Past news

Atilla Cintosun from class 6c at Mitte elementary school is the winner of this year's city-wide reading competition. He came out on top against the class winners from the other Frankfurt elementary school.

The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) is receiving around 700,000 euros from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to support its work in the European Reform University Alliance (ERUA). The funding is part of the national support program "European University Networks (EUN) – National Initiative" and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

A joint application by the municipalities of Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice entitled "Frankfurt-Słubice Master Plan 2025–2035 (Phase I) – Setting the course for innovative, sustainable, multimodal mobility in the twin city" was approved at the meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Interreg VIA Brandenburg-Lubuskie 2021–2027 program on 19 December 2023.

The economic development and regional management players came together for the sixth time. The focus was on a practice-oriented exchange on the topics of automotive technology and decarbonization.

The Ministry of Culture is funding the planned conversion and renovation of the former movie theater into the new BLMK location in Frankfurt (Oder) with around 2.2 million euros this year and over the next two years. The funds will be made available for planning services.

The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) officially opened the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies (VCPU) on Thursday, November 30. With the VCPU, interdisciplinary research into Polish and Ukrainian history and the present has a new center in Germany.

On December 1, 2023, the state's most important business prize, the "Brandenburg Future Prize" 2023, was awarded to six companies at the Holiday Inn Berlin Airport Conference Center in Schönefeld, two of which were from Oderland-Spree.

As the largest event location in East Brandenburg, the Messehallen Frankfurt (Oder) are a fixed point in the tour schedules of big names from the music and comedy business. Comedian Paul Panzer, the rock band SILLY and Max Raabe will soon be performing live there with the Palast Orchester.

On November 30, Viadrina student Anastasiia Latkovska received this year's DAAD prize for outstanding achievements by international students. The prize was awarded during the opening of the Viadrina Center of Polish and Ukrainian Studies.

The head of the land registry and surveying office of the city of Frankfurt (Oder), Nico Schmidt, has now been appointed city surveying director and civil servant for life. The corresponding certificate was presented by Lord Mayor René Wilke during the last departmental meeting.