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FOREIGN PRESS BUREAU ZAGREB
Daily Bulletin

October 14, 1998

In todays bulletin:
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� CROATIA

1. UN Civilian Police to End 9-Month Mandate Tomorrow
2. Health Minister Says There Will be No Halt to Shipment of Medical Supplies
3. Mintas-Hodak Receives OSCE High Commissioner for Minority Issues
4. No Unresolved Issues Between Croatia and Lithuania
5. Internal Policy Commission Found No Wrongdoing
6. Croatian Night in India
7. Treasure of Dubrovnik Jewish Community is Returning Home


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� CROATIA


1. UN CIVILIAN POLICE ENDS 9-MONTH MANDATE TOMORROW

The UN Civilian Police (UNPSG) is to end its nine-month mandate monitoring
the work of the local police in the Croatian Danube region on Thursday
October 15, thus marking the definitive departure of the UN from the
region. The task is to be handed over to the OSCE on Thursday in Vukovar.


2. HEALTH MINISTER SAYS THERE WILL BE NO HALT TO SHIPMENT OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES

The Minister of Health, Zeljko Reiner, stated during a meeting with the
representatives of wholesale medical suppliers at the Health Ministry, that
it was agreed that there would be no halt in the shipment of medical
supplies to health facilities. It was stated that by the end of the week
some 93 million Croatian kuna would be transferred from the state budget to
medical facilities in order for them to be able to cover part of their debt
to firms selling medical supplies and material.


3. MINTAS-HODAK RECEIVES OSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR MINORITY ISSUES

The European Integration Minister, Ljerka Mintas Hodak, received the OSCE
high commissioner for minority issues Max van den Stoel. The two discussed
the program of the joint municipal council and the issue of medical
insurance for B-H citizens living in Croatia. Van den Stoel said that the
talks were constructive and focused on the role and the program of the
Vukovar-based joint municipal council and its funding, as well as the
return of refugees and medical insurance for B-H citizens living in Croatia.


4. NO UNRESOLVED ISSUES BETWEEN CROATIA AND LITHUANIA

During their talks on Tuesday in Zagreb, the Croatian head of diplomacy
Mate Granic and his Lithuanian counterpart Algirdas Saudragas agreed that
that there were no unresolved issues between the two friendly countries.
Granic said that talks centred around the issue of strengthening economic
co-operation. He also announced the preparations for signing agreements on
double taxation evasion, as well as cultural and economic co-operation.


5. INTERNAL POLICY COMMISSION FOUND NO WRONGDOING

The House of Representatives commission for internal policy and national
security has not found any wrongdoing by the safety and information service
of the Defence Ministry in the political squabbles of high ranking
officials.  This was the conclusion that members of the commission
supported by a majority vote (six voted in favour of such a conclusion),
while the four opposition members of the commission Antun Vujic (SDP), Jozo
Rados (HSLS), Zlatko Tomcic (HSS) and Damir Kajin (IDS) still attended the
session, claims the commission's president Ivan Milas.

However, the four members of the commission belonging to the opposition are
saying just the opposite. They claim that they had left the session before
the conclusion was voted on and that it was passed without a quorum.
Supported by the leaders of their parties, the opposition members resigned
from their membership in the commission.


6. CROATIAN NIGHT IN INDIA

The Indian capital New Delhi hosted a Croatian night, organised by the
Croatian Embassy in India and the Indian Institute for Marketing and
Management. The evening was officially opened by the vice president of the
Indira Ghandi university, Dr. Abdul W. Khan. Croatian Minister Silvija
Luks-Kalogjera, the Croatian Embassy's charge d'affaires in India,
addressed the guests on Croatia's history and future.


7. TREASURE OF DUBROVNIK JEWISH COMMUNITY IS RETURNING HOME

Following more than three years of intensive efforts, the treasure of
Dubrovnik's Jewish Community has returned to Croatia from New York at
Zagreb airport. The treasure was exhibited at the Yeshiva University Museum
in New York for celebrations marking 500 years of Sephardic Jews art. After
years of problems regarding the treasure not being returned to Croatia, the
US court has ruled that the works of art be returned to Croatia, i.e. to
the Dubrovnik Jewish Community which owns the treasure.


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