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Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:00
DAILY BULLETIN - 13.10.1998
Author: Foreign Press Bureau Zagreb
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:00
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FOREIGN PRESS BUREAU ZAGREB Daily Bulletin October 13, 1998 In todays bulletin: ============ � CROATIA 1. Defence Minister Hebrang Resigns 2. Ambassador to Vatican Hands His Credentials to the Pope 3. Ambassador Rudolf Signs Statute of the International Penal Court 4. Mintas-Hodak Presents the European Integration Office to EU Ambassadors 5. Preliminary Results of Repeat Elections for Dubrovnik - Neretva County Assembly 6. Medical Supplies Will be Discontinued to Facilities Indebted for More Than 90 Days *** � CROATIA 1. DEFENCE MINISTER HEBRANG RESIGNS Andrija Hebrang has stepped down from his post as defence minister forwarding a letter to Croatian President Dr. Franjo Tudjman. Hebrang also resigned as the HDZ deputy president and the head of the President's medical team. He explained his move by saying that it was prompted by the President's lack of confidence in him that has been apparent. 2. AMBASSADOR TO VATICAN HANDS HIS CREDENTIALS TO THE POPE The newly appointed Croatian Ambassador to the Vatican, Marijan Sunjic, met with Pope John Paul II on Monday to hand over his credentials. The Pope once again spoke of the powerful images he was carrying from his recent visit to Croatia and his happiness over the beatification of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac. 3. AMBASSADOR RUDOLF SIGNS STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PENAL COURT The Croatian Ambassador to Italy, Davorin Rudolf, signed in Rome the Statute of the International Penal Court, signed so far by 53 countries. The document was adopted at a recent UN diplomatic conference in Rome. Rudolf said that Croatia's signature on the document proved its determination to adhere to international law and to the staging of fair trials within the international community. The statute will become a binding document once it is ratified by 60 countries. 4. MINTAS-HODAK PRESENTS THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION OFFICE TO EU AMBASSADORS The head of the European Integration Office, Ljerka Mintas-Hodak, presented the set-up and work of the Office to EU ambassadors in Zagreb. She said that Croatia was eager to join the EU as a full member, while the task of her office was to work towards that goal. According to diplomatic sources, diplomats have expressed readiness to help Croatia to learn from the experiences of other countries and thus avoid the mistakes they had made in the path to joining the EU on the one hand and take advantage of their positive experiences on the other. 5. PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF REPEAT ELECTIONS FOR DUBROVNIK - NERETVA COUNTY ASSEMBLY According to the preliminary incomplete official results of the Sunday repeat elections for seats in the Dubrovnik - Neretva county assembly, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) has attained13 councillor seats (12 from the party slate and one from an electoral unit), the Social Democratic Party (SDP) 10 (seven from the party slate and three from the electoral list), the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) 10 (two from the slate and one from the electoral unit), the Independent list two (both from the party slate) and the Liberal party (LS) two (one from the party slate and other from the electoral unit). Some 61.7 percent of the electoral went to the polls. 6. MEDICAL SUPPLIES WILL BE DISCONTINUED TO FACILITIES INDEBTED FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS Eleven of the largest Croatian firms engaged in the wholesale of medical supplies have announced that as of Monday they will discontinue shipping medicines to medical facilities that have not paid them for more than 90 days. This has been a joint decision by all the wholesale firms, as so far they are being owed more than 500 million Croatian kuna. Both the wholesale firms and medical facilities are expecting the government to resolve the problem, through the Health Ministry and the local medical insurance institution. *** EXCHANGE RATES: http://www.hic.hr/turizam/tecaj WEATHER REPORT: http://www.hic.hr/turizam/prognoza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Croatian Information Centre Tel: 385 1 / 611 5116 Trg Stjepana Radica 3 Fax: 385 1 / 455 0700 10000 Zagreb E-Mail: hicnews@hic.hr REPUBLIC OF CROATIA Web: http://www.hic.hr/news ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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