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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, November 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

Handelsblatt

-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced growths of defense expenditure for years to come in the parliamentary general debate on Germany's budget plan in 2017.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

-- Surplus of Germany's public health insurance companies has widened in the third quarter, reaching as high as 1.5 billion euros(1.59 billion U.S. dollars).

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

-- Pilots' strike of Germany's largest airline Lufthansa will last to Friday. 912 flights, 82 of which are long-haul, will be canceled in the action on Thursday. Endit