Restrictions including mandatory housing for poultry have been eased in the Dahme-Spreewald district following outbreaks of Newcastle disease. While events with poultry remain banned, the lifting of restrictions marks a step towards normalization after months of intensive disease control.
Der Landkreis Dahme-Spreewald hebt die Stallpflicht für Geflügel in Bestensee und Königs Wusterhausen am 23. Mai auf. Veranstaltungen mit Geflügel bleiben verboten. Die Krankheit war im Februar im Landkreis Oder-Spree und Anfang März im Dahme-Spreewald ausgebrochen, was zu Zehntausenden getöteten Tieren führte.
Postal worker Andrea Bunar has returned to delivering mail by barge in the Spreewald Forest Delta southeast of Berlin. The 55-year-old resumes her spring and summer route after months of winter deliveries by car, navigating narrow rivers and creeks around Lehde village. The village is the only place in Germany where post still arrives by boat, a tradition spanning 129 years. Bunar has worked the route for 14 years, carrying approximately 600 letters and 80 parcels weekly along an eight-kilometre circuit.
