Major news items in leading German newspapers

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2015-02-23 18:49:23

  BERLIN, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are major news itemsin leading German newspapers on Monday.

  Die Welt:

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

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

  Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

  -- According to the German health authorities, Germany is hit byan exceptionally strong flu wave right now. In this winter, about20,000 influenza disease have been confirmed so far in Germany,three times as many as last year. Experts believe that the acuteinfection phase will continue for three weeks.

  Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

  -- The Ukrainian government and the insurgents in easternUkraine have agreed on the discharge of heavy weapons in black andwhite.

  "The paper was signed at night. All have agreed and confirmedthat the two-week period should start from Feb. 22," said spokesmanof the insurgents Eduard Bassurin on Sunday in Donetsk. Enditem