Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
State in Germany
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| December 31 2023 | Foreign resident population statistics recorded, showing significant immigration trends in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Key observations include an increase in Ukrainian residents to 28,120, Polish residents to 17,425, and Syrian residents to 13,590. |
| December 31 2023 | Immigration statistics recorded for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, showing significant foreign resident populations, with Ukraine having 28,120 residents, Poland 17,425, Syria 13,590, and Afghanistan 5,870. |
| November 5 2021 | SPD and The Left agreed to form a coalition government, planning to form a cabinet to be approved by each party-congress by mid-November. |
| October 13 2021 | Minister President Manuela Schwesig announced SPD would enter coalition talks with The Left, citing a desire for 'a new departure' and describing The Left as a 'social, pragmatic party' with policy overlap. |
| September 26 2021 | Landtag election held in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The SPD won a landslide plurality of almost 40% of votes, increasing nine percentage points from 2016. The AfD remained the second largest party but declined, while the CDU recorded its worst ever result with 13.3%. The Left declined to 10%, and Alliance 90/The Greens and FDP re-entered the Landtag. |
| 2018 | The state's gross domestic product was 44.5 billion euros, accounting for 1.3% of German economic output. |
| October 2018 | The unemployment rate stood at 7.1%, which was the third highest rate in Germany. |
| 2017 | Manuela Schwesig became Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| January 2017 | Deaths increased to 15,532 from January to September, further deepening the population decline to -5,696. |
| January 2017 | Births decreased to 9,836 from January to September, continuing the demographic downturn. |
| January 2016 | Recorded 15,251 deaths from January to September, resulting in a natural population decline of -5,027. |
| January 2016 | Recorded 10,224 births from January to September, indicating demographic trends in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. |
| 2013 | The state began experiencing positive net migration, marking a significant demographic shift after years of population decline. |
| 2013 | Net migration into Mecklenburg-Vorpommern becomes positive again, marking a significant demographic shift after years of population decline. |
| 2012 | Leipzig attempted to bid for the Summer Olympics, with proposed sailing competitions to be held off the coast of Rostock if successful. |
| May 2012 | The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg merged with North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church and Pomeranian Evangelical Church to form the new Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany. |
| September 4 2011 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern underwent administrative reorganization, being divided into six Kreise (districts): Landkreis Rostock, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Nordwestmecklenburg, Vorpommern-Greifswald, and Vorpommern-Rügen, along with two independent urban districts of Rostock and Schwerin. |
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