Past news

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.

A digital giveaway market for Märkisch-Oderland has been online since February 23. Citizens of the district can use it to give away household items in good condition or exchange them for other everyday items free of charge and without the hassle of creating an account. The waste management company MOL is thus also gradually developing the digital services offered by its waste app MOL.

With the district reform in 1993, implemented under the then Prime Minister Manfred Stolpe, the independent city of Frankfurt (Oder) and the newly founded district of Oder-Spree officially became neighbors. After more than 30 years of good cooperation and neighbourly relations, there was a premiere on Tuesday, 20 February 2024: the administrative heads met together for the first time.

From the 2024/25 school year, the Karl-Liebknecht-Gymnasium in Frankfurt (Oder) will be setting up a language learning class for Polish for the first time. This will enable even more pupils to learn the language – in future even from Year 5. The Ministry of Education (MBJS) and the city of Frankfurt (Oder) also see the offer as a further contribution to intensifying neighborly relations with Poland.

ALCARO Invest, an owner-managed and nationwide specialist for the development, operation and letting of logistics and commercial real estate, has received planning permission for the second logistics property in Log Plaza Frankfurt (Oder). René Wilke, Mayor of the City of Frankfurt (Oder), personally handed over the building permit yesterday to Peter Bergmann and Arne Haeger, the responsible project managers at ALCARO Invest.

A new online portal from the Federal Employment Agency (BA) has been up and running at www.mein-now.de since the start of the year. With "meinNOW", people in employment, employers, the unemployed and further training providers have a central entry point for all topics relating to further vocational training. "meinNOW" offers guidance and information and makes the topic of continuing vocational training accessible to all interested parties digitally and in one place on the internet.