On Thursday, September 18, 2025, Hannelore Skirde will give the lecture "The city of Lebus and the Lebuser Land - Part 2: Death blow for the diocese" at 4 p.m. in the Museum Viadrina (Kurfürstensaal in the Junkerhaus). The approximately 90-minute lecture is based on Hannelore Skirde's own research and facts that she has compiled over 30 years with limited sources.

In the 50th volume of the Viadrina publication series "Mediation and Conflict Management", Claudia Schymik analyzes the challenges a works council faces when internal conflicts threaten to block the committee.

The city of Słubice is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Polish city of Słubice on Wednesday, September 17 and Saturday, September 20, 2025 under the motto "History connects us" and invites the citizens of the twin city of Frankfurt (Oder)/Słubice to attend.

The city of Frankfurt (Oder) and the municipality of Słubice are partners in the Interreg VI A project "Mobile Twin City", which will run from 1 May 2024 to 31 October 2026. Since the beginning of the year, the digital bilingual newsletter "Mobile Double City" has been published by the Frankfurt-Słubice Cooperation Center and sent by e-mail.

The Brandenburg Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHKs) are calling on the federal government to keep its promise from the coalition agreement and reduce the electricity tax for all companies to the European minimum level.

New generation at the helm of the BSOF: Felix Mildenberger is to become the new Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Brandenburg's only A-list orchestra. He succeeds Jörg-Peter Weigle,whose contract ends with the 2024/25 season.

On Saturday, September 27, the Nature Park Apple Festival will be celebrated in the garden of the Schweizer Haus. The brass band "Fun Brass" will open the festival and the traditional tour of the market stalls and festival participants, including many nature park partners. The main theme for the anniversary year is "traditional crafts".

Format and location development, village and regional development with creative means are an original part of what makes the region attractive and worth living in. In the federal funding program "Faktor K – Forschung zum Faktor Kultur in ländlichen Räumen", the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and the weissensee kunsthochschule berlin are investigating the diverse structures, conditions and effects of artists and cultural workers and their networks in eastern Brandenburg.

A great success for the MOVE team from the Oder-Spree district: the tour for mobility education and participation of young people has been nominated for the nationwide "Good Citizen Participation 2025" award.

The district of Märkisch Oderland has had its budget for 2025 approved by the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government, subject to conditions. Alderman and treasurer, Rainer Schinkel, explains the implications.