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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, March 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Die Welt:

-- Germany's military counterintelligence agency (MAD) requires more staff and better technology. Christof Gramm, the president of German Armed Forces Intelligence, said Germany must be better positioned and there is also a need for modernization for cyber defense technology.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- The euro countries strive to find a way to pay off the remaining Greece grants. A senior EU official said in Brussels on Sunday the Greek government was walking, financially speaking, "on very thin ice". Euro countries stated that they wanted to offer the Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis "a compromise" so that they could finally begin to process the conditions for payment of the funds. The meeting of euro zone finance ministers takes place in Brussels on Monday.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- Prior to the meeting of the Eurogroup on Monday, the conflict between the Greek government and euro zone finance ministers about the continued funding of Greece is getting worse. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis warns on Sunday Greece could have a new election or a referendum if the euro zone finance ministers do not accept its plan to ease austerity on Monday. Enditem