Off the wire
• Explosion in central Cairo kills at least 3  • Weather forecast for major Chinese cities, regions -- April 5  • "Belt and Road" Initiative turning point for Chinese economy: expert  • More efforts should be made for finalizing signing of NCA: Myanmar Kachin ethnic leader  • Weather forecast for world cities -- April 5  • Northeast Chinese government fined for destroying family tombs  • Roundup: Death toll in Yemen's Aden rises to 195 amid worsening humanitarian crisis  • Suicide bomb kills 6 people in NW Libya  • 6 killed in road accident in India  • 1st LD Writethru: Motorcycle bomb shocks Afghan southern Kandahar city  
You are here: 　 Home

Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, April 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

The following are the major news items in leading German newspapers on Sunday.

Welt am Sonntag:

-- The Medical Service of German airline Lufthansa goes under pressure to explain why the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings passenger plane was able to keep his flight license for years despite his mental illness. The German Federal Aviation Authority (LBA) said Lufthansa's Medical Service had not informed it of the co-pilot's "previous episode of severe depression".

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung:

-- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is going to visit Russia on Wednesday and meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Greece must repay 450 million euros to the International Monetary Fund on Thursday. It is unclear whether Athens can afford that, according to Greek politicians.

Der Tagesspiegel:

-- A refugee center in Germany's Troeglitz was set on fire intentionally in the early hours of Saturday. German politicians expressed shock and criticized the attack. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the "abhorrent act" must be immediately clarified. Endit