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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, April 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt:

-- Aid organizations and politicians criticized the European Union's response to the refugee disaster in the Mediterranean as "totally inadequate." The refugee organisation Pro Asyl described on Friday the European Council as the "summit of shame".

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- The lastest report showed that Germany's Foreign Intelligence Service has targeted European interests for surveillance on behalf of the U.S. National Security Agency for years. EU institutions and France are particularly affected.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- The eurozone finance ministers have sharply criticized the behavior of the Greek government in the debt crisis. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was attacked as "player", "amateur" and "time-waster", according to agency reports. Endit