Increase in Enrollment of Foreign Students at Brandenburg Universities for 2022/23 Winter Semester

Increase in Enrollment of Foreign Students at Brandenburg Universities for 2022/23 Winter Semester

Potsdam (dpa/bb) – While the number of students at Brandenburg universities fell slightly in the 2022/23 winter semester, the influx from countries outside Europe continues. 7,522 students from so-called third countries were recently enrolled at Brandenburg’s state universities, 370 more than in the 2021/2022 winter semester. The Ministry of Science in Potsdam announced this in … Read more

Berlin & Brandenburg Potsdam Royals Win German Football Championship – Highlights & Results

Berlin & Brandenburg Potsdam Royals Win German Football Championship – Highlights & Results

Berlin & Brandenburg Potsdam Royals are crowned German football champions October 14, 2023, 8:25 p.m Essen/Potsdam (dpa/bb) – The Potsdam Royals won the 44th German Bowl on Saturday evening against defending champion Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns with an impressive 34:7 (6:7, 16:0 – 0:0, 12:0). Won the German Football League championship title. For the Brandenburgers, in … Read more

Bridging Divides: Ratzdorf Initiative Uses Theater, Readings, and Music to Unite the Oder Region

Bridging Divides: Ratzdorf Initiative Uses Theater, Readings, and Music to Unite the Oder Region

Ratzdorf (dpa / bb) – With theater, readings and music, an initiative in Ratzdorf (Oder-Spree) wants to build bridges between the people in the Oder region. During the culture summer this year until the end of September, community theater, music from classical to techno and readings would be offered, reported the spokeswoman for the initiative, … Read more

Brandenburg Alliance Renews Commitment to Cosmopolitanism After Right-Wing Extremist Incidents

Brandenburg Alliance Renews Commitment to Cosmopolitanism After Right-Wing Extremist Incidents

Burg/Potsdam (dpa/bb) – A broad alliance from Brandenburg’s politics, economy, culture and society has demonstratively committed itself to cosmopolitanism after right-wing extremist incidents. The “Alliance for Brandenburg” renewed its appeal from eight years ago on Friday and turned against right-wing extremism, hatred and violence. Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) called on all citizens to join … Read more

Family Forced to Leave Home After Faulty Foreclosure Auction: Court Orders Demolition and Compensation

Family Forced to Leave Home After Faulty Foreclosure Auction: Court Orders Demolition and Compensation

A family from Rangsdorf south of Berlin has to leave the home they built themselves and hand over the property to the owner because of a faulty foreclosure auction. In addition, the family must have the house demolished within a year. This was decided by the 5th Senate of the Brandenburg Higher Regional Court in … Read more

Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Visit Little Researchers in Potsdam Kindergarten on “Day of Little Researchers”

Potsdam (dpa / bb) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) wants to visit little researchers in a Potsdam kindergarten on Tuesday. In his Bundestag constituency, the Chancellor wants to see how girls and boys between the ages of two and six carry out experiments and get into conversation with them. For example, it should deal with … Read more

“Forest Fires Break Out in Brandenburg: Smoke Reduces Visibility on Freeway”

In Kleinmachnow near Berlin, the forest burned on Whit Monday. The smoke reduced visibility on the nearby freeway. Several smaller forest fires broke out in Brandenburg at Pentecost. A large burning pile of wood triggered a forest fire near Kleinmachnow in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district near Berlin. The burning area is between 100 and 200 square … Read more

Brandenburg’s New Education Minister Proposes Reduced Teaching Obligation for Older Teachers to Address Shortage

Potsdam (dpa / bb) – In view of the great shortage of teachers, Brandenburg’s new Minister of Education Steffen Freiberg (SPD) wants to motivate educators to retire later. To this end, the teaching obligation for teachers over the age of 63 should be reduced by a maximum of ten hours, Freiberg explained on Saturday at … Read more

“52 Injured in German Bus-Truck Collision on A12 Highway: Polish Citizens Among Victims”

At least 52 people were injured, ten of them seriously, in a collision between a bus and a truck on the A12 highway in the eastern German province of Brandenburg, DPA reported. Most of the injured were passengers on the bus, which is Polish and was traveling in the direction of Berlin, the police said. … Read more

Discover the Benefits of Kum Nye, a Buddhist-Tibetan Healing Yoga at Sukhavati Spiritual Care Center

“We do a stimulating exercise with our hands first. Rub your hands, feeling the energy pool as they get warm. You’ll take that with you to the exercise afterwards.” Sukhavati means “pure land” Says course leader Ursula Rosemann at Sukhavati, a Buddhist center for spiritual care in Bad Saarow, Brandenburg. The word Sukhavati means “Pure … Read more