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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, May 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt:

-- According to an analysis of the World Economic Forum that one in five university graduates in Germany are not employed, and do not look for a job. Germany is thus among the 10 countries with the highest percentage of university graduates who do not use their skills in the workplace.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- The European Union (EU) is heading for a military mission against traffickers in the Mediterranean.

During a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on the edge of the NATO foreign ministers meeting in Antalya, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier signaled Germany's approval of a concept that Mogherini had worked out.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- One day after an attempted military coup in Burundi, it came to violent battles in the Burundi capital of Bujumbura between the opposition troops and soldiers loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza on Thursday. Endit