18 students from the European University Viadrina and the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne researched the traces of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda last year. They show their impressions of the trip in the exhibition "Rwanda and Us. Looking back on a trip to Rwanda 30 years after the genocide" on the second floor of the Gräfin-Dönhoff building, Europaplatz 1. The photos can be seen until the end of May.

What potential for future transformations can be derived from the history of the GDR and the People's Republic of Poland? This question will be the focus of a discussion on Wednesday, March 20, hosted by the "Mod-Block-DDR" research network together with Carsten Schneider, Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Europe.

On Thursday, March 14, the Cinestar cinema at Große Scharrnstraße 68–71 will be showing the German-language version of the award-winning film "Green Border" by Polish director and Viadrina Prize winner Agnieszka Holland. The multi-perspective drama deals with the refugee crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland. This will be followed by a discussion with Viadrina student and founder Lava Mouslam, who fled to Germany from Syria in 2015.

Dr. Olesia Lazarenko from the Ukrainian lectorate at the Viadrina Language Center is offering a taster course in Ukrainian on Tuesday, 12 March at the university complex in Frankfurt (Oder). The course is aimed at anyone looking for an insight into the Ukrainian language and culture.

From 30.03.2024, the time has finally come again - the Oderbus will be making its way to the Oder every week. Every Saturday, the Oderbus offers the opportunity to take an exciting tour through the picturesque Oderbruch region. Experience the beauty of the region as the bus passes various tourist stops.

From June 8 to 9, 2024, you can look forward to the 29th edition of the largest country festival in Brandenburg. Among other things, guests can once again expect a variety of farm and village festivals, stable tours, field tours, carriage rides and bike tours, baking ovens will be fired up for fresh bread and delicious cakes, and old and new agricultural technology can be discovered.

On Wednesday, 13 March 2024, decision-makers from business and politics will meet at the SME Future Day 2024 to discuss the topics relevant to the future of SMEs: from digitalization and the energy transition to new work, mobility and connectivity. Join us and experience a day of exciting discussions, inspiring information and excellent networking.

Around 120 companies will be presenting their training and dual study opportunities. Parents can find out about regional opportunities together with their children when they graduate from school. In Berlin and Brandenburg, the employment agencies are organizing a joint week of digital parents' evenings for the first time from 11 to 15 March 2024.

For International Women's Day 2024, the Kleist Museum, the Brandenburgischer Literaturrat e.V. and the City and Regional Library, supported by the city's Equal Opportunities Officer, have put together a program for International Women's Day on 8 March as part of the 34th Brandenburg Women's Weeks.

The Network for Healthy Children (NGK) is training volunteer family mentors again this spring. On Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 20, 2024, the NGK team invites you to an online information event at 1 p.m. each day. Alternatively, the necessary information will be presented on Thursday, March 14 at 5 p.m. in a personal meeting at the health department (room 3.08).