Slight spring recovery on the labor market / Under 14 thousand unemployed again in East Brandenburg: In the city of Frankfurt (Oder), the district of Märkisch-Oderland and the district of Oder-Spree, a total of 13,976 people were registered as unemployed in April. This is 267 fewer than in March and 334 more than in April a year ago. The unemployment rate fell slightly to 6.2 percent, compared to 6.3 percent in March.

Destruction and theft of cultural assets are part of the tactics of historical and current wars, while at the same time this approach violates international conventions. From Monday, May 13 to Wednesday, May 15, the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) is hosting a conference focusing on attacks on cultural heritage and its protection during the First World War.

On the long Ascension Day weekend, there will be plenty to marvel at for the spectacle's young and old guests on this journey through time: Knight fights, lots of hands-on activities such as archery and axe throwing, a large market with crafts and trade, numerous taverns and taverns, music and daring art. Let yourself be enchanted!

On Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5, 2024, 25 Frankfurt and Słubice artists will open their studios or show their work in one of two joint exhibitions.

On Thursday, May 2, 2024, Prof. Dr. Steffen Groß will give the lecture "Europe lies eastwards - Poland's economic and geopolitical rise after 1990" at the Museum Viadrina (Kurfürstensaal) as part of the MUSEUMS-LECTURES.

Under the motto "Europe is here!", the European twin city of Frankfurt (Oder)/Słubice invites all interested parties to a festival on the Polish side of the city bridge on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 11:00 to 17:00. In addition to a European market, guests can look forward to culinary delights and entertainment, a presentation of the border regions, live music and a photo exhibition along the city bridge.

Witty, critical, topical and provocative, Meigl Hoffmann from the Leipziger Pfeffermühle will be taking a cabaret approach to the issues of our time at Frankfurt's Kleist Forum on April 28. In his solo program "Geölter Witz – Am Rahmen der Mona Lisa", he plays the lonely museum caretaker Manfred Subbotnik, who sits in front of da Vinci's famous painting and begins to ponder aloud. About art and a system in which the material seems to take center stage, about power, supposed misunderstanding and the conditions of our time.

The Ostbrandenburgische Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft, in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Energy of the State of Brandenburg and the Brandenburg Economic Development Agency, invites you to an economic forum on April 30. The establishment of the Tesla Gigafactory in Grünheide will have an impact on economic growth in the @see region, Oderland-Spree and Brandenburg as a whole, as well as other positive effects, which the event aims to provide detailed information about.

A demonstration of historical musical instruments with Peter Hellert, Dr. Karl-Konrad Tschäpe and Halina Muchow will take place on Friday, April 26, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. in the Museum Viadrina (Kurfürstensaal). The event is aimed at children aged 10 and over, young people and adults.

On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., a ceremony will be held at the Collegium Polonicum in Słubice to mark the 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union (EU). The event is being organized by the City of Słubice and the City of Frankfurt (Oder). Free tickets for the event are available for citizens at the ticket office of the German-Polish Tourist Information in Frankfurt (Oder) or at the ticket office of the Municipal Cultural Center Słubice.