Major news items in leading German newspapers

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

Die Welt

-- One day after a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine entered into force, the peace accord came to a halt. Both the Ukrainian government and the separatists accused each other of violations of the ceasefire agreement reached in Minsk last week. Weapons withdrawal from the front line is currently out of the question, said an army spokesman in Kiev.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

-- The finance ministers' meeting on the future of Greece in the eurozone on Monday evening in Brussels went surprisingly quickly, but ended without an agreement. Greece and its 18 eurozone partners could not reach an agreement to further financial cooperation, despite several days of intensive preliminary discussions. "It is now up to the Greek government to take the initiative to make a request for new talks," said Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem after the meeting.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

-- After terrorist attacks in Copenhagen and the desecration of Jewish graves in Sarre-Union, France, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have promised solidarity and protection for the Jewish population. The heads of state also spoke out against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's appeal to European Jews to emigrate to Israel made in light of the recent anti-Semitic incidents over the past few days. Enditem