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The Dixieland Festival attracts tens of thousands of fans from Germany and abroad every year. In the short term, the festival is faced with considerable additional costs due to anti-terrorism measures.
The joint police interception center of the East German states was supposed to be operational last year. But it is not getting off the ground. There are several reasons for this.
The anticipation is growing: Despite heightened security concerns, Saxony's carnival parades are sticking to their tried and tested concepts - no drastic changes are being made.
The internet has become a crime scene for criminals working with the latest technology. The Federal Office for Information Security speaks of a worrying threat situation.
Border controls are not actually planned in the Schengen area. However, the German Interior Minister has ordered them for a number of reasons. Now there are figures for the first nine months of the year.
Michael Kretschmer wants to adapt the basic right to asylum to the current migration figures. Whether the heads of the federal states will support this will be decided at the meeting in Leipzig.
Saxony is taking a leaf out of Bavaria's book and wants to set up its own border police force. However, the undertaking is not cheap. Ultimately, a new government will have to decide.
Stationary border controls are intended to help curb illegal migration. Saxony has had good experience with this - controls have been in place there for months.
Saxony's police have long assumed that this year's election campaign will be different from all previous ones. The mood in the state is too heated. That is why special precautions are to be taken.
The BSI warns against disinformation on the internet in view of the state elections in eastern Germany and emphasizes the dangers of opinion amplifiers and cyber attacks.
Modern information technology makes it possible to spread fake news online on a massive scale. The authorities want to sensitize people not to blindly trust information on the internet.
Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster considers the stationary controls at the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic to be doubly effective. On Friday, the CDU politician referred to figures from the Federal Ministry of the Interior contained in an answer to a question from Dresden MP Lars ..
A study is to provide insights into crime, victims' experiences, feelings of safety and experiences with the police. Interior Minister Armin Schuster is calling for participation.
Saxony is planning measures to protect public officials and elected representatives from threats and intimidation.