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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, January 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt:

-- German President Joachim Gauck thinks that Germany nowadays has a moral obligation to protect refugees and human rights.

"There is no German identity without Auschwitz," Gauck said in an address on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has shown himself uncompromising in the upcoming negotiations between European creditors and the new Greek government. He excluded not only a debt haircut, but also other reliefs for Athens such as an extension of repayment terms and further interest rate cuts.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- EU countries are threatening Russia with further sanctions as a result of the Ukraine conflict. The heads of state and government have called on foreign ministers of EU member states to prepare for additional measures. Endit