Past news

At the invitation of Michael Kellner (Member of Parliament and PStS in the BMWK) and Erdmute Scheufele (Member of the Oder-Spree District Council), a press event was held on March 7, 2024 at the Fürstenwalde lock with an alliance of local shippers, shipping companies and port operators as well as the East Brandenburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce to usher in a new era of inland shipping on the Oder-Spree Canal.

The popular and traditional Bad Freienwalde travel journal has been published just in time for the start of spring. Its 68 pages provide comprehensive information about Bad Freienwalde, which Theodor Fontane described as a "pretty word for a pretty place". It is now available free of charge from the Bad Freienwalde Tourist Information Office.

Mayor Claus Junghanns and Jochem Freyer, Chairman of the Management Board of the Frankfurt (Oder) Employment Agency, recently visited the educational institution Quirito Academy Frankfurt (Oder) to find out about the integration offers for refugees and migrants in the labor market.

The next European elections will take place on June 9, 2024. The Frankfurt-Słubice Cooperation Center of the City of Frankfurt (Oder), the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art (BLMK) and EUROPE DIRECT Frankfurt (Oder) are jointly taking the European elections as an opportunity to invite young people from Germany and Poland to an EU election poster workshop and competition followed by a poster show.

18 students from the European University Viadrina and the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne researched the traces of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda last year. They show their impressions of the trip in the exhibition "Rwanda and Us. Looking back on a trip to Rwanda 30 years after the genocide" on the second floor of the Gräfin-Dönhoff building, Europaplatz 1. The photos can be seen until the end of May.

From 30.03.2024, the time has finally come again - the Oderbus will be making its way to the Oder every week. Every Saturday, the Oderbus offers the opportunity to take an exciting tour through the picturesque Oderbruch region. Experience the beauty of the region as the bus passes various tourist stops.

Once again, Sebastian Fritze, President of the Brandenburg State Office for Mining, Geology and Raw Materials (LBGR), keeps his word and comes to Frankfurt (Oder) for the public presentation of the stability report for Lake Helene.

Eight paintings from the collection of the Viadrina Municipal Museum are currently embarking on a journey. In a way, they are embarking on a kind of beauty treatment. This is made possible thanks to the support of the Friends of the Cultural Foundation of the Federal States. The Circle of Friends is supporting the professional restoration of the eight originals of the subject "Frankfurt (Oder), a city on the river".

From February 28 to March 20, pupils between the ages of 8 and 13 can experience how a university works and what studying feels like at the Viadrina Children's University at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). On four Wednesday afternoons, scientists will give lectures on current topics, presented in a child-friendly way. Participation is free of charge.

There is an urgent need for action in planning the transport infrastructure around the airport and Tesla region. This is shown by the joint "Traffic and bottleneck analysis of the airport surroundings and Tesla region" by the municipal working group Dialogforum Airport Berlin Brandenburg and the Berlin-Brandenburg Chambers of Industry and Commerce.