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FOREIGN PRESS BUREAU ZAGREB
Daily Bulletin

September 28, 1998

In todays bulletin:
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CROATIA

1. Proposed Economic Agreement Between Croatia and The Vatican Adopted
2. Foreign Minister Granic in New York
3. New Production System to Boost Agricultural Sector
4. Seminar on the Adaptation of Croatian Administration Into European
Integration
5. Three Day Congress on Occupational Medicine in Zadar
6. Maritime Conference Held in Split
7. Tenja Residents to be Connected to Municipal Water Supply
8. Demolished Bridge Between Zupanja and Orasje Replaced
9. Snajder New Manager of Rijeka HNK

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

10. Official Election Results Released
11. Plavsic Signs Agreement With Coalition Partners
12. Need for Unified Wages System in B-H


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 CROATIA


1. PROPOSED ECONOMIC AGREEMENT BETWEEN CROATIA AND THE VATICAN ADOPTED

The Croatian Bishops Conference has adopted the proposal for an agreement
between the Republic of Croatia and the Vatican relating to economic issues
which have been co-ordinated by church and state commissions. A draft of
the agreement has been forwarded to the Holy See.


2. FOREIGN MINISTER GRANIC IN NEW YORK

During his official visit to New York, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate
Granic met with Hans van den Broek to discuss the participation of the EU
at the Donators Conference and the reopening of the PHARE program in
Croatia. Granic also met with the Portuguese Foreign Minister Jamie Gamma
and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Thursday he met with
Albanian Foreign Minister Paskal Mila to discuss the situation in Kosovo
and the UNSC resolution to resolve the Kosovo crisis through talks.


3. NEW PRODUCTION SYSTEM TO BOOST AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

A new production stimulation system is expected to be introduced into
agriculture in the very near future as an attempt to boost this sector of
the economy. According to the system farmers and producers will be paid per
hectare or head for produce such as wheat, corn, hops, barley, rye, oil
crops, sugar cane, as well as apples, pears, olives and vineyards.


4. SEMINAR ON THE ADAPTATION OF CROATIAN ADMINISTRATION INTO EUROPEAN
INTEGRATION

The seminar on The Institutional Adaptation of the Croatian Administration
in the European Integration Process, underway in Zagreb, is the first of
its kind to be held for ministry and administration officials. It is aimed
at assisting Croatia in adapting all segments of society to EU regulations.


5. THREE DAY CONGRESS ON OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE IN ZADAR

A three-day congress on occupational medicine was held in Zadar. It was the
second of its kind to be held in Croatia, bringing together some 200 health
experts from Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia and B-H. The topic of this
years congress was "Occupational Medicine in the 21st Century".


6. MARITIME CONFERENCE HELD IN SPLIT

A three-day conference on maritime, underwater and hyperbaric medical care
was held in Split over the weekend. It brought together around one hundred
participants from Croatia and abroad and was aimed at promoting awareness
of this scientific branch in Croatia.


7. TENJA RESIDENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY

At a press conference the director of the Osijek waterworks Ljubomir
Novoselic told reporters he expected all households in Tenja to be
connected to the municipal water supply system by Christmas.


8. DEMOLISHED BRIDGE BETWEEN ZUPANJA AND ORASJE REPLACED

On Thursday, the central steel construction of the 304-metre long bridge
was completed. It will connect Zupanja and Orasje and replace the old
bridge demolished seven years.


9. SNAJDER NEW MANAGER OF RIJEKA HNK

Rijekas municipal council voted Slobodan Snajder the new manager of the
Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka on Thursday with a majority vote.
Snajders mandate will last four years. Councillors from the Croatian
Democratic Union (HDZ) opposed the decision.


 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA


10. OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS RELEASED

The official results of elections held in B-H two weeks ago have confirmed
a four-year mandate for  Alija Izetbegovic, Ante Jelavic and Zivko Radisic
as the new members of the Bosnian Federal Presidency. Radisic received
360,000 votes while Momcilo Krajisnik received 315,000. Jelavic received a
little over 189,000 votes, Gradimir Gojer received just over 113,000 votes,
Kresimir Zubak received 40,000 votes. Alija Izetbegovic was the favourite
among the Bosniaks with around 511,000 votes whilst Fikret Abdic received a
little over 36,000. In Republika Srpska, Nikola Poplasen, leader of the
Radical Party, won with a vote of 324,000. Biljana Plavsic received 286,914
votes.


11. PLAVSIC SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH COALITION PARTNERS

Before the election results were made public, the President of Republika
Srpska, Biljana Plavsic, made public an agreement signed with coalition
partners Milorad Dodik and Zivko Radisic. Radisic said the agreement was an
attempt to stifle rumours according to which he was prepared to side with
Nikola Poplasen and the Serbian Democratic Party.


12. NEED FOR UNIFIED WAGES SYSTEM IN B-H

The governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Peter Nicholl, has
announced the need for a unified wages system to replace the present one,
which he sees as complex and costly. Nicholl visited the Banks branch
office in Mostar and met with representatives of two business banks to
discuss the introduction of the Bosnian currency, the convertible mark,
into the wages system.


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