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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, February 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt:

-- With the fight against corruption and tax evasion, the Greek government wants to convince the euro partners of their commitment to such reforms.

A first provisional list of reform should be already sent to the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund on Sunday for a preliminary discussion. These measures are obviously part of the proposals that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras intends to present to the donors.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- According to the German health authorities, Germany is hit by an exceptionally strong flu wave right now. In this winter, about 20,000 influenza disease have been confirmed so far in Germany, three times as many as last year. Experts believe that the acute infection phase will continue for three weeks.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- The Ukrainian government and the insurgents in eastern Ukraine have agreed on the discharge of heavy weapons in black and white.

"The paper was signed at night. All have agreed and confirmed that the two-week period should start from Feb. 22," said spokesman of the insurgents Eduard Bassurin on Sunday in Donetsk. Endit