Past news

Use strengths and continue to shape the future - On the evening of February 1, the STIC Economic Development Corporation Märkisch-Oderland welcomed to its traditional New Year's reception in the conference room of the STIC in Strausberg.

The next season of the driving license exchange concerns currently the driving license owners of the birth cohorts 1965 to 1970, which are still in the possession of a paper document. These must be exchanged by January 19, 2024.

To support Brandenburg companies even more intensively, the Cottbus, East Brandenburg and Potsdam Chambers of Industry and Commerce have developed a virtual internship and training atlas, which is available in time for the winter vacations via the website www.mach-es-in-brandenburg.de for the entire state of Brandenburg. Through this atlas, students, parents and teachers can easily find the training and internship positions on offer, even "on their own doorstep."

The honorary child representative Jacqueline Eckardt was pleased very much to be able to welcome a set of guests and above all also many new faces with the first regulars' table child charter in this year some days ago in the WG bar. The regular's table was lifted in the past year from the baptism and finds since increasing Zuspruch.

Johanna Schumann from Class 6b at Erich Kästner Elementary School is this year's winner of the citywide reading competition. She prevailed against the best in class from the other Frankfurt elementary schools.

Since January 20, the Green Week, the world's largest trade fair for food, agriculture and horticulture, has been in full swing. Thousands of people are still drawn to the Berlin exhibition grounds until January 29. Like also the alderman Rainer Schinkel. The tourism association Seenland Oder-Spree (TSOS) represents the entire travel region and thus also the district Märkisch-Oderland.

From January 10, 2023, information on municipal waste disposal will now also be conveniently available digitally for smartphones or tablets.

The federal cabinet has approved the extension of access relief for the receipt of short-time allowance. Until June 30, 2023, it will continue to be sufficient if at least 10 percent of employees in companies have a work loss of more than 10 percent. In addition, there will be no build-up of negative working time balances. Temporary workers can also be supported.

Action period in Strausberg and local parts until 31 January 2023 extended - in Strausberg surf many consumers so far slowed down by the Internet. Thanks to the federal funding program "Broadband Expansion", which is financed by the federal government, the state and the district, slow Internet speeds could soon be a thing of the past. How is that possible? Quite simply, the federal funding program provides that underserved addresses located in the so-called white spot can receive a fiber-optic home connection 100% free of charge.

The district budget Märkisch-Oderland 2023 has been prepared. According to the current status, the planned expenses of 429 million euros are only matched by income of 419.8 million euros. The shortfall of almost 9.2 million euros will be offset by a withdrawal from the reserve. The rate of assessment of the district levy remains as already in the year 2022 with 39.3 per cent.