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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, February 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt

-- A gang of cyber criminals stole about a billion U.S. dollars from a hundred banks worldwide within two years, according to the Russian IT security firm, Kaspersky Lab. Kaspersky Lab had been working with Interpol, Europol and the authorities of several countries to track down the gang, the company said. The members of the crime ring came from Europe, Russia, and Ukraine, among others.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

-- Ukrainian Armed Forces and separatists in eastern Ukraine on Sunday largely abode by the ceasefire negotiated in Minsk last week, as the guns fell silent as from midnight in Donetsk, the largest separatist stronghold. The government in Kiev and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe both confirmed that the ceasefire was respected in the first twelve hours, with some exceptions.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

-- Several heads of state and government have shown solidarity with Denmark after attacks in Copenhagen on the weekend which left three dead. German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her condolences to the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and promised continued support in the fight against terrorism. Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron assured the Danish government that it would have Britain's full support in combating terrorist activity. He said the attack was "a repulsive attack on freedom of expression and freedom of religion." Endit