The Office for Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Inspection can announce further progress in the fight against African swine fever (ASF) in our region: Restricted zone II in the districts of Spree-Neiße and Oberspreewald-Lausitz is being reduced in size, while restricted zone I in the districts of Märkisch-Oderland, Oder-Spree, Dahme-Spreewald and in the independent city of Frankfurt (Oder) is largely being lifted and transferred to free territory.

"Regional art & culture" – that is the concept behind KUKURYKU! On Thursday, November 21, the spin-off from the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) was awarded the 2024 Courage Award by the Oderland-Spree Start-up Partners working group.

The anticipation of the festive time of year begins in Frankfurt (Oder) with the opening of the cityWEIHNACHT. From 25 November to 22 December 2024, the Frankfurt Christmas market offers a varied program for the whole family every day from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

200 years ago, the Frankfurt senior teacher Leopold Ranke wrote his first work entitled "Histories of the Romanic and Germanic Peoples" – a book that earned him a reputation as the founder of German historiography. This influential citizen of Frankfurt (Oder) will be commemorated by an all-day symposium on Friday, December 13, at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). Interested parties are cordially invited to attend the conference in the Viadrina Senate Hall.

Under the title "20 Days in Mariupol", the US Embassy together with the Competence Network Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies (KIU) and the European University Viadrina invites you to a film screening with accompanying lecture on Wednesday, November 27, 6 p.m. in the main building of Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder).

Climate economist Prof. Dr. Reimund Schwarze from the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) has once again been following this year's World Climate Conference, which ends this weekend in Baku. On Wednesday, November 27, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., he will report on his observations in a discussion with Amelie Kutter from the Viadrina Institute for European Studies (IFES). Interested parties are cordially invited to attend the event in the Gräfin-Dönhoff building or follow it online.

On Thursday, November 28, 2024 at 5 p.m., the exhibition "Tri-tra-trullala...! Kasper and his friends are here!" at Museum Viadrina (Junkerhaus). Cornelia Fritzsche, a qualified puppeteer from Dresden, will give an introduction to hand puppetry. Admission to the vernissage is free. In addition to the special exhibition, there will be an accompanying program on various dates.

On Friday, November 29, 2024 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. at the Museum Viadrina (Junkerhaus) the film "Feindbilder: The photos and videos of the Stasi" will be shown. This will be followed by a discussion.

40 graduates were honored on 21.11.2024 for their outstanding achievements as the best in dual training in the concert hall in Frankfurt (Oder). All of them completed their exams with at least 92 points and thus achieved the grade "very good".

On November 21, 2024, the Spreepark event hall in Beeskow provided a large stage for start-ups in the Oderland-Spree region. The event was hosted by the Oderland-Spree start-up partners' working group, which presented the 2024 Founder Award and the 2024 Encouragement Award on this evening. The "Succession Award for the Oderland-Spree Region", sponsored by the East Brandenburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Frankfurt (Oder) Chamber of Skilled Crafts, was also presented for the first time in the region.