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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, June 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- EU leaders will gather in Brussels on Monday for last-ditch talks over the Greek debt crisis, after Thursday's meeting of euro zone finance ministers failed to make any progress.

Die Welt:

-- According to figures released by Eurostat, the number of asylum seekers in Europe has increased again in the first quarter of 2015. A total of 185,000 refugees sought shelter in the EU. Nearly half of them submitted their applications in Germany.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- Russian gas giant Gazprom and European companies agreed on Thursday to expand the capacity of the Nord Stream gas pipeline by building a third and fourth line. Endit