab and her staff. With theatre performances, concerts, swap meets, cinema screenings, readings, cabaret and a dialogue lab, guests can look forward to a varied programme in an extraordinary private theatre in the Oderbruch region, right on the German-Polish border in Zollbrücke.

It is a pressing issue in almost every company: The introduction and use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is increasingly becoming part of everyday working life in companies and organisations. For employees, this development is often associated with a sense of threat.

Sixth-grader Myriam Nour Jannah Kassem from Evangelische Grundschule Frankfurt (Oder) is this year's winner of the city-wide reading competition. She came out on top against the winners from the other Frankfurt elementary school. Myriam read from the book she chose herself, "The Destiny" by Veronica Roth.

The Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region is not getting off the ground economically at the start of 2026. The latest figures from the economic report of the Berlin and Brandenburg chambers of industry and commerce reveal the structural crisis. At 102 points, the economic climate index is now only slightly above the standstill mark (100 points). Two thirds of companies cite the economic policy framework conditions as the greatest risk to business development.

The IHP - Leibniz Institute for Innovative Microelectronics celebrated the "International Day of Women and Girls in Science" on February 11 with lectures, laboratory tours and artistic impulses. The event brought together schoolgirls, researchers and a scientifically interested audience and set an example for equal opportunities and the visibility of women in scientific careers.

The Frankfurt (Oder) Music School can look back on a successful year at the regional "Jugend musiziert" competition in Prenzlau: eleven participants were awarded ten 1st prizes and one 2nd prize.

The establishment of the Border Information Point of the PRO EUROPA VIADRINA Euroregion in Frankfurt (Oder) with the catchment area in the Märkisch-Oderland district, the Oder-Spree district and also in the city of Frankfurt (Oder) is continuously gaining in intensity, content and contour thanks to the support and involvement of numerous regional players. The East Brandenburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce is one of the competent supporters of this project.

The 15 East German chambers of industry and commerce that make up the Heringsdorf Circle are calling on the German government to submit a bid for Expo 2035 in the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region to the International Expo Bureau (Bureau International des Expositions) in Paris. Expo 2035 can actively support structural change in Berlin and the eastern German federal states and provide sustainable support through innovation, investment and training.

The district council adopted the budget for 2026 at its meeting on February 11, 2026. The operating budget includes expenditure of 546.5 million euros. Despite the strained municipal financial situation, the district is sending a clear signal for stability and investment in the future. However, it combines the resolution with specific blocking notices for selected construction projects.

Prof. Dr. Václav Štětka was appointed Professor of Digital Political Communication at the European New School of Digital Studies (ENS) at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) on February 10, 2026. The communication scientist and sociologist researches the connection between a changing media landscape and the rise of illiberalism and populism, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe.