Headlines in Germany this Monday include higher than planned CO2 emissions, plans to ramp up civil defense measures, and Chancellor Merz meeting euroskeptic Bulgarian Premier Rumen Radev.
An escaped tiger has injured a 73-year-old man near Leipzig, with police saying they shot the animal. German media reported the tiger was owned by a controversial performer.
Divers have confirmed that a dead humpback whale spotted off Denmark is the same creature that spent weeks beached off Germany’s Baltic coast. It comes two weeks after a contentious rescue operation.