September is finally here – the month of big celebrations! From 19 to 21 September, Altranft will be transformed into a lively festival location for the Brandenburg Village and Harvest Festival 2025. You can look forward to a whole weekend full of program, regional products, traditional crafts, music, culinary delights and many special encounters.

What values does the European Union represent in its foreign policy and from which sides are these values under attack? Scientists from 20 partner universities on five continents are researching these questions in the Jean Monnet Network ValEUs.

What characterizes Ukrainian society; how can its diversity and resilience be explained? These are the questions addressed by the book "Freiheitsschauplatz. A Portrait of Ukrainian Society", which will be presented on Thursday, September 18, 6:30 p.m. at the Frankfurt (Oder) City and Regional Library.

Under the motto "Strategically aligning foreign trade - strengthening Brandenburg's positioning on the world markets", the state of Brandenburg, together with the state working group of the Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHKs), today launched a comprehensive dialog process to revise the 2018 foreign trade concept.

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.