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Businesses in direct marketing, the food industry and rural nature and equestrian tourism in the state of Brandenburg have until October 15, 2025 to enter the "pro agro Marketing Award 2026 – Naturally Brandenburg!" competition. The prize is awarded in three categories.

The IHK Ostbrandenburg presents the German-Polish study on the acceptance and implementation of the climate transition in the regional economy.

A meeting between Mayor Claus Junghanns and his Słubice counterpart Marzena Słodownik and the German government's coordinator for German-Polish inter-societal and cross-border cooperation, Knut Abraham MP, focused on the border controls on both sides and their negative impact on the twin city.

The Federal Ministry of Transport has confirmed: An additional clearance lane will be set up on the A12 in the area of the Frankfurt (Oder) checkpoint in the direction of Poland. The aim is to reduce the considerable traffic jams on the Polish side and improve traffic flow on the central east-west axis.

German-Polish partnerships at municipal level an anchor in cross-border cooperation in the heart of Europe: Knut Abraham, Member of the German Bundestag and Coordinator for German-Polish inter-societal and cross-border cooperation of the Federal Government, also used his visit to Frankfurt (Oder) on September 3, 2025 to meet with representatives of the PRO EUROPA VIADRINA Euroregion and the East Brandenburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

On September 1, advance ticket sales began for all events in the new 2025/2026 season at Frankfurt's Kleist Forum. "It is our best, most diverse and certainly most prominent season to date. The curtain will rise over 200 times in our theater for unique performances, shows, concerts, performances and readings from all areas of the performing arts ...", says Florian Vogel, the theater's Artistic Director.

More than 2,300 spectators have seen the summer production "JACQUELINE" in the vacant former 10th Polytechnische Oberschule in Bischofstraße over the past few weeks. The tenth co-production between the Kleist Forum and Theater Das Letzte Kleinod has become an absolute audience favorite.

As of August 31, 1,295 new training contracts had been registered with the IHK Ostbrandenburg for the starting training year. This is 56 fewer contracts than at the same time last year. One of the reasons for this is that the start of training this year falls during the summer vacations; many school leavers have not yet made their decision or the contracts have not yet been submitted to the IHK.

On Monday, September 1, 2025, Mayor Claus Junghanns welcomed 11 young men and women who will begin their training or dual studies at the city administration of Frankfurt (Oder) with immediate effect or from October. The trainees and students will complete the practical part of their training or studies in the specialist departments of the municipal administration and also in the rescue station and at Frankfurt (Oder) Hospital, among other places.

IHK Ostbrandenburg presents TESLA with EMAS certificate as proof of highest ecological exemplarity: Tesla Manufacturing Brandenburg SE received its EMAS certification certificate on September 1. EMAS is a voluntary environmental management system of the European Union with the highest standards.