The city of Frankfurt (Oder) has in accordance with § 558d BGB rotationally after two years a new qualified rent index, which reflects the local comparative rent in the city and the legal certainty between landlords and tenants regarding rent changes to increase.

On 29 November 2022 the yearbook of the district Märkisch-Oderland was presented in the castle Trebnitz to the authors and all contributors. The now already 30th volume is an anniversary edition of the traditional publication series of the district.

On the part of the Technology and Trade Center Frankfurt (Oder) GmbH (TeGeCe) is currently the market sounding for a commercial space of about 14,500 square meters, which offers a variety of uses.

With the purchase of the area of Reuther STC by Daiwa House one of the further industrial settlement in the district Oder-Spree prepares itself.

All-day hourly service - more services at weekends - short transfer times to the S-Bahn and regional trains: In the counties of Märkisch-Oderland and Oder-Spree, three new PlusBus lines have been operating under the name 'PlusBus Oderland-Spree' since the timetable change on December 11, 2022. Two of the lines are cross-county and thus strengthen the public transport offer in the region.

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.

Over 70 training enterprises from the region ORLAND-SPREE present everything to the training possibilities in their enterprises. On both event days there is also a colorful program!

Members of the Euroregion deal with future funding priorities. On Friday, 02 December 2022, the members of the Euroregion PRO EUROPA VIADRINA, Middle Oder e.V., met in the Uckermark room of the East Brandenburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry for their regular general meeting.

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.

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