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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, May 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt:

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas on Sunday called for more transparency of Germany's Foreign Intelligence Service (BND) and full "democratic control" over the institution amid the BND-NSA spy scandal.

Handelsblatt:

-- Ukraine's Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko increased pressure on creditors of her country to allow a debt restructuring. She has ruled out a breakdown of negotiations with international creditors, saying "a national bankruptcy is not an option".

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- Sigmar Gabriel, head of Germany's ruling partner SPD, has blamed Chancellor Angela Merkel for lack of "backbone" toward the United States with regard to the cooperation between Germany's Foreign Intelligence Service (BND) and the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). He repeated a call for the release of U.S. spy lists to the Bundestag, lower house of German parliament. Endit