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. Enditem
-Xinhua
