Berlin and the federal republic.
Germany's interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, asked fellow EU interior ministers in Luxembourg to set up a standing fast-track that would let countries skip normal asylum rules during a declared crisis, according to Welt.
A drone spotted over Berlin's main airport, BER, forced air traffic controllers to halt all flights before reopening the airspace.
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has proposed a new EU-only alarm system that would let any of the Union's 27 member states trigger a joint EU response to security crises that fall short of an outright armed attack.
German security officials have identified two suspects, with high probability, behind a drone flying over Leipzig/Halle airport, according to leaked files reported by Welt am Sonntag.
In a regional election in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, won about 44% of the vote.
German police investigating a failed drone attack on Leipzig airport have found that one suspect lived in Russia for years, according to the newspaper Welt.
Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz is campaigning ahead of Sunday's election in the eastern state of Sachsen-Anhalt, where his Christian Democrats (CDU) fear losing to the far-right AfD party for the first time.
An investigation by German broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk found that mobile networks in Germany let callers see private data about the phone they were calling.
Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini says Italy will not take back asylum seekers who first entered the EU through Italy but are now in Germany, even though EU rules say they should be sent back to the first country they entered.
A drone strike damaged the protective shelter built over Chernobyl's destroyed nuclear reactor.
Internal planning papers show Germany's defence ministry is about to approve almost 100 new weapons contracts, continuing a rearmament push begun after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
A drone carrying explosives was found at Leipzig airport, reopening German debate over how to respond to such threats.