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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, August 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

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

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expressed little optimism about the situation in eastern Ukraine ahead of Monday's meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande in Berlin. "The military threat from the East is the prospect for the coming decade," said Poroshenko.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- Politicians in France and Belgium have been discussing possible weaknesses of security authorities following the attack on a high-speed train linking Amsterdam and Paris.

Die Welt:

-- German politicians have reacted with indignation to foreign-hostile riots happened in the German state of Saxony. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere condemned the riots and announced that he would use the "full hardness of law" to combat right-wing extremism. Endit