Report on the fourth conference of the Union of the exiled persons from Croatian Podunavlje | Celebration of the Rakovica revolt: Sanader states that Croatia does not want to enter in any kind of Balkan associations since a lot of victims have been given for its independence | Report on exercises of the Croatian navy | General Bobetko gave his new book “All my battles” to Franjo Tuđman | President Tuđman received a delegation from the Croatian self governed municipalities in Hungary: report on their activities there have been given to the president | Granić talked with Rehn about the reintegration of Croatian Podunavlje and the determination of Croatia to collaborate with the Hague tribunal | Granić expressed his conviction that Croatia will soon be part of the Council of Europe | What will be the consequences of entering in the Council of Europe? | Report on the political activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Kinkel meets the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | International news | Report on the law on compensation for confiscated property | Through bilateral meetings with the countries members of CEFTA Croatia will try to join this organization | Fair of innovation in Zagreb | Closure of a bazaar on the road Osijek - Klisa | Days of the municipality Ravna Gora | Monument unveiled in honor of the Croatian Navy in Dubrovnik | Monument unveiled in honor of the women that fought for independent Croatia against the communist regime | 50 years anniversary of the process against the archbishop Alojzije Stepinac | Solar eclipse in Croatia | Sport

Report on the fourth conference of the Union of the exiled persons from Croatian Podunavlje | General Bobetko gave his new book “All my battles” to Franjo Tuđman | President Tuđman received a delegation from the Croatian self governed municipalities in Hungary: report on their activities there have been given to the president | Granić talked with Rehn about the reintegration of Croatian Podunavlje and the determination of Croatia to collaborate with the Hague tribunal | Rehn met with relatives of imprisoned and missing persons | 50 years anniversary of the process against the archbishop Alojzije Stepinac | Celebration of the Rakovica revolt: Sanader states that Croatia does not want to enter in any kind of Balkan associations since a lot of victims have been given for its independence | Report on the political activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Kinkel meets the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Kornblum meets Milošević in Belgrade | International news | Monument unveiled in Virovitica to honor the soldiers killed in the Croatian war for independence | Monument unveiled in honor of 5 soldiers which died on the Vran mountain | Hospital to be build in Umag | Colloquy “Culture, creativity and the young” held in Varaždin | Meeting of the presidents of HSLS offices from all counties in Koprivnica | Celebration of 260 years from the immigration of Albanians in Croatia | Promotion of haiku poetry book by Dubravko Ivančan with illustrations by Nada Žiljak | Sport

Krajišnik did not signed the formal statement for taking over the function of member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hajrić comments on Krajišnik's act | The Croatian positions were well accepted on the seventh Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Antalya | Comment on Bildt’s endeavors to advocate the formation of a “third Yugoslavia”: the dangers from any kind of Balkan associations for Croatia are addressed | International news | The highway Rijeka-Karlovac to be open by the end of the year | Report on the revival of the tourism in the South Jadran summer resorts in 1996 | Report on the development of tourism in Stupičke Toplice | Report on the problems with the sowing in Croatia: the state will need to import wheat for several years | Press conference of HND: Degoricija comments on the expulsion of several members from the HND | Celebration of “Days of bread-Thanksgiving days for the fruits of the earth“ in Gospić | End of the International Festival of New Film in Split | Concert of Marijana Lipovšek in Zagreb | Report on two pumas born in Sveti Petar Orehovec | Sport

Roundtable in Trakošćan concerning the future of Slavonija, Baranja and Srijem after the end of the mandate of UNTAES: van der Stoel states that after the mandate Croatian institutions will take over the administration | The Croatian positions were well accepted on the seventh conference for security and cooperation in Europe in Antalya | International news | Scientific symposium “Journalism and Democracy” opened in Zadar | Journalists from world renown media such as CNN, Associated Press, Le Figaro, Times met with the mayor of Dubrovnik: they will be familiarized with the damages that the city suffered from the earthquake | Opening of the “Požega Organ Nights” | Sport

Mateša visits Brussels: he will participate on an economic forum and meet officials of EU and NATO | Report on the diplomatic activities of Mateša in Brussels | van den Broek expresses his conviction that Croatia will soon be accepted in the Council of Europe | Granić: EU supports the work of the Croatian Government in the reintegration of Croatian Podunavlje | Ivica Kostović met the representative of UNTAES for organizing the elections in Croatian Podunavlje: he stressed that the Croatian Government asks that the local election be held until 15 December | Kostovič talked with the special envoy of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, about the peaceful reintegration of Croatian Podunavlje | Kostović and the French Ambassador in Croatia discussed the mandate of UNTAES, the elections in Croatian Podunavlje and the missing persons from that region | Report on the 39th Session of the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament and the announcement of the 12th session of the Chamber of Deputies of the Croatian Parliament | Celebration of 600 Anniversary of the foundation of the first Croatian University in Zadar | Report on the political situation and the life in Mostar | International news | Šeparović comments on the law on compensation of confiscated property | Report on the political crisis in the Parliament of the city of Zagreb: Račan (SDP) states that this crisis works against the interests of the city while Čutura (HDZ) states that this reveals which side is the destructive in the so called Zagreb crisis | Tuđman met with representatives from the publishing house C.A.S.H. from Pula due to the publishing of a monograph about Istra | Tuđman named Tomislav Karamarko for deputy minister of Interior | Changes of police officials in the Brod Posavina county | Representatives of the Ministry of Defense gave flats to families with considerable loss in the independence war from Vinkovci | New ferryboat in Dubrovnik | Opening of the first Croatian Triennal of Drawings | Sport | Five people, war crime suspects, members of DNZ, are still in prison in Bihać

Mateša visits Brussels: he will participate on an economic forum and meet officials of EU and NATO | Report on the diplomatic activities of Mateša in Brussels | Announcement of the 12th session of the Chamber of Deputies of the Croatian Parliament | Report on the 39th Session of the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament | Šeparović comments on the law on compensation of confiscated property | International news | Kostovič talked with the special envoy of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, about the peaceful reintegration of Croatian Podunavlje | Meeting of the exiled persons from Croatian Podunavlje | The mayor od Zagreb, Marina Matulović-Dropulić gave in name of the city governors new vehicles to the city police while thanks to a credit by the World Bank new vehicles have been provided for the emergency department in Zagreb | Arthur Andersen to assist the financial analysis and auditing of the Croatian public companies | Celebration of the World Standards Day in Croatia | Report on the opening of a hotel Bellevue in the National Park Plitvice Lakes | Journalists from world renown media such as CNN, Associated Press, Le Figaro, Times were familiarized with the damages that the city suffered from the earthquake | Promotion of a monograph on the works of Ljubo Ivančić | Report on a marathon in honor of 35 killed soldiers of the Croatian Army | Sport |

Mateša and Granić met Solana: the discussed the role of Croatia in NATO’s strategy for South East Europe as well as the continuation of the mandate of IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Report on the upcoming acceptance of Croatia in the Council of Europe | Tuđman received representative of the council for development of Otok | Report on the session of the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament | Announcement of the next session of the Chamber of Deputies of the Croatian Parliament and the topics that will be discussed | American warship visited Dubrovnik | Zubak and Bilandžija visited Odžak: they stressed that the renovation of this region is a priority of the Federation | The West European police in Mostar transferred the police authorities to the police of the Herzegovina-Neretva canton | International news | Canjuga (HDZ) states that the work of the City of Zagreb is intentionally obstructed | Tomac (SDP) states that the opposition will not withdraw from its position since that would mean withdraw from democratization | Milan Ogrizović (HND) replies to a statement made by Degoricija | Member of HNS hand her resignation to the party | War disabled persons received keys for new family houses | Humanitarian aid for the Dubrovnik-Neretva county | Preparations for receiving new military formations of the American Army in Slavosnki Brod | Bukvić was assigned Chief of the Zagreb police | Promotion of the book “All my battles” by Janko Bobetko | Opening of the manifestation “Month of Croatian books” in Koprivnica | Sport

Mateša and Granić met Solana: they discussed the role of Croatia in NATO’s strategy for South East Europe as well as the continuation of the mandate of IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Tuđman received representatives of the council for development of Otok | Report on the session of the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament | Announcement of the next session of the Chamber of Deputies of the Croatian Parliament and the topics that will be discussed | UNTAES agreed with the demands of the Serbs to transfer the office for issuing documents in Beli Manastir in an area with no working conditions for this purpose | International news | Models of building the infrastructure in France were presented on a seminar in the Croatian economic Chamber | Round table of HDZ concerning the reorganization of the Croatian health system | Tribune organized by HSS Trešnjevka: Zagreb and Croatia today and tomorrow | Report on units of the aviation of the Croatian Army from Đakovo | Exercise of the First Guards Brigade “The Tigers” | Report on a session concerning the development of the tertiary education system in Croatia | International scientific conference on the work of Benedikt Kotruljević | 35th anniversary from the formation of the choir “Mali raspjevani Dubrovnik” | In memoriam, professor Zdenko Vinski | Sport |

Croatia will be accepted in the Council of Europe on 6th of November | Pavletić expresses his satisfaction from the decision of the Council of Ministers concerning the entrance of Croatia in the Council of Europe | Mateša and Granić comment the decision of the Council of Ministers | The Belgian Prime Minister, Dehaene, expressed to Mateša in Brussels his satisfaction from the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Podunavlje | Report on the process that Croatia past before the acceptance in the Council of Europe | Nenad Ivanković comments the process before the entering in the Council of Europe | Session of the Chamber of Deputies of the Croatian Parliament: the report of the state department for revision and the management of buffer stocks have been mainly discussed | Šušak visited the American warship that arrived in Dubrovnik | International news | Representatives of HDZ and SDA met in Sarajevo to discuss the work of the mutual institutions in the Federation: no agreement has been reached | Intensified collaborations between Croatia and Italy: an agreement for protection of the rights of minorities in the countries will be signed in the next days | Report on the work of the public companies in the Croatian Podunavlje | Celebration of 600 years from the foundation of the first Croatian University and 40 years from the foundation of the Faculty of philosophy in Zadar | Monument unveiled in honor of Boris Papandopulo | Sport | Announcement concerning the formation of a new international fund for help of the survivors of the war in Yugoslavia |

Croatia will be accepted in the Council of Europe on 6th of November | Report on the decision of the Council of Minister to give permission to Croatia to enter the Council of Europe | Pavletić expresses his satisfaction for the decision of the Council of Ministers concerning the entrance of Croatia in the Council of Europe | Mateša and Granić comment the decision of the Council of Ministers | Report on the visit of the Croatian delegation of The Netherlands | Session of the Chamber of Deputies of the Croatian Parliament: the report of the state department for revision and the management of buffer stocks have been mainly discussed | Intensification of the economic collaborations between Croatia and Italy | Interview with Piero Fassino, deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia | International news | Tribune of HDZ in Dubrava: opinion concerning the current political situation in Zagreb and the country has been expressed | Commemoration of 18 years from the murder of Bruno Bušić on several places in Croatia | Celebration of the end of the schooling period in a military school | Report on a marathon, part of a campaign for struggle against additions in Split | Celebration of 600 years from the foundation of the first Croatian University and 40 years from the foundation of the Faculty of philosophy in Zadar | End of the “Požega Organ Nights” | Sport

International news | Issues regarding small and medium-sized enterprises discussed in the Croatian parliament | The opposition refuses to participate in the work of the Parliament since HRT does not broadcast live its sessions | The Croatian government meets to discuss the 1996 touristic season and the future developments for 1997 | Mate Granić meets with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Wim Kok and Hans van Mierlo to discuss the European future of Croatia | Jadranko Prlić praises the decision to admit Croatia to the Council of Europe | The first session of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Presidency to be held soon | Oppositional MPs change their party membership in the City Council of Zagreb | HDZ discusses regional politics in Rijeka | The Croatian government receives a big loan from a bank from Luxemburg | Several buildings to be reconstructed in Vukovar by the EBRD | Reportage about the life of Serbs in the hospital in Knin | An interview with Slobodan Lang, advisor to the President of Croatia for humanitarian issues, about the action “Save a Life” | An American warship to leave the port in Dubrovnik tomorrow | Taiji Harada, the Japanese naive painter, visits Croatia | Sports news

International news | Issues regarding small and medium-sized enterprises discussed in the Croatian parliament | The Croatian government sends several bills on property to the Croatian Parliament | Results of Mate Granić’s visit to the Netherlands | Oppositional MPs change their party membership in the City Council of Zagreb | City council of Zagreb | HNS (Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats) | HND (Croatian Independent Democrats) | Ivica Kostović comments on projects that the Croatian government agreed to be conducted by the European administration | Ivica Kostović meets with the organization “Mothers of Vukovar” to discuss the identification of victims of war | The Czech Minister of Justice Jan Kalvoda meets in Zagreb with his Croatian counterpart Miroslav Šeparović | The situation in the Croatian railways and the possible British model for its privatization discussed today in Zagreb | A conference on hotel management and tourism held in Opatija | The second congress of cardiologists begins in Zagreb | A scientific discussion about the life of Benedikt Kotruljević and his significance in the Croatian history held in Dubrovnik | Exhibition of Andres Serrano’s photographies opens in Zagreb | Sports news

The Croatian Parliament discusses HSLS’s preposition to vote on confidence for the Croatian Government | Franjo Tuđman, Zlatko Mateša and Mate Granić meet separately with Theodoros Pangalos to discuss future development of Croatia and mutual cooperation between Croatia and Greece | Mate Granić meets with Alois Mock to discuss post war development and democratization of Croatia and the Austrian help in this process | Croatian authorities and UNTAES reach an agreement on projects supported by the international community | INA agrees on taking over three UNTAES gas stations | Zlatko Mateša meets with Veljko Knežević to discuss the effects of the Normalization of Relations Agreement between Croatia and Yugoslavia | International news | Delegations of HDZ and SDA meet to discuss the organization of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian cantons | Franjo Tuđman meets with the former Austrian Foreign Minister Alois Mock and awards him a prestigious Croatian medal | The first kilometers of the new highway from Germany towards Croatia opened in Slovenia | An interview with Antun Pitlović, the Prefect of the Brod-Posavina County about the local development of this region | Zlatko Canjuga invites all MPs in the Zagreb City Council to meet and discuss local and interpersonal issues | Press conferences of IDS, HSS and HSLS about current events in the Croatian politics | Incidents in Osijek cancelled the peaceful integration in this city | 50th anniversary of the work of the British Council in Croatia was marked today in Zagreb | Sports news | Confidence to the Croatian government to be voted soon

The Croatian Parliament discusses HSLS’s preposition to vote on confidence for the Croatian Government | Franjo Tuđman, Mate Granić and Zlatko Mateša meet separately with Theodoros Pangalos to discuss future development of Croatia and mutual cooperation between Croatia and Greece | Franjo Tuđman meets with the former Austrian Foreign Minister Alois Mock and awards him a prestigious Croatian medal | Mate Granić meets with Alois Mock to discuss post war development and democratization of Croatia and the Austrian help in this process | Gojko Šušak and Ivica Kostović meet with Jacques Klein to discuss the role of UNTAES in post-war development of Croatia | INA agrees to take over three gas stations from UNTAES | Serbia still refuses to give data about 2.500 Croats that are still missing | Elections in Mostar will not be repeated, says Martin Garrod | International news | Professor Budislav Vukas elected member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea | Border issues between Slovenia and Croatia need to be solved soon, said after the meeting of the delegations of two countries | 7th anniversary of the formation of the first branch of HDZ marked today in Rovišće | Saint Luke Day marked today in Lipovac | A scientific conference about religious programs on television held today in Zagreb | Exhibition of Paul Hogarth’s art opened today in Zagreb | Sports news

International news | Alois Mock was declared an honorable citizen of Osijek | The UNTAES Market in Osijek-Baranja County reopened despite the danger of foot and mouth disease | The port in Vukovar to be reconstructed | Delegation of the Croatian Army visits Bihać to commemorate the common operation to liberate this region of Bosnia and Herzegovina | SDA protests the text of the solemn declaration of the Parliament of Republika Srpska | Commentary about the annual meeting of the World Bank and IMF, which was held today | Reportage about the living standards and unemployment in Germany and the lessons Croatia could learn | Report on the return of refugees to Slunj and this city’s post-war development | A new monument dedicated to deceased war soldiers opened in Omiš | Report from a press conference on the session of the Presidency of HSS held today | An agreement on cooperation between the Hungarian Baranja County and the Croatian Osijek-Baranja County was signed today in Harkány | Franjo Tuđman awards a Croatian medal to the best tourism workers in this country | The military police awarded a prestigious Croatian medal | Humanitarian aid arrives to Slano | Counselling about social housing begins in Dubrovnik | A report about the American businessman with Croatian roots Ante Maglica and his aid to Croatia | Sports news

International news | Alois Mock was declared an honorable citizen of Osijek | The UNTAES Market in Osijek-Baranja County reopened despite the danger of foot and mouth disease | Franjo Tuđman awards a Croatian medal to the best tourism workers in this country | An assembly of the Croatian Cultural Society “Progress” (Napredak) held today in Sarajevo | The 5th anniversary of the formation of the 132nd brigade of the Croatian Army was marked today in Našice | Report on the reconstruction of the Brač island | The house of the first president of HDZ in Ravno Niko Brajić to be reconstructed by the Konavle municipality | The ”Days of Scotland” festival continues in Zagreb | Report on a conference about the cultural bonds between Croats, Germans and Austrians

International news | Commentary about the relations between US and Croatia | Report on problems in the functioning of the Pula City Council | Report on subsidies for agricultural producers | Record high level of milk production in Poljanski Lug | Report on the hotel management in Makarska | Report on the modernization of the Croatian health diagnostics system | report on advancements on the Croatian stock market and the current situation on the international ones | Franjo Kuharić serves the Eucharistic Liturgy in Prilišće | A new monument dedicated to Croatian soldiers opened today in Kašić | Exhibition of old sorts of apples opened today in Zagreb | The Croatian Philharmonic Orchestra visits Sarajevo | The Golden Jubilee of the theatre in Rijeka was marked today in this city | An earthquake hits Dubrovnik

Report on the consequences of an earthquake near Dubrovnik | A new monument dedicated to Croatian soldiers opened today in Kašić | International news | Symposium about the power supply system management was held in Cavtat | The Golden Jubilee of the theatre in Rijeka marked today in this city

Bodies found in a mass grave near Ovčara could be the ones of people who went missing from a hospital in Vukovar | Jadranka Kosor meets with a delegation of the displaced people to discuss the problems they face | Gábor Kuncze, Minister of Interior of Hungary, visits Baranja to discuss the return of Croatian refugees from Hungary with Ivan Jarnjak and Zlatko Mateša | Ivan Šimonović, Deputy Foreign Minister of Croatia, meets with the Charge d’Affairs of the Yugoslav Embassy in Zagreb, Veljko Knežević and issues a note about the Agreement on Normalization of Relations | Possible postponement of local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina | John Kornblum meets separately with three members of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Presidency | The second session of the Mostar city council to be held soon: visit of the German parliamentary delegation | International news | The liberation of Konavle celebrated in this city | Donations from USAID to small enterprises in Croatia | New highways to be built across Croatia | The Main Board of HND to meet soon | HKDU and HSP to participate together in local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which are to be held soon | Luciano Delbianco comments on crisis in functioning of the Pula city council | Ivica Račan (SDP) comments on current political affairs in Pula and Zagreb | Reconstruction of kindergartens in Zagreb discussed in this city’s council | A new academic year of the Croatian Studies begins at the University in Zagreb | Exhibition of Zorislav Drempetić Hrčić’s paintings opened in Zabok | Stjepan Skoko’s monumental sculpture “Domagoj’s ship” to be moved from Metković to Vid | Sports news

Problems in functioning of the Zagreb city council caused by the Coalition Udruga (Association) | Bodies found in a mass grave near Ovčara could be the ones of people who went missing from a hospital in Vukovar | An interview with Krešimir Zubak about his meeting with Contact Group and the visit of John Kornblum to Sarajevo and his meetings with members of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Presidency | International news | HND calls for an extraordinary session of the main board of HND | Gábor Kuncze, Minister of Interior of Hungary, visits Baranja to discuss the return of Croatian refugees from Hungary with Ivan Jarnjak and Zlatko Mateša | Problems in functioning of the city council of Pula | The liberation of Konavle celebrated in this city | Philippe Decouflé’s dance group performs in Zagreb | Sports news

Franjo Tuđman discussed internal and foreign politics with the Croatian state media | Vesna Škare-Ožbolt meets with Jacques Klein to discuss the issues of peaceful reintegration of the Eastern Slavonija | The European Community to invest 5 million ECU into the reconstruction of the Croatian Podunavlje | Mate Granić awards a medal to the Austrian ambassador to Croatia | The first meeting of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Presidency held today | Constitutional session of four cantons in Bosnia and Herzegovina held today | Franjo Tuđman sends a letter to Pope John Paul II congratulating him on his second anniversary as the Pope | International news | Coalition Udruga (Association) refuses to meet with HDZ to discuss the current issues in the functioning of the Zagreb city council | Problems in internal functioning of HND | Privatization in Croatia discussed | Auto Croatia and Man establish economic cooperation | The reconstruction of the Plitvice Lakes touristic offer discussed | Humanitarian organization “For the Children of Croatia” acknowledges its benefactors | Exhibition of contemporary photography “Context” opened today in Zagreb | Sports news | Manfred Nowak, an Austrian human rights lawyer: Serbs still have concentration camps where they hold the missing Croats

Franjo Tuđman discussed internal and foreign politics with the Croatian state media | Robert Frowick: Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be delayed | Bill Clinton comments on the future of IFOR mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina | The first meeting of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Presidency held today: Speech of Momčilo Krajišnik | 200 families to return to Sirmium and Baranja soon, says Jacques Klein | Vojislav Stanimirović: Croatia is preparing a military action in order to reintegrated the Croatian Podunavlje | Manfred Nowak, UN Commissioner for Human Rights: Serbs still have concentration camps where they hold the missing Croats | Investigation against the former mayor of Split | The Croatian Government to fund summer vacations for pensioners | Bosniaks refuse to participate in local government in Mostar | International news | Coalition Udruga (Association) refuses to meet with HDZ to discuss the current issues in the functioning of the Zagreb city council | Interviews with Josip Manulić and Stjepan Mesić about the upcoming session of HND, problems within this party, and current political situation in Croatia | Sports news | News from international pop-culture

The session of the House of Representatives of the Croatian Parliament held today in Zagreb | International news | An interview with Miomir Žužul, the Ambassador of Croatia to the US, about Bill Clinton’s speech about the future NATO expansion | Forum of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina meets today in Sarajevo to discuss the future organization of this city | Advancements in functioning of the local authorities in Mostar | Development of tourism on the Oštra peninsula | HAPU established today | Counselling about psycho-social rehabilitation held today in Poreč | An interview with Jure Radić about the welfare benefits for mothers and pregnant women | Luciano Delbianco might leave IDS and form his own party | Seminar on military preparations held in Stubičke Toplice | Reportage about the work of the Center for Marine Research in Rovinj | Reconstruction of the Šibenik Cathedral reveals the geniality of the Croatian Medieval builders | The monument “Domagoj’s ship“ installed in Vid | Sports news | ”Josip Juraj Strossmayer” awards given today in Zagreb

Territorial disputes between Croatia and Yugoslavia over Prevlaka | An interview with Hrvoje Kačić, the head of the state boundary commission, about the territorial dispute over Prevlaka | International news | An interview with the spokesman of NATO in Brussels Jamie Shea about the potential accession of Croatia to this organization and the IFOR mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Consequences of the delay of local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina discussed | Hasan Muratović and Krešimir Zubak comment on the Forum of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s meeting about the future organization of Sarajevo | Dragutin Hlad leaves HND | Boris Šuran comments on problems of functioning of authorities in Pula | Martin Garrod praises the decision to delay the elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Reactions to Manfred Nowak’s statement about the existence of concentration camps where the Serbs hold the missing Croats | A detailed report about the conference "Serbs in Croatia" organized by the Croatian Helsinki Federation for Human Rights held today in Zagreb | Sports news

Report on a meeting between Croatian highest officials about the current situation in Croatia | The succession of the Yugoslav assets from abroad was discussed at the meeting of the Croatian Government | Statement of the Ministry of Defense about the campaign against this institution | The bodies from the mass grave from Ovčara were identified | Franjo Tuđman meets with the leaving ambassador of Austria to Croatia | Ivo Sanader meets with the Russian ambassador to Croatia to discuss the peaceful reintegration process in the country | The "Law on Compensation for Confiscated Property" was discussed in the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament | International news | The construction of the Maslenica bridge continues | Contracts about the giveaway of state agricultural lands to war veterans was signed today in Bjelovar | The crisis in HND continues | HSLS comments on recent statements of Franjo Tuđman | The "Day of Makarska" marked today in this city | Josip Juras becomes a new deputy minister of return and diaspora | The demining process of the Lika railway continues | Audio/Video fair opened in Zagreb | The "Day of the University" was marked in Petrinja | An economic faculty opened in Gospić | 125th anniversary of the Croatian Philharmonic Orchestra was marked today in Zagreb

Report on a meeting between the Croatian highest officials about the current situation in the country | The bodies from the mass grave from Ovčara were identified | An interview with Davor Strinović, head of the Croatian forensics team, about the exhumation of the mass grave in Ovčara | Report about the upcoming judicial process against Tihomir Blaškić | Problems in the process of the succession of the Yugoslav assets | Franjo Tuđman meets with the leaving ambassador of Austria to Croatia | Josip Juras becomes a new deputy minister of return and diaspora | The "Law on Compensation for Confiscated Property" was discussed in the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament | HNS: HDZ needs to admit the results of the elections | Andro Ozretić comments on the recently held conference “Serbs in Croatia” | Weaponry from the US for Bosnia and Herzegovina arrives to the Ploče port | International news | The crisis in HND continues | Reportage about the work of the Goethe Institute in Croatia

Franjo Tuđman, Mate Granić and Zlatko Mateša meet separately with the Slovenian Foreign Minister Davorin Kračun to discuss mutual cooperation between Croatia and Slovenia | The construction of a highway between Zagreb and the Hungarian border proceeds faster than expected | A new thermal power plant, Plomin 2, to be built soon | Report on the latest meeting of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Presidency | Herzeg-Bosnian County’s local authorities meet today in Kupres | International news | The Croatian military training “Obadva 96” was held today | Report on blood donations in Croatia | The bank system in Croatia is potentially in danger after the collapse of the Trieste Credit Bank | New branches of Italian banks opened in Zagreb | Report on ship building in Rijeka | The crisis within HND continued | Milan Đukić comments on the future common life of Serbs and Croats in Eastern Slavonija | SDP will continue boycotting the sessions of the Croatian Parliament until HRT begins its direct broadcasting | HSP opens its new branch in Vinkovci | 125th anniversary of the Croatian Philharmonic Orchestra marked today in Zagreb | The theater play “Marriage” written by Nikolay Gogol was premiered today in Zagreb | The Coalition Zajedno might boycott the elections in Yugoslavia

The first contingent of weaponry for Bosnia and Herzegovina arrives to Ploče, but will remain unloaded until Hasan Čengić resigns | Report about the latest meeting of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Presidency | Visits to the Croatian cemeteries in the Croatian Podunavlje will be made possible, says Jacques Klein | SDP protests HRT for not broadcasting the Parliamentary sessions | The accusations of Edita Vlahović-Žuvela against Borislav Škergo were dropped | The local authorities of the Herzeg-Bosnian County meet today in Kupres | Dragan Opačić’s testimony in front of the ICTY proved to be false | International news | Overview of the election campaign in FR Yugoslavia | Vojin Šuša comments on Vesna Škare-Ožbolt’s statement about introducing visas between Yugoslavia and Croatia | Many chains of car smuggling discovered on the Bajakovo border crossing | The Trieste Credit Bank stops working: are the Croatian and Slovenian banking systems in danger? | Fun news from the world

A session of the main board of HDZ was held today | UHVDR demands more rights for its members | New York Times: Between 15 and 30 thousand American soldiers to remain in Bosnia and Herzegovina | International news | Report on foreign investments in Croatia | A seminar about the property market in Croatia was held today | The 5th anniversary of the 136th Brigade of the Croatian Army was marked today | Commemoration about the Croatian victims in Bleiburg | Ivan Gabelica (HČSP) comments on the current affairs in Croatia and criticizes its current government | SDP criticizes the current economic policies of the Croatian Government | Višnja Stahuljak awarded the Ksaver Šandor Gjalski award for literary work | UNESCO discusses the protection of the cultural and historical heritage in Croatia

International news | Report on the domestic reactions in Bosnia and Herzegovina to the US demand for sacking Hasan Čengić and Vladimir Šoljić | Report on a false testimony in the process against Dušan Tadić in front of the ICTY | A reportage about the failed alumina factory in Obrovac | UHVDR demands more rights for its members | A Main board session of HDZ was held today | Republika Srpska might ban Bosniak parties from participating in elections in this entity | Opinion poll about popular support for parties in Slovenia | An interview with Ivan Gabelica (HČSP)

International news | Delegation of the Croatian Parliament visited China | Pavletić speaks about the Croatian-Chinese relations | What are the views of France concerning the entrance of Croatia in the Council of Europe | Report on the annulment of agreements by the Croatian Fund for Privatization | Economic magazines stress the economic possibilities that Croatia provides: report on its economic capacities | Report on the unemployment in Croatia | Fishing in the Velebit canal | HND is thankful to Josip Manolić and all his people for their resignation from the party | Celebration of the day of the Pope in the Croatian catholic church | Religious celebration in Jasenovac | Common funeral in Omiš of exhumed bodies of Croatian soldiers that fought between each other in the Second World War | In memoriam Karlo Wolff | Third edition of the manifestation “Galović autumn” in Koprivnica and Peteranac | Scientific conference in the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts on ethnological issues | Report on falconry in Croatia | Sport |

The relationship between Croatia and the European countries is still not defined although the date for entrance of Croatia in the Council of Europe is already determined | Granić speaks about the unacceptability of the European initiative for regional cooperation between countries south from Slovenia and northern from Greece: Croatia is a Central European and Mediterranean state that wants political and economic integration with countries from Central Europe | Report on the speeches of European officials concerning the Euro-integration of Croatia | Talk about the Euro-Croatian relations with Darko Bekić and Branko Horvat | Report on the American ship in the harbor in Ploće | Pardew states that the American ship is still floating in the Adriatic sea because of technical problems | Common funeral in Omiš of exhumed bodies of Croatian soldiers that fought between each other in the Second World War | HND says that the parliament organized by Josip Manolić and all his people is illegitimate | Members of SDP ask for live coverage of the session of the Zagreb municipality in order for the citizens to be familiarized with the what is happening in this institution | Ethnic motivated conflicts between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo | International news | Sport

The EU ministers of foreign affairs state that the regional approach for integrating SEE in the EU is one of the most significant instruments for establishing peace | Pavletić stresses, during the visit of the Croatian parliamentary delegation of China, that Croatia would like to collaborate with China in every field | Klein expects that the local elections in the Croatian Podunavlje will be hold in spring | The local governors of the towns in Eastern Croatia made an agreement with UNTAES about organized visit of the graves of Croats on All Saints Day | Delegation of the ministry of defense leaded by Šušak will visit US: the focus will be put on the bilateral cooperation and the implementation of the Dayton Agreement | Šušak received a US military delegation in Zagreb: main topic of discussion was the collaboration between the Croatian and the US Ministry of Defense as well as the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Announcement of the meeting between Granić and Milan Milutinović, minister of foreign affairs of SR Yugoslavia | International news | Conference of the European ministers of culture in Budapest: the future of the european film is being discussed | Report on the process of return of refugees in Vukovar-Srijem and Osijek-Baranja County: many houses in this region are already reconstructed | Report on the reconstruction of destroyed housing objects in Lika-Senj County | Lilja Vokić, minister of education and sport, asked for a 30% increase of the salaries of the workers in the educational sector | Symposium dedicated to the evangelical movement in Croatia | The national theater from Liberec visits Zagreb | Promotion of five books of selected works that were published in the magazine “Hrvatska revija” | Sport | Report, from Osijek, on the meeting of UNTAES and the representatives of the municipalities from Croatian Podunavlje concerning the organized visit of the graves on All Saints Day

The ministers of foreign affairs of the EU state in Luxemburg that the regional approach for integrating SEE in the EU is one of the most significant instruments for establishing peace in the region | Report on the decision of the EU ministers of foreign affairs to favor a regional approach in the integration of the SEE countries in the EU, as well as on the conditions that Croatia will have to meet in order to start the negotiations for entrance in the EU | Reactions on the decision of the EU ministers of foreign affairs from officials and journalists from Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and SR Yugoslavia | Survey on the streets of Zagreb: what do you think about the regional approach of the EU? | Report on the upcoming meeting between Granić and Milan Milutinović, minister of foreign affairs of SR Yugoslavia, and the normalization of the relations between Croatia and SR Yugoslavia | Granić talks about the topics of discussion on the upcoming meeting with Milutinović | Zvonimir Marković, chargé d’affaires in the Croatian diplomatic mission in SR Yugoslavia speaks about the normalization of the relations between Croatia and SR Yugoslavia | The local governors of the towns in Eastern Croatia and UNTAES will organize a visit of the graves of Croats by the displaced Croat families from the Croatian Podunavlje on All Saints Day | Klein expects the local elections in the Croatian Podunavlje to be hold in spring | Delegation of the ministry of defense leaded by Šušak will visit US: the focus will be put on the bilateral cooperation and the implementation of the Dayton Agreement | Bulatović states that Montenegro does not have interest to open the borders towards Croatia while Prevlaka is under Croatian territory | The parliament of the EU proposes that the international forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina be changed with forces of the EU | International news | Interview with Vladimir Šoljić, minister of defense of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina, concerning the US ship in the Adriatic Sea bringing weapon for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the demand by the US for his and Čengić’s replacement | CNN confirms that the US Government stated that the US weapon will not be delivered without the replacement of Čengić | Sport

Tuđman and Granić received Milan MIlutinović, minister of foreign affairs of SR Yugoslavia: they talked about the normalization of the relations between the two countries | The director of the EBRD, Jacques de Larosiére met Tuđman and Mateša: the past and future collaboration between EBRD and Croatia was discussed | Announcement that Mateša will meet tomorrow representatives of UBS in Zurich: he will present there the investing opportunities that Croatia provides | Report on the activities of the Croatian Parliamentary delegation on the second day of their official visit of China | Delegation of the ministry of defense leaded by Šušak visited US: the bilateral collaboration and the purchase of helicopters for the Croatian army were discussed | Delegation of the Army of Romania received Zvonimir Červenko: the cooperation between the countries, the current political issues and the future military collaboration between the countries | Report on the meeting of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina: the preparations for the conferences in London and Paris have been considered | International news | Press conference of UNTAES : the spokesman Arnold talked about the visit of the graves on All Saints day, the issuing of Croatian documents and other current political topics from the Croatian Podunavlje | Report on the economic situation of the companies in the Croatian Podunavlje and the possibilities for their privatization | The board for business relation with foreign companies and banks considered the relations of Croatian Banks with the Banca di credito di Trieste | Report on the savings of the citizens of Zagreb in the Privredna Banka Zagreb | Report on symposium concerning the future of Croatia and the Croats in the next millennium | The council of HRT approved new program for covering the work of the Parliament | Promotion of a book by Anđelko Mijatović | Sport | Joulwan states that there is still no decision for the extension of the mandate of IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina |

Interview with Mate Granić concerning the relations between Croatia and SR Yugoslavia as well as the regional approach of EU regarding the euro-integration of the countries in SEE | Report on the meetings of Milan Milutinović, minister of foreign affairs of SR Yugoslavia with Tuđman and Granić | Milutinović stresses the importance of his meeting with Granić | Granić and Milutinović walk on the streets of Zagreb | Survey among the citizens of Zagreb concerning the visit of the Yugoslavian minister of foreign affairs of the Croatian capital | Report on the Yugoslavian journalists that visited Zagreb | According to UNTAES’s spokesman, Arnold, the presence of Croatian custom officers on Danube is still not certain | How the Serbian National Television reported the meeting between Granić and Milutinović? | Continuation of the interview with Granić | How the Slovenian National TV regards the decision of the EU for regional approach regarding the euro-integration of the countries in SEE ? | Zdravko Tomac, president of Zagreb’s City Assembly stated that he is ready to resign his position if that would bring the end of the Zagreb crisis | The president of HSP, Dobroslav Paraga states that Tomac is responsible for the malfunctioning of the City Assembly | Ivan Tolj suits the magazine Globus for spreading misinformation about him | The Simon Wiesenthal Center from Paris apologizes to the Croatian Post for previous accusations that they published a stamp with the name of Andrija Artuković | Plavšić states that there is a lot of pressure on Republika Srpska to extradite Mladić and Karadžić | The busses on the line Belgrade-Sarajevo have again been cancelled | Joulwan states that there is still no decision for extension of the Mandate of IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Report on the new schemes for TV covering of the work of the Parliament | Interview with the director of HRT, Ivica Mudrinić on the new schemes of covering the work of the Croatian Parliament | Sport

A Croatian government delegation, headed by Mateša, familiarized the representatives of UBS Bank in Zurich with the possibilities for investing in Croatia | Boutros-Ghali suggested extension of the mandate of UNTAES in Croatia | Mario Nobilo ambassador of Croatia in the United Nations speaks about the criticism in the report by Boutros-Ghali towards the Croatian policy in Croatian Podunavlje | Ivica Vrkić, representative of the government, Jacques Klein and representatives of the local Serbs talked about the organized visit to the graveyards, on All Saints Day, by exiled Croats | Report on the visit of Gojko Šušak, minister of defense of Croatia, to the United States of America | Pavletić met the Chinese vice-president in Beijing | Session of the assembly of the Sarajevo Canton concerning the organization of the canton: the representatives of HDZ return in the parliament after 25 days of boycott | NATO announces that the number of soldiers of IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be decreased | Report on the attempts of Bosnian Serbs to hide heavy weapon | Garrod states that the conditions concerning the security in Mostar has worsen | International news | Reactions on the problems of the Credit Bank from Trieste in Slovenia | Mintas-Hodak, vice-president of the Croatian government visited areas liberated in the operation Oluja in the Sisak-Moslavina county in order to see the process of normalization of the situation in these towns | Report on the building of the Požega bypass | ”Privredna banka”, a bank from Novska, allowed credits for employment and self employment to members of the Croatian army | Report on the opening of a kindergarten in Kostajnica and the celebration of the patron day of the high school “Ivan Trnski” in this town | Reconstruction of clinics in the Clinical Center “Sestre Milosrdnice” in Zagreb | Press conferences of HSLS and HND | Celebration of the jubilee “1000 years Austria” in Zagreb | Sport | The official acceptance of Croatia in the Council of Europe is scheduled for sixth of November |

Boutros-Ghali suggested extension of the mandate of UNTAES in Croatia for one more year | Talk with Ivan Šimonović, deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, concerning the report by Boutros-Ghali | Report on the visit of Gojko Šušak, minister of defense of Croatia, to the United States: Šušak answers questions of the American journalists | Report on the weaponry that the Croatian Army would acquire from US | Josip Manolić rejects the claims that his HND aims at destroying the Zagreb Association of Parties | Vlado Gotovac (HSLS) states that the regional approach that the European Union proposes for the countries of former Yugoslavia is a result of the wrong Croatian politics | The official acceptance of Croatia in the Council of Europe is scheduled for sixth of November | No agreement has been reached between the government and the syndicates | Mateša and the president of the Swiss Confederation signed an agreement for encouragement and protection of investments in the country in Brno | Reactions on the problems that arose in Slovenia concerning the Credit Bank from Trieste | International news | Report on the dress that Miss Croatia will wear on the Miss World competition | Sport |

Franjo Tuđman meets with the Jordanese heir to the throne Hassan bin Talal in Zagreb to discuss the UNTAES mandate | Gojko Šušak meets with William Perry in Washington to discuss the situation in the Croatian Podunavlje | An interview with minister Šušak on CNN | Ivica Kostović discusses Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s report about the UNTAES mandate with the Association of the Displaced Persons | Critical comment about Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s report about the UNTAES mandate | Preparations for visits of displaced persons to the Croatian cemeteries for the Day of the Dead discussed | International news | SDA still supports Hasan Čengić, says Ismet Grbo | Organization of Sarajevo discussed in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Franjo Kuharić sends a letter to the Pope John Paul II | The Croatian economic delegation visits the Netherlands | Savings in Croatia discussed | Franjo Tuđman meets with the Earl of Vukovar Jakob Eltz | Milorad Pupovac (SSS): There are no reasons for not reintegrating Eastern Slavonia | The construction of a thermal power plant in Pula discussed | A new cross in a cemetery in Zagreb sanctified | A Mass for the deceased Croatian soldiers held in Mostar | A report about the cemetery Mirogoj in Zagreb in light of its 120th anniversary | Sports news

The Croatian opposition criticizes Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s report about the UNTAES mandate | Opinion poll about Boutros Boutros-Ghali | An interview with Milorad Pupovac (SSS) about Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s report, the UNTAES mandate, the reintegration of Eastern Slavonia and the internal politics in Croatia | An interview with Gojko Šušak’s about his visit to Washington and the meeting with William Perry | An interview with minister Šušak on CNN | Ivica Kostović comments on the return of displaced persons to villages in Eastern Slavonija | The construction of a thermal power plant in Pula discussed | CEO of Plodine greenmarket arrested for money embezzlement | SDA still supports Hasan Čengić, says Ismet Grbo | Opposition to the closure of the Trieste Credit Bank | International news | Sports news

Report on the celebration of All Saints Day around Croatia | Franjo Tuđman lays wreath on Medvedgrad in honour of those that gave their lifes for Croatia | UNTAES withdraw from 5 villages from Croatian Podunavlje | Visit of the graveyards in the Croatian Podunavlje by Croat exiles from this area | Report on a mass for the All Saints Day in Zagreb and a visit of graveyards in Zagreb | Report on the visit of the delegation of the Croatian Ministry of Defense of US: Šušak expects that by the end of the first six months of the following year Croatia could take control of the Croatian Podunavlje | The delegation of the Croatian parliament in China familiarized the hosts with the economic possibilities of Croatia | Report on the session of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo | Celebration of All Saints Day in Sarajevo | Problems in Mostar with stoned cars of Croatians and exiled Bosniaks from Wester Mostar | International news | Report on the electoral campaign in SR Yugoslavia | Report on the celebration of All Saints Day in Zagreb | Sport

Report on the celebration of All Saints Day around Croatia | Bishop Ćiril Kos speaks about the mass for the All Saints day in Zagreb and the visit of the graveyards | Visit of graveyards in the Croatian Podunavlje for the All Saints Day by Croat exiles from this area | Interview with Jakob von Eltz, the count of Vukovar, concerning the return of exiled persons in Vukovar and its reconstruction | Report on the investment of a German company in a thermal power plant in Istra | The American administration asks for change of the vice minister of defense of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hasan Čengić | Report on the visit of delegation of the Croatian ministry of defense of US: US expects that Croatia will play a crucial role in the stabilization of the region | Steiner and Garrod state that the political situation in Mostar is critical, while Brajković complains that they only blame the Croats for this situation | The member of the OSCE mission in Mostar that took off the Croatian flag outside a bar is dismissed from his duty | Krajišnik states that the session of the Presidency did not contribute to finding a solution concerning the structure of the Council of Ministers | Serbian monks claim that everything is prepared for Karadžić and Mladić to be received in the monasteries on Athos | Ibrahim Rugova president of LDK states that there is no such a thing as Kosovo Liberation Army | Sport | Report on the elections in Slovenia and the Slovenian-Croatian relations | Report on the graveyards in Dubrovnik |

The Croatian delegation of the ministry of defense headed by Gojko Šušak returned from the US: a mutual resolution between Croatia and US concerning East Slavonia has been signed | Franjo Tuđman named Janko Vranyczany-Dobrinović ambassador of Croatia in the European Union | What does the regional approach of the European Union means for Croatia? | Report on the relations between Iran and Hasan Čengić and the US demand for his change of the place deputy minister of defense of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina | Political crisis in Mostar: new cases of stoned Croatian cars and bomb attacks | Elections in SR Yugoslavia | International news | The Croatian parliamentary delegation in China visits Shenzhen | German company signed a contract on Brioni for investment in the completion of the building of the thermal power plant Plomin 2 | Interview with Damir Begović, general manager of the electricity company “Hrvatska elektroprivreda”, concerning the investment | The Croatian National Bank introduced changes in the system of payment operations according to the standards of the developed countries | Mass in the Zagreb Cathedral for all the Croatian soldiers killed in the war | Tuđman receives a delegation of the University of Zagreb: the rector Marijan Šunjić informs the president about the strategy for development of the University | Tuđman visits an exhibition dedicated to the Croatian scientists | Sport | Report on incident in Mostar: Croatian cars has been stoned |

Interview with Ivić Pašalić, councilor of the President of Republic of Croatia for issues concerning interior politics, on the question of the criminal in the country | Report on the relations between Iran and Hasan Čengić and the US demand for his change of the place deputy minister of defense of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina | Five Bosnian Croats were killed and seven were injured by Serbian civilians in Tramošnica after the Croats passed the inter-entity border in order to visit the graveyards on All Saints Day | The Croatian delegation of the ministry of defense headed by Gojko Šušak returned from the US: a mutual resolution between Croatia and US concerning East Slavonia has been signed | German company signed a contract on Brioni for investment in the completion of the building of the thermal power plant Plomin 2 | Political crisis in Mostar: new cases of attacked Croats were noticed | Commemoration of the victims of the communist terror in Subotica 1944-1945 | Albanians from Kosovo will boycott the elections | International news | Sport | Interview with Anto Nobilo, lawyer of the war crime suspect Tihomir Blaškić | Report on fashion

International news | Report on the elections in SR Yugoslavia | Presidential elections in the US | Croatia will tomorrow become member state of the Council of Europe | The Albanians from Kosovo boycotted the elections in SR Yugoslavia | Report on the results of the annual work of the Croatian Government leaded by Mateša | Samsung will invest in Luka Rijeka | Report on the building of the tunnel “Sveti Rok” | Building of a road between Hvar and Milna | Reconstructions on Vis | Unveiling of a monument in honour of Ivo Hrga | Session of the association “Hrvatski domobran” in Požega | Celebration of 25 years from the devotion of the local church in Novo Virje to St. Joseph | Celebration of 120 years of the professional ballet in Croatia | Opening of the 90th season in the Osijek theater | Sport | The minister of foreign affairs of Iran asks the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to oppose the demands of the US for change of Čengić

Bankruptcy of the hotel Laurus due to financial crimes | Dinko Zidarević, representative of the finance police speaks about the economic crime in the country | Report on the parliamentary elections in SR Yugoslavia | Bela Tonković (DSHV) speaks about the elections in Vojvodina | Report on Milošević’s methods of manipulating the crowd | Izetbegović says that they will satisfy the demands by US for change of Čengić | Šemso Tanković has been reelected for president of SDA Croatia | The minister of foreign affairs of Iran asks the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to oppose the demands of the US for change of Čengić | The international police in Mostar refuses the information about the alleged victims from the clash between Croats and Bosniaks in this city | International news | Report on slaughtered farm’s sheep by wolf |

Tuđman received Medal of Zhukov by the Russian President for special contribution to the anti-fascist struggle | Mateša states that the predictions for economic growth of Croatia are of 7 % annually | Report on the Presidential elections in US | Report on the elections in SR Yugoslavia | Pavletić speaks about the improved bilateral relations between China and Croatia | Lamberto Dini visits Croatia tomorrow | International news | Ćosić and Červenko receive the minister of defense of Ireland Sean Barrett | Representatives of the army of SR Yugoslavia came in Bajakovo as military inspection in accordance with the agreement for regional control of weaponry | The ambassadors of Italy and France laid a wreath on the cemeteries in Zagreb for the All Saints Day | Ivan Valent, secretary of HDZ, receives a delegation of the American embassy in Zagreb: the talk about the elections and economy were in the focus of discussion | Press conference of the Association of Shareholders Croatia: the problems of the shareholders and the agreement with the minister for privatization, Ivan Penić, concerning the application of the law for privatization, have been addressed | Celebration of 220 years from the establishment of the Faculty of law in Zagreb | Exhibition of preserved art works from Dubrovnik in Lugano | Donation of 365 books for the library in Vukovar | Vicko Ruić’s film Nausikaya to be the Croatian candidate for entering the category of Best foreign language movie on the Academy awards

One year work of the government leaded by Zlatko Mateša | The governor of the Croatian National Bank, Marko Škreb, talks about the economic achievements of the government of Mateša | The citizens of Zagreb evaluate the work of the government of Mateša | Presidential elections in the US Tuđman received the Russian medal Zhukov for special contribution to the anti-fascist struggle | Lamberto Dini visits Croatia tomorrow | Representatives of the army of SR Yugoslavia came in Bajakovo as military inspection in accordance with the agreement for regional control of weaponry | In two days Croatia will become member of the Council of Europe | Croatian innovators awarded in Nurnberg | International news | Sport | The elections in Serbia and Montenegro don’t bring anything new to the East: the socialists won in Serbia, while Šešelj’s radicals still promise Great Serbia to their voters | How the Slovenian National TV reported the elections in SR Yugoslavia

Lamberto Dini, minister of foreign affairs of Italy, visited Croatia: the European integration of Croatia was discussed and an agreement has been signed on the rights of the minorities in the two countries as well as economic investments | Tuđman discussed with representatives of the Serbian orthodox church from Croatia and SR Yugoslavia the possibilities for reconciliation between Croats and Serbs | Tuđman names new Croatian officials:Hrvoje Šarinić was appointed representative of the Office of the President while Sanader was appointed deputy minister for foreign affairs | Croatia will become member of the Council of Europe tomorrow | International news | Interview with cardiologist Ivo Čikeš concerning bypass surgeries | Report from Moscow concerning the health of the Russian president Yeltsin | Tuđma sends his regards to Yeltsin wishing him fast recovery from the heart surgery | The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is still without agreement about the structure of the Council of Ministers | The syndicate demands from the government to establish the minimal salary in the country | Members of HDZ in the Zagreb City Assembly ask for continuation of the negotiations in order to come to a democratic agreement within the assembly | Report on the meeting between Mesić and Manolić | HKDU asks from the leaders of the country to base their decision on the opinions of the people | Opening of Interliber-Educa, international fair of books and teaching aids and informational technologies | Celebration of the Days of the University in Zagreb | Sport | Announcement of a political show

Lamberto Dini, minister of foreign affairs of Italy, visited Croatia: the European integration of Croatia was discussed and an agreement has been signed on the rights of the minorities in the two countries as well as economic investments | Interview with Davorin Rudolf concerning the bilateral relations between Croatia and Italy | Report on the US presidential elections | Interview with Peter Galbraith, ambassador of US in Croatia, concerning the elections | Interview with members of HDZ concerning the presidential elections in US | International news | Report on Yeltsin’s operation | Report on Yeltsin’s political biography | Tuđman names new Croatian officials:Hrvoje Šarinić was appointed representative of the Office of the President while Sanader was appointed deputy minister for foreign affairs | Tuđman discussed with representatives of the Serbian orthodox church from Croatia and SR Yugoslavia the possibilities for reconciliation between Croats and Serbs | Members of HDZ in the Zagreb City Assembly ask for continuation of the negotiations in order to come to a democratic agreement in the assembly | The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is still without agreement about the structure of the Council of Ministers | Krajišnik criticized the work of Šaćirbegović, saying that he acts as if representing only one of the ethnicities living in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sport | Reactions by Simon Wiesenthal concerning the publishing of the book “The protocols of the Elders of Zion” in Croatia, which is considered to be anti-Semitic in character | Report on the movie by Vinko Brešan, “How the war started on my island” | Interview with Vinko Brešan concerning the premiere of the movie “How the war started on my island”

Croatia has officially became the 40th member of the Council of Europe | Announcement that the president Tuđman will address the public due to the acceptance of Croatia in the Council of Europe | Survey between the Croatian citizens: what do you expect from the entrance in the Council of Europe? | Croatian politicians express their views on the entrance of Croatia in the Council of Europe | Clinton won the presidential elections in US | Tuđman congratulates Clinton for his win on the US elections | Report on the US Presidential elections and Clinton’s win | Yeltsin is successfully recovering from the surgery | Constitution of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina | International news | Ivica Vrkić, head of the government Office for Croatian Podunavlje speaks about the reintegration of this region | Announcement of the 13th session of the Croatian Parliament | Session of council of the Croatian National Bank: the directions for the future monetary politics of the country were determined | Croatia and Macedonia signed an agreement for free trade or trade with low taxes | The ship “Trogir” was claimed to be ship of the year | Ivica Kostović says that a boycott of the students election by the students will be an unreasonable act | Celebration of 190 years theology in Đakovo | Report on a scientific conference on the works of Matija Mesić | Celebration of 10 years anniversary of the Gallery Kordić with an exhibition of Željko Hegedušić | Sport | Germany will send German soldiers in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the mandate of IFOR

The president Tuđman addresses the public due to the acceptance of Croatia in the Council of Europe

Croatia has officially became the 40th member of the Council of Europe | Tuđman states that the sovereign and democratic Croatia proved that it can be a base for the establishment of peace in this part of the world | Interview with Lenny Fischer, president of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe: the road of Croatia to the acceptance in the Council of Europe and the conditions that had to be satisfied are considered | ”Reporters without borders” protested against the acceptance of Croatia in the Council of Europe due to the problems which they experience concerning the freedom of the media in the country | Report on the Slovenian Television concerning the entrance of Croatia in the Council of Europe | Clinton won the presidential elections in US | Interview with professor Radovan Vukadinović concerning the future US international politics | Session of the council of the Croatian National Bank: the directions for the future monetary politics of the country were determined | Germany will send German soldiers in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the mandate of IFOR | International news | Sport | Report on the constitutional session of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Interview with Božo Rajić concerning the negotiation between HDZ Bosnia and Herzegovina and SDA about the structure of the institutions in the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina

Franjo Tuđman evaluated the annual work of the Croatian Government as successful | The Presidency of HDZ decided to temporarily suspend the functions of several members of the party due to disciplinary proceedings | The presidency of HDZ will preside tonight concerning the value added tax | Granić participated in the work of the Council of Europe for the first time | International news | Replacement of the Head of the IFOR mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina: William Crouch takes the position of Joseph Lopez | Report on the correspondence between Tuđman and cardinal Angelo Sodano | New York Times writes that Serbia sells weapon to Libya violating thus the sanctions of the UN imposed on Tripoli | Interview with Bela Tonković: he evaluates the results of the elections in SR Yugoslavia in respect of their consequences for the Croats in Vojvodina | Report on the upcoming parliamentary elections in Slovenia | Mateša speaks on the conference ”Invest in Croatia” in Zagreb: the political stability and the economic transformation are stressed as attractive factors | Vlatko Pavletić visited the Inter-liber fair in Zagreb | Jure Radić holds a speech on the assembly of Croatian builders in Cavtat | Report on the ship that the shipbuilding company Uljanik from Pula created for their Russian partners | New electric network that connects islands from north to south | Celebration of the fourth anniversary of the foundation of the ninth guards brigade of the Croatian Army in Gospić | First congress of the neurosurgeons of Croatia hold in Zagreb | Sport | Announcement that Zlatko Mateša will lead the Croatian delegation on the meeting of the presidents of the governments and ministers of foreign affairs of the countries members of the Central European Initiative in Graz | Announcement about the broadcasting of today’s session of the Croatian government leaded by the president Franjo Tuđman

The Presidency of HDZ decided to temporarily suspend the functions of several members of the party due to disciplinary proceedings | International news | Miomir Žužul, ambassador of Croatia in the US comments the replacement of William Perry and Warren Christopher in the US administration and the consequences of this change for Croatia | Report on how the US citizens perceive this change of ministers? | Report on the relation of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Croatian state: officials of the Serbian Orthodox Church return in Croatia | Granić participated in the work of the Council of Europe for the first time | Interview with Daniel Tarschys concerning the acceptance of Croatia in the Council of Europe | The mandate on UNTAES could be discussed by the UN Security Council until the end of the week | SDA Bosnia and Herzegovina insists that their candidate again be placed on the position President of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Supreme Court of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina rejected the indictment of HDZ Bosnia and Herzegovina for irregularities of the elections in Mostar | Solana states that international community will retain its military forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina even after the mandate of IFOR | New York Times writes that Serbia sells weapon to Libya violating thus the sanctions of the UN imposed on Tripoli | Sport | Report on the premiere of Vinko Brešan’s movie “How the war started on my island” |

Start of the conference of the presidents of the governments and ministers for foreign affairs of the countries members of the Central European Initiative in Graz: the collaboration of these countries on different political and economic levels will be discussed | Franjo Tuđman received a delegation of the Constitutional Court: he was informed about the work of the court | Tuđman congratulates to Gore for the reelection as vice president of the United States of America | Tuđman met with the British ambassador in Croatia, Gavin Hewitt discussing the upcoming conference in London concerning the implementation of the Dayton Agreement | Report on the implementation of the Erdut agreement | Report on a colloquy concerning the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Podunavlje | TPF undertakes the administration in Lipovac from the Jordan battalion in this place | The Supreme Court of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina rejected the indictment of HDZ Bosnia and Herzegovina for irregularities of the elections in Mostar | No agreement between the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning the structure of the Council of Ministers | International news | Report on the upcoming parliamentary elections in Slovenia | Interview with Ivan Penić, minister of privatization concerning the irregularities in the subscription of stocks | Jure Radić states that more than 100.000 exiles will return to their homes until the end of the year in Croatia | Željko Lužavec speaks about the system of highways to be build in the country | The Croatian veterans from the Croatian War of independence demand improvement of their social conditions | Sixth anniversary of the forming of the first guards brigade “Tiger” and four anniversary of the forming of the ninth guards brigade “Wolves” | Opening of an exhibition “Argentina: origin and heritage” in Zagreb | Sport | Jacques Klein announced an event in Vukovar with the aim of collecting money for infrastructure

Interview with Vladimir Šeks concerning the irregularities in the ownership transformation in the country and the possible involvement of officials of HDZ | Report on the mandate of UNTAES in Croatian Podunavlje and their success in the process of demilitarization | Jacques Klein meets Milošević: he evaluated the work of UNTAES in the Croatian Podunavlje as successful | Start of the conference of the presidents of the governments and ministers of foreign affairs of the countries members of the Central European Initiative in Graz: Mateša states that this is the right place to promote Croatia as Central European state and not one belonging to the Balkan | Interview with Carl Gustav Ströhm concerning the relations of Croatia with Central Europe and the regional approach of the European Union regarding the European Integration | Ivan Penić, minister of privatization points out to some irregularities in the subscription of stocks: there are around 20.000 illegal contracts which used discount in the transaction | Marina Matulović-Dropulić, mayor of Zagreb, announced that she bought shares in the company Kraš and the Civil Engineering Institute of Croatia with a discount: she stresses that with this transaction she didn’t violated any moral or legal norms | Josip Juras states that he does not accept the suspension by HDZ: he will suit the Croatian Privatization Fund due to the false accusations against him | The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina still haven’t agreed on the structure of the Council of Ministers | International news | Sport | The French newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro expressed negative comments about the entrance of Croatia in the Council of Europe

Vojislav Stanimirović, representative of the Serbs in the Croatian Podunavlje, states in his communication with Tuđman that the Croatian Podunavlje is an integral part of the Croatian state | Klein and Stanimirović talked with representatives of the five countries of the contact group: a conclusion has been reached that the Serbian community in Croatia should turn towards Zagreb and not Belgrade | Report on the meeting of the Central European Initiative in Graz | Biljana Plavšić fired the general Ratko Mladić | No report on the replacement of Mladić in Belgrade | First meeting between SDS and HDZ in Mostar after the war: Kalinić and Rajić discussed the arrangement of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Agreement | International news | Fra Jozo reports on the crisis in Zaire | Preelectoral silence in Slovenia | Celebration of the sixth anniversary from the establishment of the first guards brigade of the Croatian Army, “Tiger” | Vlatko Pavletić visited Daruvar: he discussed with representative of the county the education in the city and visited cultural sites | Opening of new offices for help of the Croatian veterans from the War of Independence | Report on new store for electric material and household appliances in Zagreb | Celebration of the day against fascism and anti-Semitism in Jesenovac | Election of new members of the city council of HDZ in Dubrovnik | Reportage on the traffic accidents and the night traffic control in the country | Report on the end of the Interliber fair in Zagreb | Sport |

Vojislav Stanimirović, representative of the Serbs in the Croatian Podunavlje, states that it is not arguable that Tuđman is their president too | Klein and Stanimirović talked with representatives of the five countries of the contact group: a conclusion has been reached that the Serbian community in Croatia should turn towards Zagreb and not Belgrade | Interview with Vesna Škare-Ožbolt deputy of the President’s Chief of Staff concerning the meeting between Tuđman and the representatives of the Serbs living in the Croatian Podunavlje | Report on the everyday life of Serbs in Njemci | Biljana Plavšić replaced general Ratko Mladić in the Army of Republika Srpska | The Central European Initiative supports Croatia in establishing a bilateral relations with the EU | Celebration of the sixth anniversary from the establishment of the first guards brigade of the Croatian Army, “Tiger” | The governments in Montenegro did not allow entrance in the country to bishops from Croatia | IFOR forces could have arrested Milan Martić, but the reason they didn’t was because they didn’t consider them to be authorized for that task | Izetbegović asks for extension of the mandates of EU in Mostar | First meeting between SDS and HDZ in Mostar after the war: they discussed the arrangement of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Agreement | International news | Sport | Report on an encounter of the Croatian immigration in Zagreb | Reportage on a visit of Kopački Rit |

Report on the parliamentary elections in Slovenia | Report on the problems concerning the return of refugees and displaced people in the Croatian Podunavlje | Interview with Nenad Ivanković on the international political position of Croatia | Generals Milan Gvero and Zdravko Tolimir, two close collaborators of Ratko Mladić, have been replaced on Pale | International news | Report on the possibilities and challenges that open with the entrance of Croatia in the Council of Europe | The return in Croatia is a frequent topic of discussion between 300.000 Croats in Australia | Reportage on the family Kaić which moved from Slavonija to Knin | Report on the upcoming reforms in the Croatian pension system | Report on theater plays in Rijeka and Zagreb | Report on moreška, a traditional sword dance, played on Ban Jelačić Square in Zagreb | Report on vinary event in Varaždin | Report on the elections in Slovenia

Report on the parliamentary elections in Slovenia: the liberal democrats of Drnovšek are expected to win the elections | Interview with the Croatian ambassador in Slovenia, Miljenko Žagar, concerning the results from the elections | The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is still without a solution concerning the Council of Ministers | New replacements in the leadership of the Army of Republika Srpska:generals Milan Gvero and Zdravko Tolimir, two close collaborators of Ratko Mladić have been replaced | International news | Sport

Franjo Tuđman awarded a medal to general Červenko due to his retirement | Report on the professional career of the new Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia, Pavao Miljavac, and his deputy, Davor Domazet-Lošo | The Croatian government determined the program of its social politics for the next years:around HRK 10 billion are planned for the social program in 1997 | Report on the OSCE conference in Vienna: participants on the conference criticize Croatia for not accepting some of the principles advocated by OSCE | Clinton states that it is possible that the US forces extend their mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, depending on the evaluations of NATO | More than one hundred officers expressed their devotion to Ratko Mladić, beside his replacement | Krajišnik met Crouch: they discussed the agreement for the central government of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Elections in Slovenia: Janez Drnovšek expects to receive the mandate for forming the new Slovenian government | International news | Delegation of the board for foreign policy visited Budapest: the mutual foreign policy interests of Croatia and Hungary have been discussed | Report on the economic collaboration between the Croatian coastal and continental counties | The German government financially helps the return of foreign, including Croatian professionals in different fields in their countries of origin | The youth of HDZ supports the measures of the party to fight against corruption among their members | Report on the meeting in the Council of Europe concerning the reforms in the higher educational system in the European countries | Celebration of 150 years from the foundation of the Croatian History Museum | Celebration of the day of the municipality in Dugo Selo: two awards for lifetime achievement were given by the municipality | Report on the celebration of St. Martin’s day in Virje | Sport | The majority of the member states of NATO agreed that new international forces should replace IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1997 |

Lustration of the criminal in the transition of property: the privatization fund announced concrete numbers concerning this process | Interview with Milan Kovać, president of the Croatian Privatization Fund: he explains different aspects of the privatization process as well as how due to the irregularities in the transformation of property the price of the shares has lost some value | Franjo Tuđman awarded a medal to general Červenko due to his retirement: he will be replaced by Pavao Miljavac | Interview with Červenko and Miljavac concerning the change in the leading structures of the Army and their past work | Report on a training of the Croatian Air Forces | The Croatian government determined the program of its social politics for the next years: around HRK 10 billion are planned for the social program in 1997 | Vrkić reports that Jacques Klein announced that the Croatian government could soon take the control over the place between Novi Bezdan and Torjanci in the Baranja region | The youth of HDZ supports the measures of the party to fight against corruption in their party | Jozo Leutar, deputy minister of defense of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina, states that the period for departure of forces of the Ministry of Internal affairs of Herzeg Bosnia from Mostar is too short | France-Presse reports that Mladić negotiated today with the new generals in the leadership of the Army of Republika Srpska | The majority of the member states of NATO agreed that new international forces should replace IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1997 | International news | Sport | Announcement of the latest news concerning the change of the leadership of the Army of Republika Srpska | Report on the demographic trends in Dubrovnik |

International news | Franjo Tuđman introduces changes concerning the formation of the National Security Council and named its new members | Davor Štern, minister of commerce, met with the assistant of the American minister of commerce, William Ginsberg: they discussed the further development of the economic and commerce relations between the two countries | The Croatian Government takes the control of more and more territories in the Croatian Podunavlje | Celebration of the anniversary of the signing of the Erdut agreement | The Presidency of the Bosnia and Herzegovina come up with the platform for the upcoming Paris conference | Flavio Cotti discussed with Kinkel and Kohl OSCE’s work in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Report on the withdraw of the special police from Mostar until today | Croatia will have its representatives on the FAO conference in Rome | Announcement of the 13th session of the Chamber of representatives: Pavletić proposed 15 issues to be discussed on the session | The committee of the Croatian Parliament on the Constitution and Standing Order as well as the Legislation Committee refused to put on the agenda the problem of finding a solution for the so called Zagreb crisis | According to the economic predictions of Zagreb Bank, Croatia will have economic growth in 1997 | The World Bank prepares 4 projects for economic reconstruction of Croatia | The minister of development and reconstruction Jure Radić visited companies in Čazma and Vrbovec | End of the crisis in the city government in Požega: Branko Skorup was elected for new mayor of the town | Celebration of the fifth anniversary of the 141 brigade | Celebration of 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Italian community in Rijeka | Promotion of a book by Franjo Komarica | Report on the process of destroying found bombs from the second world war | Sport |

Report on the signing and implementation of the Erdut agreement | Celebration of the anniversary of the signing of the Erdut agreement | Interview with Ivica Kostović, vice president of the Croatian government concerning the credits of the World Bank for reconstruction of the Croatian Podunavlje | The Presidency of the Bosnia and Herzegovina prepares for the upcoming Paris conference: there is still however no agreement on the Council of Ministers | Zubak states his views on the upcoming conference in Paris | Interview with Valentin Ćorić concerning the ultimatum for withdraw of the special police from Mostar until today | International news | Inform about the injured and murdered people after the attack of Bosnian Serbs on Gajevo | Bosnian Serbs start with the project “Building Serbian Sarajevo” | Solana will soon decide about the future role of NATO in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Janez Janša states that the liberal democrats of Drnovšek can join the government coalition in Slovenia | Miroslav Šeparović announces that the military courts are abolished: in the regular courts there will be special councils for cases concerning military staff | The Croatian government about to discuss the new national budget in the upcoming days

Zagreb crisis on the agenda | The parties comprising the opposition in the Parliament announce that they will not participate in the work of the Parliament for one month if the Zagreb crisis is not put on the agenda | Vladimir Šeks comments the boycott of the parties of the opposition: they will not harm the work of the Parliament with their decision | The Government agreed on most of the demands by the trade unions: the lowest salary is still not arranged | After 5 years the Osijek port is again open for transit | Šušak met the Russian ambassador in Croatia: they discussed the mandate of UNTAES as well as the possibilities of IFOR to extend its mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Granić met cardinal Vinko Pulić: they discussed the position of the catholic church in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Displaced Bosniaks protest in Čelić demanding to return in Gajevi | The officials of IFOR expressed their approval of the change in the Army of Republika Srpska | International news | Croatia participates on the London tourist stock-exchange market | William Ginsberg, deputy minister of commerce of US, visited Dubrovnik: he announced the plan of the US Government to invest in Croatia | The city of Zagreb accepted the new city budget | Jure Radić inaugurates new street in Samobor | Report on the temporal settlement in Ston: the displaced persons demand better accomodation | Five years from the occupation of Vukovar: exhibition “Vukovar:preparing the return” to be opened | Interview with Milan Sijerković concerning the high temperatures this autumn in Croatia | Sport | Zlatko Canjuga states that the question of the Zagreb crisis should be solved on local level

The opposition left the Parliament after the committee on the Constitution and Standing Order did not put the Zagreb crisis on the agenda | The parties of the opposition in the Parliament announce that they will not participate in the work of the Parliament for one month if the Zagreb crisis is not put on the agenda | Interview with Vlatko Pavletić concerning the latest occurrences in the Parliament and the boycott of the opposition in the Parliament | The Paris conference should solve many problematic questions in Bosnia and Herzegovina: the stay of IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be one of the central | Around 350.000 refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina are still in Germany: their return in the country is being planned by the German government | Bosnia and Herzegovina agreed to accept its citizens from Germany although the starting date of the return is not determined | Tuđman took vacations due to medical examinations | The Government agreed on most of the demands by the syndicates: lower taxes on incomes have been agreed | UN announces a document in which Belgrade demands that Prevlaka is recognized as part of the territory of Montenegro and thus of SR Yugoslavia | The visit of Mira Marković in Slovenia is uncertain: the publishers of her book are determined however not to cancel the event | IFOR accepted Pero Ćolić as new chief of the Army of Republika Srpska and started their collaboration | Christofer met in Paris with the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina | International news | Sport

Agreement reached between the Government and the Syndicates: from the beginning of the next year, the salaries in the country will be increased for almost 6 % | The Croatian Government won a vote of confidence from the Parliament | HSP states that they supported the parties of the opposition in the protest against not setting the Zagreb crisis in the parliamentary agenda, but they do not support the boycott of the work of the Parliament | TV Commentary of the occurrences in the Croatian parliament | UNSC in New York discusses the possibilities for extension of the mandate of UNTAES in Croatian Podunavlje | The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina accepted the two year stabilization plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina formulated on the Paris conference | IFOR disarmed the members of the Army of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina and the police of Republika Srpska around Čelić | Meeting between the military representatives of Croats, Bosniaks and Serbs in Banja Luka: the implementation of the military part of the Dayton Agreement has been discussed | International news | Janez Drnovšek might be the successor of Boutros-Ghali on the positions of general secretary of the UN | Representative of the ministry of defense hold a lecture concerning the work of the Croatian Army | The association of exiled persons from Croatia protests against the announced Serbian celebrations in Vukovar | Promotion of the magazine Returner in Zagreb | Meeting between Mateša and representative of the Malaysian government: the economic collaboration between the two countries has been discussed | New ship “Storm” departed from Split towards Dubrovnik | Preparations for the start up of the powerline Brinje - Konjsko | World diabetes day: around 120.000 diabetics live in Croatia | Report on frequency of sick-leave in Croatia | Promotion of a monograph on the work of Ljubo Ivančić | Exhibition of Zlatko Šimunović in Forum Gallery | HTV receives an award on a TV festival in Egypt | Sport | The Croatian government determined the proposal concerning the incomes in the budget for the next year

Agreement between the Government and the two Syndicates: from the beginning of the next year, the salaries in the country will be increased for almost 6 % | Interview with Borislav Škegro, vice-president of the Croatian Government, concerning the agreement between the Government and the syndicates | UNSC in New York discusses the possibilities for extension of the mandate of UNTAES in Croatian Podunavlje | The presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina accepted the two year stabilization plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina formulated on the Paris conference | The Croatian government determined that the incomes in the budget for the next year will increase for 5 % | The association of exiled persons from Croatia protests against the announced Serbian celebrations in Vukovar | A transportation company opened 4 regular bus lines in the Sirmium region | HSP states that they supported the opposition parties when they protested against the decision of the Parliament not to put the Zagreb crisis on the agenda, but they do not support the boycott of the work of the Parliament | Meeting between the ministers of interior of Croatia and SR Yugoslavia: main topic of discussion will be the determination of the border regimes between the countries | IFOR disarmed the members of the Army of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina and the police of Republika Srpska around Čelić | Solana announced that US are prepared to take part in the new international forces that will continue IFOR’s mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mirjana Marković attended the promotion of her book in Slovenia beside the information in the public about the uncertainty of her visit | Sport | The Croatian Government won a vote of confidence from the Parliament | International news

Borislav Škegro and Božo Prka familiarized the journalists with the projections of the budget for the next year | Marijan Petrović was named new minister for return and immigration while Juraj Njavro was named minister in the Government of Republic of Croatia | Zlatko Mateša attends the UN conference on agriculture and food in Rome | Meeting between the ministers of interior of Croatia and SR Yugoslavia: main topic of discussion was the general security, as well as the border and visa regimes between the countries | Meeting between representatives of the Croatian ministry of foreign affairs and members of the European Commission in Paris: the EU still insists on the regional approach concerning the EU integrations | Interview with Krešimir Zubak concerning the decisions made on the past Paris conference on Bosnia and Herzegovina | The mandate of the EU mission in Mostar will be extended | Clinton announced that American forces will continue their mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina | International news | The members of the Zagreb City Assembly coming from the opposition supported the protest of their parliamentary colleagues: they will boycott the sessions of the city assembly | Canjuga states that the actions of the oppositions are blackmailing | Reactions on the boycott of the opposition by several parties | New agreements to be signed concerning the traffic connections between Croatia and Hungary: delegations of the two countries discussed the possibilities for building the highway Rijeka-Zagreb-Budapest | Keel of a ship laid in the Split shipyard | Five years from the attack of the Yugoslav army on Split | Announcement concerning the health condition of Franjo Tuđman | End of the month of Croatian books in Solin | Ivica Kostović inaugurated the new building of the rectorate of the University of Rijeka | Promotion of the book “European walks“ with graphic works by Antun Mateš | Announcement that the book by Mateš won the award most beautiful book on the bookfair in Frankfurt | Sport | Branislav Bilić comments on the resolution adopted by the UNSC according to which the mandate of the UNTAES will be extended in the Croatian Podunavlje

Tuđman visited the US due to medical examinations: he returns to Croatia by the end of the next week | CNN reports that Tuđman has cancer | Interview with Ivo Sanader concerning the extension of the mandate of UNTAES in Croatian Podunavlje | The members of the Zagreb City Assembly coming from the opposition supported the protest of their parliamentary colleagues: they will boycott the sessions of the city assembly | Canjuga states that the actions of the oppositions are blackmailing | Interview with Božo Prka, minister of finance, concerning the budget for the next year of the country | Zlatko Mateša attends the UN conference on agriculture and food in Rome | Izetbegović states that a decision for change of Šoljić and Čengić has been made | Meeting between the ministers of interior of Croatia and SR Yugoslavia: main topic of discussion was the general security, as well as the border and visa regimes between the countries | An Increase of the industrial production of Croatia in October was noted, in comparison with the same month last year | Clinton announced that american forces will continue their mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina | NATO will make a decision about the formation of the new international forces that will succeed IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday | Garrod states that after his mandate the mission of EU in Mostar will continue with the work for three to six more months | International news | Interview with Jadranko Prlić concerning the decisions made on the Paris conference

Tuđman's health condition is excellent and he proceeds executing his regular tasks | Franjo Kuharić sends letter to Tuđman wishing him fast recovery | Clinton sends letter to Tuđman wishing him fast recovery | Celebration of the day of the city Zagreb: new underpass in the city was set into function | Mateša spoke on the conference on agriculture and food in Rome | Granić visited the South African Republic: main topic of discussion will be the economic collaboration between the countries | The replacement of Hasan Čengić from the function of deputy minister of defense is becoming more certain International news | Pavletić unveils a monument of the victims in the prison camp in Velika Pisanica | New line for production of oil was set in function by the company Olma in Makarska | New ship build in Trogir was set into the sea | Finishing of the construction works on the overpass in Kloštar Vojkovački | New planes to be bought in Croatia Airlines | Celebration of five years anniversary from the victory in the battle of Korčula of the Croatian over the Yugoslavian Navy | Commemoration of five years anniversary from the burning of the Croatian national theater in Osijek | Pensioners are interested in using the discounts in hotels and thermal centers offered by the Government | Ruža Pospiš-Baldani celebrates 35 years of the career | Promotion of the book “Zagreb in autonomous, sovereign and independent Republic of Croatia” | Live coverage of the celebration of the day of the City of Zagreb from the Cvjetni trg (Flower square) | Live coverage from the Carmen opera in the National Theater in Zagreb and the celebration of 35 years of the carrier of Ruža Pospiš-Baldani |

Tuđman's health condition is excellent and he proceeds executing his regular tasks | Report on the speculation in the foreign media about the health of Tuđman | Report on the return of Croatian exiles and displaced persons in the country: they stress the problems with the reconstruction of houses | Interview with Jure Radić, minister for development and reconstruction, concerning the problems of the exiles with reconstruction of their houses | Report on the price of the bread in Croatia | International news | Sport | The replacement of Hasan Čengić and Vladimir Šoljić from the positions of deputy minister and minister of defense of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina has been signed by Izetbegović: now it waits for the approval of Zubak | Šoljić speaks about this replacement from the position of minister of defense of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hasan Muratović explains the replacements of Šoljić and Čengić: on whose demand is the replacement of Šoljić, on the Americans or the Bosniaks? | Report on the relations between Čengić and Iran | New street candelabra similar to the old ones to be placed around Dubrovnik

Tuđman received messages for fast recovery from Clinton and Klein | Ivica Kostović writes to Klein concerning the celebration of 18 of November by the Serbs in the city: he stresses that this celebration might have negative impact on the reintegration | Announcement that buses from Serbia are coming in Vukovar for the celebration: will the Serbs again celebrate their misdeed, the greatest misdeed against civilians in post WWII Europe? | International news | End of the conference on food and agriculture in Rome | Opening of the Croatian embassy in the South African Republic | The confrontation between the replaced Mladić and the civil governments of the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina continue | Report on the first local elections in Macedonia | Renovation of the airlines connections between Croatia and the Great Britain | Report on the ownership of the maritime domain in the country | Report on the official handover of a ship in Dubrovnik | Celebration of the fifth anniversary of the formation of the fortieth engineering division from Split and the 71th military police division from Rijeka | Report on the production of the company Kimont from Benkovac | Opening of the exhibition cyclus “Vukovar: preparing the return” in Klovičevi Dvori Gallery | Sport | Parry states that the presence of the US soldiers in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be needed for 18 more months |

Tuđman received messages for fast recovery from Clinton and Klein | Report on how leading world media reported on Tuđman's health condition | Report on the life of a family from Vukovar after they were exiled from city in 1991 | Interview with Phillip Arnold, spokesman of UNTAES, concerning the possibility of Croats to visit Vukovar tomorrow and other issues related to the integration of the Croatian Podunavlje | Report on what the Serbs prepare for the commemoration of 18 of November: banners “Five years from the liberation” can be noticed around the city | The confrontation between the replaced Mladić and the civil governments of the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina continue | The central council of HND decides that the first session of the party should be held until the end of January next year | Sport | Parry states that the presence of the US soldiers in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be needed for 18 more months | Report on the event “Night of Croatian fashion” |

Tuđman receives messages wishing him fast recovery from Pavletić, Mateša, Šarinić, the union of exiled Croats, Kramarić , HND, Šuran, Debeljuh | Tuđman sends congratulation message to Emil Constantinescu for his election as President of Romania | Commemoration of 5 years from the Vukovar tragedy | Interview with architect Matija Salaj concerning the development and reconstruction of Vukovar | Commemoration of 5 years from the Vukovar tragedy all over Croatia | TV column on the commemoration of 5 years from the fall of Vukovar | Pavletić asks the opposition to participate on the 14th session of the Parliament | Granić and the minister of foreign affairs of South Africa agree on intensification of the collaboration between Croatia and the South African Republic on all levels | Mladić asked for a meeting with Plavšić | The members of NATO gave their agreement for taking participation in the new forces that will succeed IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina next year | Vladimir Šoljić gave his resignation from the position of Minister of Defense of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina | International news | Report on a session of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry concerning the legality of the work of the directorate for commodity reserves in the case of export of wheat | Delegation of the Government lay a wreath in memory of the 82 victims inhabitants of Škabrinja and Nadin killed in 1991 | Report on the session of the government coordination concerning the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Podunavlje | Celebration of 40 years anniversary of SEK | Sport | Tuđman met Miomir Žužul in US: he communicated to him that many foreign politicians and Croatian citizens send messages wishing him fast recovery

Although in a non-organized manner the Serbs celebrated in Vukovar their Pyrrhic victory: report on the battle for Vukovar | Commemoration of 5 years from the Vukovar tragedy | Interview with Vlado Ošust, Prefect of the Vukovar-Syrmia county concerning the coexistence between Croats and Serbs in Vukovar and the life of the people exiled from this city | Tuđman met Miomir Žužul in US: he communicated to him that many foreign politicians and Croatian citizens send messages wishing him fast recovery | Tuđman sends congratulation message to Emil Constantinescu for his election as President of Romania | Tuđman receives messages wishing him fast recovery from Pavletić, Mateša, Šarinić | Pavletić asks the opposition to participate on the 14th session of the Parliament | Delegation of the Government lay a wreath in memory of the 82 victims inhabitants of Škabrinja and Nadin killed in 1991 | International news | Vladimir Šoljić gave his resignation from the position of Minister of Defense of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina | Plavšić met Mladić and solved all the problems that raised from the replacement of Mladić and his colleagues from the leadership of the Army of Republika Srpska | Around 25.000 citizens of Belgrade celebrated the victory of the coalition Zajedno (Together) | Sport | Report on a session of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry concerning the legality of the work of the directorate for commodity reserves in the case of export of wheat: Krešimir Beno was investigated | Report on official results from the parliamentary elections in Slovenia

New messages wishing fast recovery for Tuđman | International news | Mate Granić finished his visit of the South African Republic: concrete collaborations have been arranged | Zubak made a decision concerning the dismissal of duties of Vladimir Šoljić | The coalition Zajedno (Together) celebrates the victory on the elections in many cities around FR Yugoslavia | Croatian Railways will suggest to the Government to abolish 500 km of non profitable rail ways | The Croatian public noticed part of the celebration that Serbs made in Vukovar: the association of exiled persons from the Osijek-Baranja region sends complaints to the Government concerning this act because it denies all previous agreements | Katica Ivanišević announced the next session of the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament | The ministry of development and reconstruction agreed on establishing an agency, Eko Kaštelanski zaljev (Eco Kaštela bay), that will work on protection on the Adriatic sea and the quality of the water | The promotional program for the tourist season 1997 in Croatia was prepared: Croatia will be promoted by the Croatian national tourist on 20 tourism-fairs less in comparison to this year | Session of the new executive board of the Croatian Privatization Fund | Reconstruction of the clinic for surgery in the Clinical hospital in Osijek | Exhibition of Đuro Pulitika in Zagreb | Exhibition of photographs documenting the suffering of Promina in the War in the Muzej Mimara in Zagreb | Sport | Announcement that the local elections in the Croatian Podunavlje will be held in Spring 1997 |

Pavletić asks the opposition to return to the Parliament: the budget of the country for the next year will be considered on the next session | Marko Veselica and Vlado Gotovac speak about their reasons for returning/not returning to the parliament | The introduction of VAT becomes an important political topic: there is still no information about the date of its enforcement | New messages wishing fast recovery for Tuđman | Announcement that the local elections in the Croatian Podunavlje will be held in Spring 1997 | Zubak made a decision concerning the dismissal of duties of Vladimir Šoljić | International news | Announcement of the death of the Metropolitan of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church, Antonije Abramović | Sport | The opposition in SR Yugoslavia won in almost all municipalities in Belgrade

Tuđman’s health condition is well, he comes home in two days | Tuđman receives more letters wishing him fast recovery | From Rijeka to Delnice in twenty minutes: the new tunnel connecting these cities is almost finished | Klein, Stanimirović and Kostović determined the priorities in the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Podunavlje: they include the reestablishment of the railway Vinkovci-Šid, the local elections and the faster process of issuing personal documents | International news | After changing the minister of defense, Zubak dismissed from duties today the deputy minister of defense of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hasan Čengić: the Americans gave green light for transporting their weapon to the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Herzegovina-Neretva canton is still without government: the session in Mostar ended before the election of the future members was done | Protests in SR Yugoslavia due to the negation of the electoral results by the electoral commission | The ministry of agriculture and forestry send new suggestion to the Government concerning the stimulation of the agriculture in the country | Report on processing of sugar beets in Virovitica | Galbright gave a present to general Červenko for his successful work in maintaining good relations between the Army and the state | Announcement by HDSP, HS and SHDP that the three parties formed a Croatian National Block that will work on defending the Croatian national ideas and interests | Marko Veselica announced that HKDU will come back to the Parliament | The board of the syndicate of public administration asks for starting a negotiation process with the Government concerning the basic salaries for the employees in the public administration | The syndicate of railway workers announced new strike: the reason is the non fulfillment of many of their demands that the Government have previously accepted | The council for telecommunication in the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communication gave the Zagreb Radio 101 concession to radio Globus 101 | Croatia became one of the countries that accepted the ATA carnet customs document | Archeologists discovered new objects from the ancient necropolis in Zadar | Exhibition of Branko Ružić in Zagreb | Sport | The weapon on the American ship American Condor intended to enrich the weaponry of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to be landed tomorrow

Mateša announced that in Tuđman will officially open the semi-highway Oštrovica-Delnice | Klein, Stanimirović and Kostović determined the priorities in the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Podunavlje: they include the reestablishment of the railway Vinkovci-Tovarnik, the local elections and the faster process of issuing personal documents | The syndicate of railway workers announced new strike: the reason is the non fulfillment of many of their demands that the Government have previously accepted | The weapon on the American ship American Condor intended to enrich the weaponry of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to be landed tomorrow | Plavšić will met Mladić in order to arrange the dispute between them after she replaced him from the position of General of the Army of Republika Srpska | The member states of NATO did not come to an agreement about the duration of the new mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Liberal democrats in Slovenia do not like to accept subordinated role in the possible coalition with the parties from the Slovenian spring that offered them a 4-parties Government | Tuđman health condition is well, he comes home in two days | The council for telecommunication in the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communication gave the Zagreb Radio 101 concession to radio Globus 101 | Listeners and supporters of Radio 101 protested on the Cvjetni trg (Flower square) in Zagreb due to the decision of the council for telecommunication to cut the concession of Radio 101 and give it to Globus 101 | Interview with Silvije Vrbanac, director of Radio 101 and Nino Pavić, owner of Globus 101, concerning the concession | The opposition in Serbia protests after the results from the election have not been fully accepted by the Electoral commission: the victory of the opposition outside Belgrade have been negated | Sport | International news

The Croatian government suggests postponing the implementation of VAT to the Croatian legal system and the reform of the Criminal Law | Commission for Imprisoned and Missing Persons of Croatia meets with the Yugoslav Commission for Humanitarian Issues and Missing Persons to discuss the future of 2500 missing and imprisoned persons | Elisabeth Rehn visits Zagreb to discuss human rights issues in Croatia | Foreign media and the Croatian politicians comment on the decision of the Council for Telecommunication not to grant a concession to the Radio 101 | Franjo Tuđman’s book presented in the Croatian Embassy in Washington | The American shipment of weaponry returns to the port in Ploče to deliver the weapons to Bosnia and Herzegovina | Report about the preparations for the London Conference about Bosnia and Herzegovina | Krešimir Zubak meets with the leadership of the Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina | The first anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Agreement marked today | International news | The situation in the Croatian economy discussed at a conference in Osijek | A business meeting about the economic cooperation between Croatia and its partners from abroad | Economic development of Opatija discussed in this city | Mate Granić meets with the leaving Russian ambassador to Croatia | HČSP decides to restart its participation in the parliamentary sessions soon | Disciplinary proceedings against Krunislav Olujić to begin soon | Protests for an increase of pensions to be held soon in Zagreb | The Croatian Railways’ leadership meets with the delegation of railway workers’ labor union to discuss further relations between the two instances | A book about the Neretva river presented today in Zagreb | Sports news | OSCE decides to extend its mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The disciplinary proceedings against Krunislav Olujić to begin soon | The Croatian government suggests postponing the implementation of VAT in the Croatian legal system | The American shipment of weaponry returns to the port in Ploče to deliver the weapons to Bosnia and Herzegovina | HČSP decides to restart its participation on the parliamentary sessions soon | Shooting on journalists in Dubrovnik | International news | Report on the oppositional protests in Belgrade | Slovenian technology sold to the Iranian Army | Franjo Tuđman’s book presented in the Croatian Embassy in Washington | Interview with the ambassador Miomir Žužul | Report on the decision of the Council for Telecommunication not to grant a concession to the Radio 101 | An interview with Zrinka Vrabec-Mojzeš, the main editor of the Radio 101 | The first anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Agreement marked today: its main achievements are discussed | Sports news

Franjo Tuđman sends letters of gratitude to Alija Izetbegović and other world politicians for their wishes for his quick recovery | Franjo Tuđman to return to Croatia tomorrow | Donation conference of Islamic countries to be held in Sarajevo | Still no agreement among the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Presidency about the Council of Ministers | The Minister Jure Radić visits Italy | Mate Granić meets with the delegation of Croatian refugees to discuss the latest resolution of the United Nations | The results of the meeting between the Yugoslav and the Croatian delegations of Commissions for Missing and Displaced Persons are discussed | The European Union and the US invite the Serbian government to accept the results of the local elections | International news | The journalist of Die Welt, Carl Gustav Stroehm comments on the issues of Radio 101 | Ivica Kostović and Gojko Šušak sign an agreement on cooperation between the two Ministries, of Education and of Defense | The local development in Požega is discussed with the minister Davor Štern | Press conference of HNB held today in Zagreb | The 75th anniversary of the otolaryngologist clinic in Šalata, Zagreb was marked today | A Meeting of EUROFEDOP held today in Zagreb | The fourth counselling of the Croatian entrepreneurs ends in Opatija | The "Law on Tourist Activity" to be issued soon | Annual awards for journalism given today in Zagreb | The 31st Zagreb Salon opened today | Concert of the HRT Symphonic Orchestra held in Zagreb | Sports news | Post-electoral bargaining in Slovenia discussed

Franjo Tuđman sends a letter of gratitude to Al Gore for US's hospitality | Franjo Tuđman to return to Zagreb tomorrow | The road infrastructure and de-mining in Croatia to be financed from a credit of the World Bank | Ivica Kostović and Gojko Šušak sign an agreement on cooperation between the two Ministries of Education and of Defense | Railway workers in Croatia might go on strike again | The City Council of Zagreb will not discuss the removal from office of Zdravko Tomac | International news | A protest of pensioners demanding higher pensions to be held tomorrow | A story about the family Stanišić, which moved from Varaždin to Benkovac | An interview with Stjepan Šterc, Deputy Minister of Development and Reconstruction, about the current projects of this ministry | Serbian singers still cannot legally work in Croatia | Sports news

Franjo Tuđman returns to Zagreb from the US and holds a press conference at the airport: we will not allow the remains of Yugo-communist elements to endanger the Croatian liberty and independence | Franjo Tuđman and Ivica Kostović meet with Jacques Klein to discuss the further integration of the Croatian Podunavlje | Delegations of Croatia and Vatican met today to discuss their mutual cooperation | The meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Sarajevo ended | Meeting of the Cantonal government in Posavina Canton held today | International news | Protests demanding to rename the square of Marshall Tito into the square of Ante Pavelić was held today | Protests of pensioners held today across Croatia | A new oil factory and a road opened in Hvar | So far 100000 people have watched the movie “How the War Started on My Island” | Sports news

Franjo Tuđman returns to Zagreb from the US and holds a press conference at the airport: we will not allow the remains of Yugo-communist elements to endanger the Croatian liberty and independence | Franjo Tuđman meets with Jacques Klein to discuss the further integration of the Croatian Podunavlje | Protests of pensioners held in Zagreb | International news | The protests of opposition in Belgrade continue | Reception for Franjo and Ankica Tuđman in Zagreb | Report on problems in functioning of the Croatian Helsinki Federation for Human Rights | The issue of sects in Croatia discussed | Sports news | Results of the Miss World Beauty Contest

Franjo Tuđman meets with Andrija Hebrang to discuss the monitoring of his health | Franjo Tuđman meets with a delegation of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian HDZ | A report about the significance of Franjo Tuđman’s return from the US | Commentary about foreign media reports on recent events in Croatia concerning Radio 101 | International news | Davor Štern leads a Croatian delegation to China to discuss possible cooperation | The protests of the opposition continue across Serbia | Report on the planned Croatian state budget | Problems with the economic development of Lika discussed | City holiday celebrated in Zadar | Commemoration session of the fifth anniversary of occupation of Laslovo | Seminar of the "Coalition for Return" held in Mostar | Report on the complex situation concerning the Prevlaka Peninsula | Possible problems with the upcoming students elections at the Croatian faculties are discussed | The anniversary of the Croatian National Theatre was celebrated today | Doris Pak opened Zorislav Drempetić Hrčić’s exhibition in Bonn | Sports news

The judicial process for mining the dam Peruće near Split to begin tomorrow | Report on the issues of 10000 Serbian houses on the seaside | Franjo Tuđman meets with Andrija Hebrang to discuss the monitoring of his health | Franjo Tuđman meets with the delegation of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian HDZ | The protests of the opposition in Belgrade continue | International news | The anniversary of the Croatian National Theatre was celebrated today | An interview with opera singer Ruža Pospiš Baldani about her career | An interview with Relja Bašić, an award winning actor of the Croatian National Theatre | Sports news

Franjo Tuđman meets with the Head of the International Commission for Missing Persons, Cyrus Vance in Zagreb | Vlatko Pavletić: the next session of the Croatian Parliament to be held soon | New draft laws discussed in the Croatian parliament | An agreement on financial and economic cooperation between Bavaria and Croatia signed today in Munich | Hrvoje Šarinić meets with the political director of the UK Foreign Office Jeremy Greenstock to discuss the upcoming London conference about Bosnia and Herzegovina and the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Podunavlje | International news | The protests of the opposition in Belgrade continue | Statehood Day celebrated across Bosnia and Herzegovina | The trial for the potential fraud with wheat preservation facilities continues | A new thermal power plant Plomin 2 to be constructed until the end of 1997 | Anode production was renewed in Mostar | Celebration of the return of Nijemci in Western Sirmium under the jurisdiction of Croatia | Scientific conference about Konavle held in Cavtat | The Center for Croatian War Veterans and their Families celebrates its first anniversary | 600th anniversary of University of Zadar celebrated today | Prestigious awards for the most successful Croatian students given today in Zagreb | A delegation of the Croatian Radio Television to be present at the EMMY awards ceremony in New York | Award winning Croatian theatre &TD returns from a festival in Madrid | ”Zajčevi dani” manifestation ends in Rijeka | Sports news

The negotiations between the delegations of the Croatian government and the labor unions continue in Zagreb | Interview with Ivica Ihas, President of the Union of State and Local Officials and Employees of Croatia, about the results of today’s talks between the government and the labor unions | The state budget to be discussed in the Croatian Parliament: the participation of the opposition is still uncertain | The trial for the potential fraud with wheat preservation facilities continues | Franjo Tuđman meets with the International Commission for Missing Persons’ head Cyrus Vance in Zagreb | The Independent Labor Union of the Croatian Railways will not participate on the upcoming strike of railway workers | Report on possible abuses in the Zadar Dalmatia Bank | Weaponry for Bosnia and Herzegovina continues being unloaded in the Ploče port | NATO still to discuss the prolongation of the IFOR mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina | International news | Sports news | Extensive reports on the oppositional protests in Belgrade | The European Council discusses the current situation in Slovenia | The movie "Kids" premiered in Zagreb

The Croatian Parliament discusses the state budget:the opposition returns to the Parliament | Interview with Gojko Šušak about his visit to the Croatian Podunavlje | Report on the process of demining in the Croatian Podunavlje | Krunislav Olujić removed from the post of President of the Supreme Court due to many criminal violations | The protests in Sarajevo turn violent: Michael Steiner’s car was attacked | International news | The Council of Ministers of the EU postpones the ratification of agreement with FR Yugoslavia | Ivan Jarnjak visits Bulgaria to discuss further cooperation | Jadranko Crnić, Head of the Constitutional Court, visits Romania to exchange experiences with his colleagues | The visit of the Croatian economic delegation to China continues | Željko Lužavec meets with the railway workers’ labor unions to discuss their upcoming strike | Franjo Tuđman receives telegrams from citizens wishing him good health | Report on cars donated to Croatian war invalids | A new business center to be built in Sinj | The 5th Anniversary of the 67th military police was celebrated in Zagreb | The 50th anniversary of the leading printing publisher from Čakovec was celebrated today | The 150th anniversary of the Sister of Charity hospital in Zagreb was celebrated today | Ružica Hrnjkaš’s new book “Non-Serbs, out!:dairy from Banja Luka 1992-1993” presented today in Zagreb | Sports news | Cyrus Vance visits UNTAES headquarters in Vukovar

Krunislav Olujić removed from the post President of the Supreme Court of Croatia due to accusations for criminal violations | Statement of Krunislav Olujić about the proceedings against him | The opposition returns to the Croatian Parliament | Report on the reasons for MPs not participating in the Parliamentary sessions | The state budget was accepted today in the Parliament | Gojko Šušak visits the Croatian Podunavlje | Željko Lužavec meets with railway workers’ labor unions to discuss their upcoming strike | SDS invites to prosecute Ratko Mladić and other former army generals | International news | Sports news | Cyrus Vance visits Vukovar and speaks about his impressions | The "Law on forgiveness of crimes" committed in Croatia between 1990 and 1995 discussed | The protests in Sarajevo turn violent: Michael Steiner’s car was attacked | Michael Steiner’s statement after an attack on him in Sarajevo | The Emmy awards were given today in New York: an interview with Ivica Mudrinić

Report about interpellations in the Croatian Parliament: the main topic of discussion was the Security Council’s Resolution 1079 about the prolongation of the mandate of UNTAES | Franjo Tuđman awards a medal to the Russian ambassador to Croatia, Leonid Kerestedzhiyants | The Mitropolit Jovan Pavlović sends a letter to Franjo Tuđman wishing him good health | A plenary session of Alps-Adria was held today in Portorož | The third round of the local elections in Serbia was held today: the oppositional protests continue across the country | Carl Bildt comments on the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina | The weaponry from the US to Bosnia and Herzegovina still being unloaded in Ploče port | Croatian cultural delegation from Split visits Vatican and meets with the Pope John Paul II | Ivan Jarnjak comments on his recent visit to Bulgaria | International news | Strike of railway workers in Croatia to begin tomorrow: interview with Željko Lužavec | The City Council of Zagreb holds its session today: a new bloc of parties (HDZ, HND, HSP) was formed | A new bill on rights of war veterans and their families agreed upon in the Croatian government | Protests of Croatian public service workers held today in Zagreb | Vladimir Kopf buried today in Osijek | The reconstruction of the correctional facility in Požega was finished | The company Podravka continues its cooperation with a faculty in Koprivnica | Hungarian elementary school from Zmajevac in Baranja to become the first school from the Croatian Podunavlje reintegrated into the Croatian educational program | Ankica Tuđman’s humanitarian organization “For Children of Croatia“ launches a major fundraising campaign | Problems in the functioning of the Croatian branch of PEN International | Julienne Eden Bušić’s novel “Lovers and Madmen“ receives the “Lucijan Kordić“ award for best book about Croatian emigration | Sports news

The seventh session of the Zagreb City Council was held today: press conference of the newly formed HDZ-HND-HSP bloc | An extensive interview with Zlatko Canjuga about the events in the Zagreb City Council | Almost 14.000 Croatian railway workers to begin a strike tomorrow | Protests of Croatian public service workers were held today in Zagreb | Report about interpellations in the Croatian Parliament: the main topic of discussion was the Security Council’s Resolution 1079 about the prolongation of the mandate of UNTAES | Krunislav Olujić issues a statement about the political process against him | Problems in the functioning of the Croatian branch of PEN International | Investigation against four entrepreneurs from Zadar was opened today | IFOR’s mandate prolonged for another 18 months | International news | Sports news | The third round of the local elections in Serbia was held today: the oppositional protests continue across the country | Ivana Sutlić-Perić’s commentary about the current events in Belgrade | Ankica Tuđman’s humanitarian organization “For Children of Croatia“ launches a major fundraising campaign

The suggested budget for 1997 was discussed in the Croatian Parliament | The current situation in Croatia discussed in the Croatian Presidency: the foreign financing of NGOs is more than problematic | The Croatian government decides on the new bill on rights of war veterans and their families and comments on the ongoing strike of railway workers | The railway workers’ labor unions to continue the negotiations with the Croatian government without ending the strike | Reports from various Croatian cities’ railway stations about the situation there in light of the ongoing strike | Commentaries about the ongoing strike of railway workers | Reports about the reconstruction of railways in the Croatian Podunavlje in light of the ongoing strike | Part of a US shipment was transferred via railway to Bosnia and Herzegovina | William Perry visits Bosnia and Herzegovina: his tour starts from Tuzla | Shifts in the leadership in the Army of Republika Srpska: Mladić resigns, Pero Čolić new Chief of the General Staff | Meeting of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina held today in Sarajevo: main topic of discussion was the structure of the Council of Ministers | Branch of Croatia Airlines opened in Sarajevo | Elisabeth Rehn worried about the situation in Serbia in light of the ongoing protests against electoral fraud | International news | Report on the trade between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Chambers of commerce of the two countries signed an agreement on cooperation today in Zagreb | Slavia Trans opens a new car service center in Petrinja | EBRD signs a contract on financing small and medium entrepreneurships with the Alps-Adria Bank | Report on the five year old theft of Slavko Stolnik’s paintings | The trail for the murder of Anton Marčelo Popović begins today in Pula | Božo Biškupić meets with the famous Hungarian writer Béla Pomogáts to discuss cultural ties between Croatia and Hungary | Ferid Karihman’s book ”Croatian-Bosniak Topics” presented today in Zagreb | Pavao Pavličić’s new book “Bread and Lard” presented in Zagreb | Snow causes problems across Croatia | Sports news

The current situation in Croatia discussed in the Croatian Presidency: the foreign financing of NGOs is more than problematic | The Croatian government comments on the ongoing strike of the railway workers | Report on the ongoing strike of the Croatian railway workers | Report on the average salary in Croatia | Shifts in the leadership in the Army of Republika Srpska: Mladić resigns, Pero Čolić new Chief of the General Staff | Carl Bildt accuses Hasan Muratović for misleading the public about the responsibility for the bad situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina | The meeting of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Presidency about the Council of Ministers still without success | The first session of the Slovenian Parliament was interrupted | International relations | An interview with Anto Đapić, President of HSP, about recent events in the Zagreb City Council and the overall politics in Croatia | Report on Vladimir Šeks’ new bill on politicians’ reporting of their financial situations | The Croatian government decides on the new bill on rights of war veterans and their families | Report on the current occurrences in the Croatian branch of PEN International: Petar Šegedin reads his letter to the London headquarters of PEN | Latest data about AIDS presented

Parliament acknowledges the government’s new proposition of state budget for 1997 | Report from the meeting of the State Council for Defence and National Security: government shall not fulfil the demands of striking railway workers | Croatian Railways issue a statement about the current strike and its future: we demand the strikers to obey the law | Reports about the harmful character of ongoing strike of railway workers | Jacques Klein visits Western Slavonija to discuss the return of Serbian refugees to this region | EU invites NATO to arrest Radovan Karadžić | ICTY sentences Dražen Erdemović to 25 years of imprisonment | International news | Franjo Tuđman meets with the delegation of Sister of Charity hospital in Zagreb, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year | Employment issues in Lika-Senja County discussed: many advancements noticeable | Association of Craftsmen Disabled in War for Independence discusses the new bill on rights of war veterans | Introduction of bar codes for Croatian products should improve the business management | Fleet of Croatia Airlines to be renewed soon | Miroslav Šeparović meets with military courts and prosecutors’ representatives | The new generation of military officers ends their education successfully | HSP comments on recents events in Zagreb City Council | SDP suggests changing the Law on Telecommunications | Franjo Tuđman awards medals to various Croatian cultural activists for their achievements | Janko Polić Kamov’s new play “Mother’s heart” premiered in Split | Verdi’s opera Troubadour (Il Trovatore) premiered in Osijek | Sports news

Croatian Railways issue a statement about the current strike and its future: we demand the strikers to obey the law | Report from the meeting of the State Council for Defence and National Security: government shall not fulfil the demands of striking railway workers | Parliament acknowledges the government’s new proposition of state budget for 1997 | Krunislav Olujić appeals the decision of removing him from the post of President of the Supreme Court | Fleet of Croatia Airlines to be renewed soon | International news | EU invites NATO to arrest Radovan Karadžić | Conference about the role of media in peace process in former Yugoslav countries held in Brussels | Results of recent meetings of Zagreb City Council and problems in its functioning discussed: an interview with Zdravko Tomac | Dražen Erdemović to appeal the 25 year long sentence of ICTY: normative commentary about the court | Foreign media reactions to Dražen Erdemović’s sentence | New Jakov Sedlar’s movie “Don’t forget me” premiered in Zagreb: interview with the director of the movie | Sports news

Franjo Tuđman opens 22 new kilometers of highway between Zagreb and Rijeka: opening speech | Franjo Tuđman pardons prisoners | Croatia issues a memorandum about the governance over Prevlaka | An interview with Hrvoje Kačić, the president of State Commission for Borders, about the dispute over Prevlaka | The meeting of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina about the Council of Ministers and upcoming conference in London | International news | A report about the current situation in Croatian railways in light of the ongoing strike | Croatian Airlines to buy a new fleet of Airbus A319 airplanes | The return of emigrants to Croatia discussed | Association of Croats from Herzegovina held its meeting in Dubrovnik | The 8th World Congress of IAEWP ends in Trogir | Awards of the City of Zaprešić given today in this city | Assembly of the Croatian PEN center held today: Slobodan Prosperov Novak reelected President | Monument for the Croatian Homeland Defender reestablished in Osijek | City Youth Theatre from Split held plays in Zagreb | Sports news | Agreement about the Council of Ministers reached among the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Presidency

Franjo Tuđman opens 22 new kilometers of highway between Zagreb and Rijeka: opening speech | Croatia Airlines to buy a new fleet of Airbus A319 airplanes | New bill on loans for the purchase of apartments to be discussed in Parliament | Report about consequences of strike in Croatian Railways | The 8th World Congress of IAEWP ends in Trogir | Izetbegović, Zubak and Krajišnik agree on the formation of the Council of Ministers, says Michael Steiner | Oppositional protests in Serbia continue | International news | Sports news | Assembly of the Croatian PEN center held today: an extensive interview with Slobodan Prosperov Novak, the reelected President of PEN

Zlatko Mateša and Mate Granić to participate in OSCE’s meeting in Lisbon: main topics of the meeting discussed | Oppositional protests in Belgrade continue: commentary about the aims of protesters | Ethnic problems in Mostar discussed | International news | Karl Gustaf Strom’s commentary about Alexander Lebed | Report on the Croatian suffering under the Yugoslavian monarchy and the SFRY: Franjo Tuđman was one of the few that knew how to liberate and unite the Croatian people after years of Serbian oppression | Strike of Croatian railway workers continues: salaries for all workers under question | 800th anniversary of Osijek celebrated after years of Serbian unsuccessful aggression | Croatia Line to open its branches on the American continent | Bol on Brač announced “the most touristic place” in Croatia | Spanish choreographer Juan Carlos Garcia to put up a show in Zagreb | Ankica Tuđman’s Foundation “For Children of Croatia” raises funds in Stuttgart | 13th child baptized in family Bosiljevi from Donja Voča | Wind causes traffic problems across Croatia | Sports news | Milan Gvero resigns from all functions in the Army of Republika Srpska

An interview with Josip Pavičić, the member of the Croatian PEN Center, about the recent events in this organization | An insider report about the assembly of armored vehicle in RH Alan: an interview with RH Alan’s CEO Vladimir Zagorac | Dragan Tomić, the head of Serbian National Assembly, forbids any gatherings and calls recent protest fascist | Strike of Croatian railway workers continues: salaries for all workers under question | All parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina agree on the date of local elections, claims Robert Frowick (OSCE) | Bosnian Serbs refuse to participate in the work of Arbitration commission for Brčko | Milan Gvero resigns from all functions in the Army of Republika Srpska | Opposition protests continue across Serbia | International news | Post-war economic development of Knin discussed | Comedy Theatre from Zagreb celebrates its 46th anniversary: an interview with its director Vlado Stefančić | Sports news

Report from the Lisbon Summit of OSCE: Zlatko Mateša directs the summit | Franjo Tuđman issues Letters of Credence to new Croatian ambassadors to Slovenia (Ivica Maštruko) and Brazil (Luka Meštrović) | Reintegration of Croatian Podunavlje discussed in Government’s Commission for Reintegration | Foreign loans and credits for reconstruction and development of agricultural production discussed | Official Paris and Carl Bildt comment on oppositional protests in Belgrade | International news | Strike of Croatian railway workers continue and so do negotiations: negative consequences of the strike | 800th anniversary of Osijek celebrated today | Zagrebačka Bank to increase its credits for the purchase of apartments | Ministry of Interior debunks misinformation about tapping the Mayor of Rijeka Slavko Linić | Seminar about strategic planning of defense held today | Jadranka Kosor meets with the delegation of disabled persons in light of the International Day of persons with disabilities | Ivan Tolj issues keys to 54 apartments in Osijek to families of deceased war veterans | Three new oil tankers to be built in Trogir | 25th anniversary of the Croatian Spring marked today in Zagreb | Council of HRT determines main tracks of its development and coverage in 1997 | Dražen Ferenčina’s new theatrical comedy “Policemen” premiered in Zagreb today

Increase of state budget funds for agriculture for 1997 discussed: overview of current situation in this branch of economy | An interview with Matej Janković about the situation in agriculture | Celebration of 25th anniversary of Croatian Spring | An interview with Dalibor Brozović about the significance of Croatian Spring in modern history of Croatia | No oppressive measures against the striking workers, state the Croatian Railways: negative consequences of the strike discussed | Ministry of Interior debunks misinformation about tapping the Mayor of Rijeka Slavko Linić | Krunislav Olujić sues Ante Potrebica for defamation | Report about Zlatko Mateša’s speech on OSCE’s Summit in Lisbon | International news | New head of the Slovenian Parliament still not elected: Janez Podobnik still lacks one vote | Vojislav Šešelj elected the head of Zemun municipality | International reactions to oppositional protests in Belgrade | Interviews with Zrinko Tutić and Andrija Vrdoljak about the new song “For Children of Croatia” and upcoming humanitarian concert

Franjo Tuđman visits Vukovar and Croatian Podunavlje and meets with Jacques Klein and representatives of local Serbs: Tuđman’s speech about relations between Croatia and Yugoslavia | Transitional Customs Service begins its work on the Croatian-Serbian border near Erdut | Report from OSCE Summit in Lisbon: Serbia harshly criticized | Croatia is no longer a problem of, but a partner in European security, states Zlatko Mateša on OSCE Summit in Lisbon | London Conference on Bosnia and Herzegovina to begin tomorrow | Slobodan Milošević needs to recognize the results of local elections, states Nicholas Burns | Serbian government shuts down Radio B92 and Radio Index | Foreign reaction to latest protests of Serbian opposition in Belgrade | International news | Railway workers stop this kind of traffic completely: negative consequences of this event discussed | Vlatko Pavletić meets with the delegation of Union of Pensioners to discuss current events | Awards for best inventors from Croatia given today | Tomislav Sabljak receives the Mirko Fotez award for best novel | The book “Monumenta Croatica Vaticana: Camera Apostolica” presented today in Zagreb | Lions Grand Prix for Painting begins today in Zagreb | Sports news

Franjo Tuđman visits Vukovar and Croatian Podunavlje and meets with Jacques Klein and representatives of local Serbs: Tuđman’s speech about relations between Croatia and Yugoslavia | An interview with Vesna Škare-Ožbolt about Franjo Tuđman’s visit to Vukovar | Protests of opposition in Belgrade continue: Foreign reactions to these events | Croatia is no longer a problem of, but a partner in European security, states Zlatko Mateša on OSCE Summit in Lisbon | Janez Podobnik elected the Head of Slovenian Parliament | International news | Zlatko Tomčić (HSS) and HSLS condemn the unconstitutional resignation of Krunislav Olujić | Sports news | Ministry of Interior debunks misinformation about tapping the Mayor of Rijeka Slavko Linić | An interview with Smiljan Reljić about the tapping affair in Rijeka | Railway workers stop this kind of traffic completely: negative consequences of this event discussed

State Audit Commission writes a Report about the Croatian Budget | Passenger railway traffic normalized, freight still shut down | Government discusses ongoing strike of Croatian railway workers | Report about the results of Franjo Tuđman’s visit to Vukovar | Serbs physically attack Croatian journalists in front of the Serbian Cultural Center in Vukovar | London conference about Bosnia and Herzegovina begins | New accusations against Tihomir Blaškić in front of ICTY | Oppositional protests continue in Belgrade | International news | Franjo Tuđman sends a letter to Vaclav Havel wishing him good health | Franjo Tuđman meets with Dalibor Brozović to discuss the work of a publisher house “Miroslav Krleža” | Jewish community in Zagreb celebrates its 190th anniversary | Reconstructed clinic “Holy Ghost” opened in Zagreb | New school for autistic children opened in Rijeka | Mostar aluminum industry signs several international contracts on cooperation | Hrvoje Šarinić meets with the leaving Special Envoy of European Commission to Croatia Fulvio Paolini | Croatia Airlines to renew its fleet with Airbus airplanes | A lecture about the significance of democracy in country’s development held in Zagreb | New Petar Šarčević’s play to premiere in Zagreb | Sports news

Passenger railway traffic normalized, freight still shut down: an interview with Željko Lužavec | Serbian extremists attack Croatian journalists in Vukovar: interview with one of attacked | Prices slightly rise in Croatia | Public service labor unions refuse an offer of Croatian government about the increase of salaries | Montenegrin leadership distances itself from Serbian | International news | Gojko Kličković: Putting Brčko under protectorate could lead to a new war | Discussion about the results of London conference about Bosnia and Herzegovina after its first day | New accusations against Tihomir Blaškić in front of ICTY | Sports news

International news | Croatian Parliament discusses the bills on the origins of property of country officials | Future development and the recovery of the Industrial Bank Zagreb discussed in the Croatian Government | The London Conference on Bosnia and Herzegovina ends: main results and conclusions discussed | Oppositional protests continue across Serbia: a commentary of Carl Gustaf Stroehm about Zoran Đinđić and his political activism | Croatian Railways continue negotiations with labor unions | Discussion in the disciplinary proceedings against Krunislav Olujić postponed | Initiative for the Serbian National Congress issues a statement about the attack on journalists and UNTAES officials in Vukovar | SNS holds a press conference about the Security Council Resolution on UNTAES mission | HSP suggests a solution for resolving the crisis in Zagreb City Council | 78th anniversary of the 1918 shooting in Zagreb, when Serbian forces killed 13 unarmed civilians | Exhibition about the Jewish synagogue opened to celebrate 190th anniversary of Jewish community in Zagreb | 120th anniversary of the birth of Milan Begović, famous Croatian writer | Saint Nicholas Day to be celebrated tomorrow | Sports news | Report from a concert in Zagreb dedicated to the 190th anniversary of Jewish community in this city: Franjo Tuđman is also present

A concert dedicated to the 190th anniversary of Jewish community held in Zagreb: Franjo Tuđman is also present | The Croatian labor unions of railway workers still do not respect the agreement about the freight traffic | The Serbian National Congress issues a statement about the attack on journalists and UNTAES officials in Vukovar | Slovenia protests the Croatian construction works near the border with this country | Mate Granić assesses the conclusions of the London Conference on Bosnia and Herzegovina | The London Conference participants claim that the arbitration over Brčko will be conducted to the end, regardless of Republika Srpska’s (un)willingness to participate in it | The United Arab Emirates’ ship carrying weaponry for Bosnia and Herzegovina still has not entered the Ploče port | The Oppositional protests continue across Serbia | International news | USD 120 million credit for Croatia to be provided by the World Bank: an interview with the Croatian ambassador to Washington Miomir Žužul | The future development and the recovery of the Industrial Bank Zagreb are discussed in the Croatian Government | The disciplinary proceedings against Krunislav Olujić were postponed | Report on the reintegration of the Croatian Podunavlje in light of Franjo Tuđman’s recent visit to Vukovar: local Serbian officials surprised by this legal and legitimate visit | An interview with Mario Floričić, the director of the Bank of Istria and the winner of the award for the best entrepreneur in Croatia, about the work of this bank | Sports news

Report from today’s session of the Croatian Parliament | Franjo Tuđman meets with the delegation of the Croatian Constitutional Court in light of the fifth anniversary of its establishment | The first donation conference for the reconstruction of the Croatian Podunavlje ended today in Zagreb | Gojko Šušak meets with a delegation of the US Congressmen | Mate Granić congratulates Madeleine Albright on her election for US Secretary of State | Report on the biography of Madeleine Albright: the history of her visits to Croatia is stressed | Slovenia protests the Croatian construction works near the border with this country | Hrvoje Šarinić meets with ambassadors of the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Italy to Croatia to discuss the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Podunavlje | EU postpones the decision of giving economic preferential status to Yugoslavia in light of the recent unrests in this country | Report on the current situation in Belgrade in light of recent protests in this city | International news | Report on the situation in the Croatian military, civil and trade fleets and the Croatian shipbuilding | Report on the celebration of Saint Nicholas Day in Rijeka | Day of the City celebrated in Nova Gradiška: keys of new apartments issued to war veterans from this city | Franjo Tuđman donates 350 kilograms of mandarins to elderly homes in Zagreb and across Croatia | The tenth children in the Sertić family baptised today in Zagreb | The Day of the Dubrovnik War Defenders marked today in this city | The seventh conference about the privatization processes in Central and Eastern Europe begins in Dubrovnik | The railway workers’ strike continues | The Industrial Bank Zagreb supports the Government’s decision about the recovery of this bank | The Croatian Post Office and Siemens sign an agreement about the expansion of cell phone network in Croatia | The strike of the public service workers was postponed: their salaries are to be increased | Report from the press conference of IDS, who submitted two bills to the Croatian Parliament | The fifth anniversary of a military company in Bjelovar was marked today in this city | The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb celebrates its 40th anniversary | A charity exhibition of paintings and sculptures of Croatian artists dedicated to the “For Children of Croatia” organization begins in Zagreb | Sports news

Report on various celebrations of the 190th anniversary of the Jewish community in Zagreb: the history of the Jews in Croatia was discussed | An interview with Ognjen Kraus, head of the Jewish community in Zagreb | The first donation conference for the reconstruction of the Croatian Podunavlje ended today in Zagreb | Report on the protection of the natural heritage in Eastern Slavonia | Franjo Tuđman meets with the delegation of the Croatian Constitutional Court in light of the fifth anniversary of its establishment | Slovenia protests the Croatian construction works near the border with this country | Hrvoje Šarinić meets with ambassadors of the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Italy to Croatia to discuss the process of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Podunavlje | The railway workers’ strike continues | Additional works on the reconstruction in Nijemci are necessary: the government to provide the materials | A coalition between HKDU, HNS, HND and IDS was formed in Rijeka | OSCE signs a secret document with Republika Srpska about its citizens being given the right to vote on local elections in any part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, regardless of their previous residence | International news | EU postpones the decision of giving economic preferential status to Yugoslavia in light of the recent unrests in this country | Sports news | An interview with Robert Hranj, Croatian Military Attaché in the US, about recent events in this country’s leadership | An interview with Branko Jeren, professor of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb, about the 40th anniversary of this institution

A meeting of the Main Board of HDZ was held today: Franjo Tuđman states that Croatia must not become an object of someone else’s politics | Opinion poll about the support for parties in Croatia: HDZ and Tuđman in big lead | International news | The oppositional protests in Belgrade continue: Milošević promises not to ban the demonstrations | An interview with Spomenka Cek, Croatian Deputy Minister, about the Geneva meeting of SECI | Report on the Ministerial Meeting of WTO and the future relations between Croatia and this organization | Statement by the Head of the Croatian Railways, Marijan Klarić about the ongoing strike in this industry | Report from the newly opened road between Rijeka and Delnice | Meeting of Croatian minority associations from abroad was held in Zagreb | The delegation of the Croatian Constitutional Court lays wreaths on the Altar of the Homeland in Medvedgrad | Medals awarded to soldiers in Posušje | Anniversary of the military company “Zrin” marked in Hrvatska Kostajnica | Traffic accident near Osijek: three members of the UN mission died | Exhibition about 3000 year-old history of Jerusalem opened in Zagreb | New play to be premiered in the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek | Alija Izetbegović expects the final decision about the composition of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Council of Ministers to be made soon | Sports news

An extensive report from the meeting of the Main Board of HDZ held today: Franjo Tuđman speaks against the work of George Soros’ Foundations | The strikes of the Croatian railway workers continue | Alija Izetbegović expects the final decision about the composition of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Council of Ministers to be made soon | Bosnian Serbs will not extradite people accused for war crimes: Krajišnik states that Republika Srpska will form its own tribunal | Oppositional protests continue across Serbia: Milošević promises not to ban the demonstrations | The Serbian Patriarch Pavle meets with Vojislav Šešelj to discuss the current situation in Serbia | International news | Sports news | An interview with the Head of the Croatian Constitutional Court, Jadranko Crnić, about the work of this institution in light of its fifth anniversary | Report on the future of the Croatian lighthouses

Davor Štern arrives to Singapore to participate on the Ministerial Summit of the WTO | A meeting of the Main Board of HDZ was held yesterday: the negative influence of George Soros’ organizations on the cultural development in the country was discussed | International news | Referendum in Slovenia about the future electoral system | The oppositional protests in Belgrade continue | Commentary about the history of the ongoing protests in Yugoslavia | Report on a possible Croatian investments to Malaysia | The economic cooperation between Croatia and Germany was discussed with Zoran Jašić, Croatian Ambassador to this country | The construction of a bridge in Maslenica continues | report on the post-war economic development of the Požega-Slavonia County | The days of Krleža manifestation (Krležini dani) begins in Osijek | Sports news | 40000 demonstrators protest in Niš, Serbia

The strike of the railway workers continue | HDSS joins the Croatian National Bloc with HDS, HS and SHDP | Refugees from Podrinje, Posavina and Semberija threaten to protest if the form P2 is reintroduced in Bosnia and Herzegovina | International news | Discussion about the results and the main conclusions from the London Conference about Bosnia and Herzegovina | An interview with the Mayor of Mostar Ivan Prskalo about the future of this city after the departure of the EUAM | Bosnian Serbs need to extradite war criminals, reminds Klaus Kinkel | The oppositional protests in Belgrade continue: foreign reactions to the protests are reported | The sea around Zadar cleaned: the mayor Božidar Kalmeta swims in it | Sports news | The supermodel Eva Herzigova visits Zagreb

The Supreme Court of Croatia decides that the railway workers’ strike is illegal | The disciplinary proceeding against Krunislav Olujić to continue soon | Report from today’s session of the Croatian Parliament | Meeting of the Croatian Government was held today: employment issues were the main topic of discussion | International news | Gojko Šušak congratulates William Cohen on his appointment as the US Secretary of Defense | Boutros Boutros-Ghali comments on human rights violations in Croatia | Warren Christopher: we might impose new sanctions on Belgrade | The Serbian Patriarch refuses to give a blessing to the protesting students in Belgrade | The Croatian payment system to be introduced soon in the Croatian Podunavlje, says Ivan Majdak | Reconstruction of the railways from Vinkovci to the Yugoslav border finished | EBRD gives USD 105 million credit to Croatia | The first investment fund in Croatia begins its work | HSP fails to gather a coalition around itself in the Zagreb City Council | Radio 101 to air broadcasts of the Voice of America in its program | Press conference of the Open Society Institute: we will continue to financially help Croatian NGOs | HDZ holds a round table on the future construction development model in Croatia | The ”Diplomatic Handbook” was presented today in Zagreb | The program of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival presented today | Miroslav Brandt’s new book “Life with contemporaries: Political memories and worldviews” presented today in Zagreb | Sports news

John Kornblum cancels his meeting with Slobodan Milošević | The Croatian payment system to be introduced soon in the Croatian Podunavlje, says Ivan Majdak | The disciplinary proceeding against Krunislav Olujić to continue soon | Report from the Parliamentary Session held today | The teachers’ labor union meets to discuss the possible acceptance of the Government’s offer about the raise of salaries of educational workers | Boutros Boutros-Ghali comments on the human rights violations in Croatia | The decision in the arbitration process over Brčko was postponed | Egyptian weaponry for Bosnia and Herzegovina arrives to Ploče | The oppositional protests continue in Belgrade: Patriarch Pavle refuses to bless the students | International news | Discussion on the social situation in Croatia: opinion poll on the streets of Zagreb and an interview with Joso Škara | The Supreme Court of Croatia decides that the railway workers’ strike is illegal: the consequences of the strike are discussed | HSP fails to gather a coalition around itself in the Zagreb City Council | SFOR to replace IFOR: an interview with the spokesman of NATO Jamie Shea about the implications of this change | Sports news

Report from today’s session of the Croatian Chamber of Counties | The Croatian Government sends the state budget to the Parliament for the second reading | NATO decides on the future SFOR mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina and criticizes the Serbian government for refusing to accept the results of the elections | France calls for a dialogue between Slobodan Milošević and the opposition | International news | Human Rights Day celebrated today across the world | Franjo Tuđman meets with a delegation of INA | Report on the participation of a Croatian delegation in the work of WTO’s Ministerial Summit | Restructuring of Croatian Railways: the project was presented today in Zagreb | Negotiations between Croatia and Serbia about the cooperation in the field of social security held today | Vlatko Pavletić meets with the ambassador of Albania to Croatia to discuss the cooperation between the two countries | The Croatian Ministry of Defense sings an extension of the agreement with MPRI regarding their mutual cooperation in this field | Report from the remembrance event dedicated to Croatian police officers killed in Sisak in 1991 | A new stationary home for old disabled persons to be built in Zagreb | Report from the Cerić village in Vukovar-Sirmium County | A lecture about the transition in Croatia was held at the Faculty of Economy in Mostar | Prospects for the touristic season 1997 discussed | The National Bank of Croatia presents golden and silver coins to honor the 800th anniversary of the foundation of Osijek | Report on the Porin 1997 music festival | Two books “Ethnogenesis of Croats” and “Croatia in Diplomatic Reports of the Refugee Government” were presented today during the celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Croatian Institute for History | Nenad Ivanković’s book “Croatia: From Occupation to Regional Force” presented today | Sports news | Franjo Tuđman openes a new tennis center in Zagreb

The Federal Parliament of Yugoslavia was constituted today without the participation of the Coalition Zajedno | Warren Christopher threatens Milošević to isolate Yugoslavia for his mistreatment of the opposition | An interview with the head of DSHV Bela Tonković about the current situation of Croats in Yugoslavia | 2513 families in Croatia still do not know the whereabouts of their family members who went missing during the war | Franjo Tuđman meets with a delegation of INA | The Croatian Government sends the state budget to the Parliament for the second reading | Report from today’s session of the Croatian Chamber of Counties | Croatian and Yugoslav delegations continue negotiations about missing and displaced persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina | NATO decides on the future SFOR mandate in Bosnia and Herzegovina | International news | Restructuring of Croatian Railways: the project was presented today in Zagreb | Potential stoppage of the railway line between Bjelovar and Kloštar | An interview with Marijan Klarić about the current state of Croatian Railways | Discussion about the Law on Maternity Leave and the problems surrounding it | Humanitarian concert organized by the organization “Nueva Futuro” from Spain, to be held tomorrow in Zagreb | Sports news | Franjo Tuđman openes a new tennis center in Zagreb

The sessions of the two chambers of the Croatian Parliament continue: in the next year there will be increased financial support for agriculture and fishing industry | Pavletić awarded medals from the President to several members of the Parliament and other administrative workers | Announcement of the dates of the 15th irregular session of the Chamber of Representatives | The government signed an agreement with the syndicates of the public administration according to which the base of the salary will be increased for 5% in 1997 | Tuđman met Franjo Kuharić: main topic of discussion was the relationship between the Government and the church | 81% of the Croats have positive opinion about President Tuđman according to USIA: the Croat people see their future in Tuđman and with Tuđman | Mate Granić visits South Korea: the economic collaboration between the countries will be discussed | International news | Clinton asks from Milošević to accept the results that the electoral commission nullified | SSSH and HUP demand from Mateša that enterprises be freed from taxation of the payment of the Christmas bonus | The syndicate of the railway workers considers their strike legitimate | The ministry of labor and social affairs starts a project for institutional care of elderly and feeble people as well as exiles | Press conference of HSLS: considering the speeches of Tuđman, HDZ thinks that except them there is no other party that can preserve the whole Croatia | Press conference of SDP: since all possibilities for solving the Zagreb crisis have been tried, the city council should be dissolute | Dubrovnik Bank made conversion of the old, frozen, currency saving deposits into new currency saving deposits | Presentation of the first electric locomotive of the Croatian railways | Tuđman and the minister for return and immigration, Marijan Petrović, discussed with Antony Maglica, businismes from the US of Croatian origin, the possibilities for him to invest in Croatia | Opening of the exhibition “The rights of children” due to the 50th anniversary of UNICEF | Announcement that the humanitarian foundation “For the children of Croatia” will celebrate on 14 of December their fifth anniversary | Celebration of 25th anniversary of the foundation of the publishing house Alfa: six new anthologies of Croatian literature were presented | Sport | Ivan Grujić, president of the committee of the Croatian government in the committee for detainees and missing persons states that there is an advance in the negotiations with FR Yugoslavia concerning the problems with gaining information about missing persons

Will there be and who will receive a Christmas bonus?: SSSH and HUP demand from Mateša that enterprises be freed from taxation of Christmas bonus | The government signed an agreement with the syndicates of the public administration according to which the base of the salary will be increased for 5% in 1997 | 81% of the Croats have positive opinion about President Tuđman according to USIA: the Croat people see their future in Tuđman and with Tuđman | Tuđman met Franjo Kuharić: main topic of discussion was the relationship between the Government and the church | Press conference of HSLS: considering the speeches of Tuđman, HDZ thinks that except them there is no other party that can preserve the whole Croatia | Ivan Grujić, president of the committee of the Croatian government in the committee for detainees and missing persons states that there is an advance in the negotiations with FR Yugoslavia concerning the problems with gaining information about missing persons | Members of the international police had again a close encounter with Radovan Karadžić, but again they did not try to arrest him | The German government approved the decision to send 3.000 soldiers in the new peace mission in BiH | International news | The meeting of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina is postponed for tomorrow due to the disagreement concerning the meeting place: the names of the possible members of the council of ministers are also already known | Parties continue to react on the situation in the Zagreb City Assembly:Tomac states that since all possibilities for solving the Zagreb crisis have been tried, the city assembly should be dissolute | US and the European Parliament denounced the act of the Government in FR Yugoslavia not to respect the results from the local election | Reports on the international pressure on the Serbian government to accept the results | Belgian TV makes a report on the factory “Zastava” from Kragujevac: most of the people report they do not receive salaries | Sport

Report on the session of the Chamber of Representatives of the Croatian Parliament: the draft law for the rights of Croatian defenders in the Homeland War and their families has been supported | Ivan Valent comments the reaction of Gotovac on the speech of Tuđman | Ivan Jarnjak, minister of interior, soon to receive a new function in the Government | The Government proposed the establishment of a fund for indemnification of deprived property during the period of the Yugoslavian communist government as well as other draft laws | The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina named Haris Silajdžić and Boro Bosić co-presidents of the Council of Ministers | TV column concerning the accusations against the Croats that they do not collaborate in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to prevent further incidents | Granić met the South Korean president | Dini states, after meeting Milošević, that the results of the elections in SR Yugoslavia are the already officially announced | The American administration looks on the act of awarding Blaškić, a war criminal suspect, with a medal as unapropriate and negative move by the Croatian Governments: they obviously do not know basic facts since Blaškić was accused by the ICTY after he received the medal | Report on the Croatian participation on the WTO minister conference in Singapore | The Croatian border control found USD65.000 in a car trying to pass on the border crossing point Bregana: unofficially is known that a secret channel for entering foreign currencies in Croatia was found which was used to finance activities of the Soros Foundation in the country | The Croatian Army showed in front of representatives of OSCE the results of the first phase of the process of destroying weapon, on which Croatia is obliged after the war | The ministry of public administration confirmed that the new major of Pula will be Giancarlo Župić | Press conference of HNS: a convention of the party was scheduled for Saturday | A direction for observing the insurance (Nadzor osiguranja) was established in the Ministry of finance | Day of CARNet:the results of their work in 1996 were presented | First session of the Senate of the University of Mostar due to the beginning of the academic year | Celebration of 50 anniversary of the establishment of UNICEF | Report on the cultural collaborations between Slovenia and Croatia: theater play by Vitez and retrospective exhibition of Miroslav Šutej were presented in Ljubljana | Promotion of the second volume of the Encyclopedia of Croatian Arts in Zagreb | Promotion of the book “Ljubuški area:people and time” | Sport | Albanian from Kosovo, member of the Democratic League of Kosovo, died in Priština due to torture by the Serbian police

Press conference of HDZ: Ivan Jarnjak, Minister of Interior, soon to receive a new function in the Government | International news | Interview with Ivo Sanader concerning the relation Croatia-European Union | The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovian named Haris Silajdžić and Boro Bosić co-presidents of the Council of Ministers | Report on the session of the Chamber of Representatives of the Croatian Parliament: the draft law for the rights of Croatian defenders from the Homeland War and their families has been supported | The Government determined the proposal for territorial division of the country into different units | The Croatian border control found USD65.000 in a car trying to pass the border crossing point Bregana: unofficially is known that a secret channel for entering foreign currencies in Croatia was found which was used to finance activities of the Soros Foundation in the country | Ivan Valent reacts on Gotovac’s critic of the talk of the president Tuđman | Zdravko Tomac, president of the Zagreb City Assembly announced the time in which the last session of assembly will be hold: the assembly will be dismissed after | Ivan Jakovčić, president of IDS, supports the ministry of public administration concerning the change of the major of Pula | Marko Veselica, president of HKDU, states that the international community wants to transform Croatia into its colony | HDZ BiH states that there is a violation of basic human rights with the prevention of Croatians to be promoted in the BiH media | Protests in Serbia concerning the elections | Sport | Report on the way the elections in the Croatian Podunavlje will be organized next year concerning the division of the voting units | Interview with Petar Selem concerning the visit of the ITD Theater from Zagreb of La Mama in New York | Report on a concert of the band “Gazde”

End of the 14th session of the Chamber of the Representatives: the social problems in the country have been in the focus of discussion | Mateša inaugurates the new bridge in Ogulin | Hrvoje Šarinić, president’s Chief of Staff, met the German and the French ambassadors in Croatia concerning the upcoming visits of Chirac and Kohl to Croatia | The United Nations General Assembly voted a resolution about the human rights in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovian and FR Yugoslavia: SFOR to replace IFOR in BiH | Report on the plenary session of the Forum of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina in Mostar | Šušak met William Perry in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on a graduation ceremony in the George Marshall European Center for Security Studies | Mate Granić talks with the officials of South Korea about the further economic development between the two countries | International news | Drago Štambuk ambassador of Croatia in India, visited mother Theresa, wishing her fast recovery from the recent operation | Croatian company from the automotive industry wins an award in Austria | Conference of the economical aspects of the Croatian integration in the European union | 40th anniversary of the Zagreb School of Animated Movie | First realization of the government project for employing war veterans: 177 war veterans from the Vukovar Syrmia County received agricultural land for use without commission | Report on the 5th commemoration of the victims of the Croatian War for Independence in Voćin | The executive board of the Union of Exiled Persons from the Croatian Podunavlje accepted the key statements concerning the reintegration of the region | Pavao Miljavac gave certificates to graduates in the military-diplomatic school | Ivica Kostović awarded 45 scientists with the highest national medals for science as well as other awards | The Open Society Institute rejects the claims by the National TV that their employees illegally entered in the country UDS 65.000: their claims were confirmed by the police in Zagreb | HNB supports HDZ and the initiative by Franjo Tuđman according to which parties with similar orientation should be joined together | Press conference of IDS: current political issues were addressed | Sixth session of the Presidency of the Union of Serb Organizations: Milorad Pupovac stresses the need for building confidence between the Croats and the Serbs | Can Zagreb film become European Hollywood: celebration of 40th anniversary of Zagreb Film | Exhibition of Anton Cetin in Zagreb | Celebration of 100th anniversary of the building of the Governor’s palace in Rijeka | Sport

International news | End of the session of the Chamber of the Representatives: the law concerning the rights of the Croatian home defenders and their families has been voted | Hrvoje Šarinić, president’s Chief of Staff, discussed with the German and the French ambassadors in Croatia the upcoming visits of Chirac and Kohl to Croatia | The trade union of the railway workers lodged a complaint to the Supreme Court due to its decision that their strike was illegitimate | The Open Society Institute rejects the claims by the National TV that their employees illegally entered in the country UDS 65.000: their claims were confirmed by the police in Zagreb | HNB supports the initiative of Franjo Tuđman according to which parties with similar orientation should join together | Germany will send around 3.000 soldiers in the new mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Milošević accepted that members of OSCE investigate the validity of the electoral results in FR Yugoslavia | Šušak met William Perry in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on a graduation ceremony in the George Marshall European Center for Security Studies | The decision of the War Presidency in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 according to which all people who leave their apartments for more than 8 days lose their right to return makes it impossible for the Croats to return nowadays to the country | Interview with Jadranko Prlić concerning the stoppage of the session of the Forum of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina in Mostar | Report on problems with the opening of the train line Zagreb-Belgrade | Sport

Report on the humanitarian action “All for the children of Croatia” | John Kornblum discussed with Izetbegović, Zubak and Ganić the political situation and the establishment of the new government institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina | International news | End of the conference on the economical aspects of the Croatian integration in the European Union | End of the visit of the Croatian delegation headed by Granić to South Korea: next station is Japan | The European Union will send observers to investigate the validity of the results of the local elections in FR Yugoslavia | Report on the protest in Belgrade | What the integration in the European Union brings to Croatia? | Annual parliament of the Association of Croatian widows from the Croatian War of Independence | The draft law concerning the rights of Croatian home defenders and their families proposed by HDZ was supported by all the parties in the Parliament | Report on the after war development of the municipality Ravno | Slaven Letica was elected president of the European Movement of Croatia | Second reunion of the association of parents of the killed or missing persons during the war of independence of Herzeg -Bosnia | Žarko Domljan unveiled a monument of victims in the Croatian war of Independence | Commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the liberation actions in Šišinci | Commemoration of the victims in the Croatian War of Independence in Gospić | Darinko Bago, ambassador of Croatia in Bosnia and Herzegovina visited Usora: his attempt to settle a meeting with the Bosniak side in order to discuss the difficult situation in which Croats live in this region was unsuccessful | Unveiling of a monument of Croatian home defenders in Čanak | The association of journalists canceled its assembly due to lack of quorum | Extraordinary electoral assembly of the city board of HDZ in Knin | Radimir Čačić was chosen president of the HNS | The student representatives in the Senate of the University of Zagreb were elected on the student elections | Report on the shipbuilding company Uljanik | Celebration of 100th years from the birth of Ivan Merc on the philosophic-theological faculty in Zagreb | Sport | Report from an auction part of the event “All for the children of Croatian” |

Report on the student protests in Belgrade | End of the conference on the economical aspects of the Croatian integration in the European union: Croatia must immediately resolve the problems with the trade deficit | Report on the annual parliament of the Association of Croatian widows from the Croatian War of Independence | Unveiling of a monument of the victims in the Croatian war of Independence in Zagreb | Unveiling of a monument of Croatian home defenders in Čanak | Radimir Čačić was elected president of the HNS | The student’s representatives in the Senate of the University of Zagreb were elected on the student elections | Kornblum met the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo | Frowick announced that the P2 form will be legalized for the local elections in BiH | Representatives of the EU demand from the people protesting in Serbia to avoid violence | Report on the political opposition in Kosovo | The association of journalists canceled its assembly due to lack of quorum | Interview with Jagoda Vukušić and Olga Ramljak concerning the situation of the Croatian Journalist Association | International news | Report on the immigration of young scientists from Croatia | Sport | Report on the humanitarian action “All for the children of Croatia”

Ganić, Izetbegović, and Zubak meet and sign joint decisions with John Kornblum related to the cantonal and federal leadership of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mate Granić visits Japan in hope of strengthening trade, investment, and diplomatic relations | Monologue related to the geopolitical and economic advancement of Croatia in light of the important visits of Helmut Kohl and Jacques Chirac of the country | Reportage from Köln about WDR’s cessation of programs exclusively related to Croatia and in Croatian language and grouping them with the former Yugoslav peoples | The Serbian oppositional Coalition Zajedno sends a letter to the Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi | Protests in Belgrade and Niš against Milošević’s leadership | International news | Ljilja Vokić speaks about the current state of the educational sector in Croatia, particularly related to the teacher's and professor's compensations | Reportage on the construction of the Zagreb-Goričan highway | Reportage on the governmentally redeveloped family homes for repatriates | Reportage on the industrial redevelopment and return of the city of Drvar | The "Svi Za Djecu Hrvatske (All for the Children of Croatia)" fundraiser comes to an end | The Croatian Bishops’ Conference creates Caritas, a humanitarian initiative | The Children of the killed soldiers of the Croatian Defence Council from Bihać receive Christmas gifts in Bihać | Reportage on the Bethlehem light festivities in Zagreb | Sports News | John Kornblum impressed by the Coalition Zajedno

John Kornblum meets with Vuk Drašković and praises the Coalition Zajedno (Together) in their democratic efforts and initiatives related to the freedom of the press | John Kornblum comments on the situation in Serbia, whereby the protests have intensified and Western intervention becomes ever more prevalent | Radovan Vukadinović comments on the current situation in Serbia from a regional and international perspective | Discussion on the removal of Slobodan Milošević from the leadership place | Karlovac prepares for potential floods | The Ministry of Defence reduces the amount of weaponry by 40% | Ganić, Zubak, and Izetbegović meet with John Kornblum about signing agreements towards formation of federal and cantonal leadership | The unemployment is rampant in Šibenik: some of the solutions are foreign investments in the city’s industry | Reportage on WDR’s withdrawal of the Croatian program | Sports News | A reportage on the tunnel Tuhobići on the road between Rijeka and Karlovac

The President of Croatia nominates new ministers | Zlatko Mateša comments on Jarnjak’s nomination for Minister of Homeland Security, Penić’s nomination for Minister of Interior, and Kovač’s Minister for Privatization, Širac as a replacement for Matulović-Dropulić, and other nominations made by Tuđman | Reportage about the wheat affair in the export of wheat and import of flour | Mate Granić meets with Japanese diplomats in Tokyo and discusses the relations between the two countries in terms of trade and economy | Bill Clinton meets with EU Representatives to discuss a myriad of problems and economic and political issues | UN and UNHCR looking to find solutions to the problems of Bosnian refugees resettlement and repatriation | Reportages on the continuing protests in Serbia organized by the Coalition Zajedno | International news | Ivica Vrkić comments on the integration and reintegration of Serbs in the Osijek region, politically and socially | The Osijek region to remain connected to the Croatian electric energy system | Restructuring of the Croatian counties and the independence of the Zagreb county are discussed | HNB recommends a collaborative meeting with HDZ, HDSP, HSP, and HSS | Krešimir Ćosić meets with the Hungarian Minister of Interior to discuss the issues of regional security and bilateral meetings | Pula gets a new mayor | Vlado Gotovac comments on a recent speech by Franjo Tuđman | New bridge in Mostar, Hasan Brkić, was opened | Croatia Osiguranje donates a boat to HRM | Rev. Petar Šimić comments on the creation of new bells | Report on the death of Ivan Karakaš | Reportage on the theaters in Croatia | Reportage on the commemoration of Josip Šokčević | Sports News | John Kornblum states that Croatia is preventing the return of Serbian refugees, and will be held responsible by the international community | Darko Bekić calls for a slower repatriation due to financial and infrastructural instability of the region

Ivan Jarnjak is the new president of the National Security Bureau, whereas the new Minister of Interior is Ivan Penić: changes in several other Ministries were announced | The Minister of Interior Ivan Penić talks about his plans for the Ministry | Report on the announced construction of the corridor Trieste-Ljubljana-Kiev: Croatian authorities refuse to sign the memorandum | New mayor of Pula is Giancarlo Župić | The President of HSLS Vlado Gotovac states that the statements of HDZ members that Franjo Tuđman did not talk about any kind of enemies on the Main Board of the Party are an attempt of changing the essence of the President’s speech | Report on Biljana Plavšić statement regarding the situation in Brčko | The Council of Europe sends its representatives in Belgrade to assess the situation around the current protests | Yevgeny Primakov calls other countries not to interfere in the internal politics in Serbia | The unions of education, science and social work announce protest in demand for higher salaries | The Vice President of the Croatian Government Ljerka Mintas Hodak states that there was no agreement with the syndicates representing teachers | The Former Prime Minister Nikica Valentić and the Minister of Economy Davor Štern testify in front of investigative committee of the Croatian Parliament regarding the export of wheat and the import of flour | John Kornblum states that the Croatian government enabled a few evicted Serbians to return to their homes and is slow in issuing documents for those who applied | the Ambassador of Croatia to the UN Darko Bekić discusses the issue of return of refugees | Sports

Franjo Tuđman speaks at the meeting of the Office of the National Security: despite the good relations with the US and EU, the pressure of those who were for preserving Yugoslavia by all means continues | The Chamber of Counties adopts the budget | Vlatko Pavletić announces an extraordinary session of the House of Representatives of the Croatian Parliament in order to discuss the budget and several other draft legislations | The Union of Railway workers stops its strike after the Supreme Court’s decision to confirm the ruling of the Supreme Court’s council that the strike was against the law | The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mate Granić, visits Japan | The Chief of the EU Humanitarian Office in Zagreb Vittorio Ghidi talks about shifts in the program of humanitarian aid in the post-war period | Representatives of the Croatian and Bosnian side agree on problem solving in Bugojno according to the constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina | SFOR to replace IFOR in a new mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina which will last for 18 months | John Kornblum states that Croatia is preventing the return of evicted Serbians | The UN General Assembly to elect Kofi Annan as its new Secretary-General | International news | The student protests led by the Coalition Zajedno continue in Belgrade | Report on the possible new loan arrangement of Croatia with the IMF | The Minister of Economy talks about the new ways of stimulation for small entrepreneurs by the government | Report on a Croatian emigrant returning to Croatia to invest | Representatives of the Unions of education, science and social work meet with the Government Vice President Ljerka Mintas-Hodak, but they do not reach an agreement about the level of salaries | An announcement of the opening of a factory for tiles manufacturing | The Mayor of Vukovar Vladimir Štengl discusses the ongoing problems with the representatives of Vukovar associations | Slovenian airlines start flying to Dubrovnik | The Mayors of Dubrovnik and Helsingborg sign a charter on friendship between the two cities | Report on the work of Matica Hrvatska | Sports | Announcement of the start of recovery of PBZ

Franjo Tuđman speaks at a meeting of the Office of the National Security: despite the good relations with the US and EU, the pressure of those who were for preserving Yugoslavia by all means still continues | The Chamber of Counties adopts the budget | The Minister of Economy, Davorin Štern, states that the Government and the Ministry of Economy do not recommend the postponement of the implementation of the Law on bankruptcy | A recovery program starts in PBZ and INA | SNS committed to a peaceful reintegration in order to protect the rights of Serbians in line with the Croatian Constitution | The President of IDS, Ivan Jakovčić. states that he no longer supports Istra’s Mayor and asked him to resign | The Chief of the local Office of OSCE in Mostar, Wolfgang Odendhal, meets with the Mostar mayor Ivan Prskalo to discuss the protection of human rights and the prevention of evictions in Mostar | Slobodan Milošević talks with representatives of the student protests from Niš and discusses the disputed electoral results | The Unions of Education, Science and Social Work protest in demand for higher salaries | The Union of Railway workers stops its strike after the Supreme Court’s decision to confirm the ruling of the Supreme Court’s council that the strike was against the law | Vlatko Pavletić announces extraordinary session of the House of Representatives of Croatian Parliament to discuss the budget and several other draft legislations | Report on the new loan arrangement of Croatia with the IMF | SFOR to replace IFOR in a new mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina which will last for 18 months

The House of Representatives finishes its first meeting discussing the proposition of the Constitutional law regarding changes of the Constitutional law | The Minister of Labor and Social Care, Joso Škara, discusses issues of social security and social policy | The contract on emission of the first eurobonds nominated in domestic currency was signed in Zagreb | Franjo Tuđman congratulates to Kofi Annan his election for the position of the Secretary-General of the UN | Ivo Sanader and Christian Schwartz-Schilling meet in Zagreb to discuss Schilling’s visit to Jajce and the newly reached agreement in Bugojno | The new president of the Federal government of Bosnia and Herzegovina is Edhem Bičakčić | The General Assembly of the UN adopts a resolution on Bosnia and Herzegovina demanding comprehensive implementation of the Dayton Agreement and the creation of conditions for the return of refugees | The Ministers of Defense of the NATO countries reached a principal agreement on sending new police forces to Bosnia and Herzegovina with the mission of arresting war criminals | Report on the attempt to establish an interim municipal chamber in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton | The anti-government protests in Belgrade continue | International news | Croatian businessmen expect greater help from the state in regard of their preparations for exports, states Nadan Vidošević, president of HGK | The Union of Railway workers stops its strike after the Supreme Court’s decision to confirm the ruling of the Supreme Court’s council that the strike was against the law, but announces a new strike | New antenna pillar was set up in Borinci next to Vinkovci to increase the reach of HRT in East Slavonija | Report on the building of a new bridge next to Petrinja | The Croatian Government built houses for war invalids in Rijeka | The music academy in Zagreb celebrates its 75th anniversary

The Union of Railway workers stops its strike after the Supreme Court’s decision to confirm the ruling of the Supreme Court’s council that the strike was against the law: however they announced a new strike | The Ministers of Transport of Italy, Austria and Slovenia sign a protocol on the Corridor 5 Barcelona-Kiev: the Croatian deputy Minister of Railways did not sign the protocol | The Croatian deputy Minister of Railways Dragutin Šubat explains the decision not to sign the protocol on the Corridor 5 | Ivo Sanader and Christian Schwartz-Schilling meet in Zagreb to discuss the newly reached agreement in Bugojno | The President of the local board of HDZ in Bugojno Ante Mustafić states that the he hopes that the agreement will be enforced: the agreement demands the creation of conditions for the return of Croatians to Bugojno | The international police in Bosnia and Herzegovina needs a mandate for arresting persons accused for war crimes, states Elizabeth Ren, the special UN rapporteur for human rights | The new president of the Federal government of Bosnia and Herzegovina is Edhem Bičakčić | The House of Representatives of the Croatian parliament concludes the debate on the proposition for prolonging the deadline for harmonization of the legislation and constitution for one year | The Coalition Zajedno welcomes the arrival of OSCE representatives to assess the results of elections

Three agreements for collaboration have been signed between the Holy See and Croatia | Mate Granić received representatives of the delegation of the Holy See | The Chamber of Representatives of the Croatian Parliament discussed the budget of the country for the upcoming year | Announcement of several replacements of members of the Croatian government | Zubak confirmed the abolishment of the Government of Herzeg-Bosnia | The Presidency of HDZ in BiH announced that all the functions of the Government of Herzeg-Bosnia are transferred to the institutions of the Federation BiH | ICTY discussed the demand for temporary release of Tihomir Blaškić: their decision will be announced tomorrow | International news | Report on the protests of the students and the opposition in Belgrade | Although the strike of the Croatian railway workers is stopped, the trains stopped working again for several hours | The National Judiciary Council of Croatia rescheduled the discussion concerning the case of Krunislav Olujić | Croatian and Hungarian representatives of governments made an agreement for transit of goods between the countries through the Baranja region | Delegation of the ministry of culture visited Vukovar | Celebration of the fifth anniversary of the formation of the military school Petar Zrinski | Christmas reception has been organized for the military diplomats in Croatia | Medals in the name of Franjo Tuđman have been given to the families of killed Croatian home defenders in Mostar | Monument unveiled to killed doctors in the Croatian War for Independence | New terminal to be build on the Zagreb airport | The German company Knauf bought shares of the company Knin Gips | Medal given to Dieter Schmitt and Hans Seidel in name of Franjo Tuđman | Report on given scholarships to post graduate students | Opening of a group exhibition by Sikirica, Šutej and Jordan | Exhibition of Nasta Rojc opened in the Art pavilion in Zagreb | Celebration of 60th anniversary of the pedagogic work of Marija Borčić, professor in singing | Sport

The Chamber of Representatives of the Croatian Parliament discussed the budget of the country for the upcoming year | Interview with Đuro Njarvo and Željka Antunović concerning the budget of the country for the upcoming year | Three agreements for collaboration have been signed between the Holy See and Croatia | Session of the Croatian Government: several replacements were announced | Exhumation of bodies in Nijemci | Celebration of the fifth anniversary of the formation of the military school Petar Zrinski | The National Judiciary Council of Croatia rescheduled the discussion concerning the case of Krunislav Olujić | Although the strike of the Croatian railway workers is canceled, the trains stopped working again for several hours | ICTY discussed the demand for temporary release of Tihomir Blaškić: their decision will be announced tomorrow | The Presidency of HDZ in BiH announced that Šoljić will be candidate for President of the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zubak confirmed the abolishment of the Government of Herzeg-Bosnia | Milutinović states that the foreign media overstate the situation around the results of the local elections in FR Yugoslavia | International news | The Slovenian president asks for help from institutions within the country to help Slovenia get out of the crisis | Sport | Report on the American initiative for collaboration in the South East European region | Members of Croatian parties express their opinion on the American initiative for cooperation of the countries from South East Europe: Arlović states that Croatia is interested in integration within the Western countries not within the Balkan | Interview with Anđelko Milardović concerning the American initiative | Report on a tribune concerning the Zagreb crisis |

Tuđman inaugurates the road Zabok-Krapina | The Chamber of representatives of the Croatian Parliament approved the budget proposal for the next year | TV column on the newly voted budget for the next year | IFOR replaced with SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina | ICTY refused to liberate on temporal basis Blaškić | International news | Milošević talked with Klein about the upcoming elections in East Slavonija | Felipe Gonzalez and other members of the OSCE to meet Milošević and the members of the opposition in Belgrade | An agreement has been signed for establishment of a Croatian Olympic Center Bjelolasica | The ministry of defense finances the building of flats for families that suffered considerable losses in the Croatian War of independence | The city of Zagreb gave flats to families that suffered considerable losses in the Croatian War of independence | Pavletić thanked all the members of the Parliament for their cooperation during the past year | Šušak thanked the Staff General for the creation and reforms of the Croatian Army | In the name of the President , Granić gave medals to members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their work in the past years | The reconstructed Rama dam started operating in Bosnia and Herzegovina | New award given Ranko Marinković and Leo Košuta received the award Držičev Zlatni Pečatnjak | New movie by Brnako Schmidt started filming in Vienna | Report on the Don Quixote ballet in Zagreb | Santa Claus starts his journey around the world | Sports | Luciano Delbianco announced the establishment of a new party in Istra, Istra Democratic Forum |

Tuđman inaugurates the road Zabok-Krapina: Jure Radić states that this is a demonstration of how Croatian man can do things better than others in the world | The Chamber of representatives of the Croatian Parliament approved the budget proposal for the next year | Vilim Ribić, president of the MATICA-Association of Trade Unions announces that he plans to resign from that function due to the insufficient support by the members | Tomac confirmed that 27 members of of the Zagreb City Assembly will give soon their resignations | Zlatko Tončić will be the only candidate for president of HSS | Ivan Jakovčić states that IDS will go independently on the elections | Milošević talked with Klein about the upcoming elections in East Slavonija | Felipe Gonzalez and other members of the OSCE to meet Milošević in Belgrade | 4000 young persons with university degrees left the army of FR Yugoslavia in the past three years | International news | Sports | ICTY refused to release Tihomir Blaškić on temporary basis | IFOR replaced with SFOR in BiH | Zubak explain how the Federation will function after the abolishment of Herzeg-Bosnia | Report on what the change of IFOR with SFOR means | Representative of the students have been elected on the students elections in Croatia | New movie by Branko Schmidt started filming in Vienna

Tuđman organized a reception due to the upcoming Christmas holidays stressing the danger of the regional approach which brings Croatia again on the Balkan: only with our stupidity we can destroy what we did so far | Jean-Luc Dehaene, Prime minister of Belgium visited Croatia: he discussed the Tuđman and Mateša the process of integration of the Croatian Podunavlje | International news | Felipe Gonzalez and other members of the OSCE to meet Milošević and the members of the opposition in Belgrade | Possibilities for increase of the economic collaborations between Hungary and Croatia were discussed by delegations of the countries in Budapest | Session of HKDU due to their 4th anniversary | Luciano Delbianco decided to leave IDS and form a new party called Istrian Democratic Forum | Report on the reconstruction of houses in Nijemci | Organized collective praying for the killed and missing persons in the Croatian War of Independence in front of the wall of pain in Zagreb | Pre-Christmas event for the exiled persons from Banja Luka organized in Zagreb | Report on the start up of the work of a new station for electricity transmission in Zadar | Awards for manager of the year given in Mostar | Members of the Lions club in Zagreb sell Christmas tea in the city as part of a humanitarian action | Reading hall reopened in Kastva | Report on a Christmas concert of the Zagreb Philharmony | Exhibition of computer graphics by Vilko Žiljak | Exhibition of Mario Tomas | Sport | The Croatian and the Bosniak partners in the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina made an agreement about the articles of the law which concern the functioning of the police

Felipe Gonzalez and other members of the OSCE to meet Milošević and the members of the opposition in Belgrade | Jean-Luc Dehaene, Prime minister of Belgium visited Croatia: he discussed with Tuđman and Mateša the process of integration of the Croatian Podunavlje | Milan Kučan speaks about the formation of government in Slovenia | The Croatian and the Bosniak partners in the Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina made an agreement about the articles of the law which concerns the functioning of the police | SFOR general confirms that they received from general Budimir confirmation that HVO is not responsible for the exile of people from west Mostar | Activists of SDA try to prevent in an organized way the celebration of New Year in the school: Izetbegović demanded by the televisions to stop impose Santa Claus to the Bosniak people | Unidentified persons cut all the Christmas trees in Zenica: Josip Pojavnik, considers this as a sign that Croats cannot even symbolically celebrate Christmas in this city | International news | Tuđman organized a reception for the upcoming Christmas holidays, stressing the danger of the regional approach which brings Croatia again on the Balkan | More than 15.000 Croatian companies have blocked bank accounts due to debts | Interview with Marko Veselica, president of HKDU, due to their 4th anniversary: Croatia must not enter in any Balkan Federation, not even in form of economic relations | Announcement concerning the start up of a new TV channel in Croatia called Network | Sport | Report on London

Report on the pre-Christmas atmosphere in Osijek, Rijeka,Split, Zagreb | Medals given to members of the families of killed soldiers in the Croatian War of Independence from Zagreb and Vukovar | International news | Cotti announced that OSCE will reveal in the upcoming days its conclusions and recommendation concerning the crisis in FR Yugoslavia: the protest in Belgrade still continue | Report on the chances for Croatia to make a breakthrough on the Singaporean markets | Zlatko Tomčić was again elected for president of the HSS | Report on the government program for financing family business | Interview with Zlatko Dominiković, minister of agriculture, forestry and water management concerning the condition of the agriculture in the country | Report on the banking problems of the citizens in Croatia | Continuation of the work on the Sveti Rok Tunnel | Report on the preparations for the upcoming tourist season in Istra | Opening of the world center “The miracle of Croatian Naïve art” | Report on a Christmas concert by the orchestra of HRTV for Croats in Hungary | Sport | Commemoration of the third anniversary of the second guard brigade of HVO

Zlatko Tomčić was re-elected for president of the HSS | Interview with Zlatko Tomčić concerning his reelection and the situation in the party | International news | Medals given to members of the families of killed soldiers in the Croatian War of Independence in all counties | Mario Nobilo states that after UNTAES leaves the region the Croatian diplomacy can turn to more peaceful tasks | Vesna Kanižaj was again chosen for president of the Independent syndicate of high schools | Monument of killed Croatian soldiers and civilians unveiled in Middle Bosnia | Report on exile of Croats from Janjevo in Kosovo: most of them will move to Kistanje, near Knin | What are the events that we will remember from the work of the Parliament in the past year? | Sport | Celebrities visit a foster home in Zagreb |

Franjo Tuđman sends Christmas greetings to the Croatian citizens | Tuđman lay first stone for the reconstruction of the Maslenica bridge | Reconstruction of the Hotel Plitvice | Celebration of the Fifth anniversary of the establishment of the air force base Pleso | Celebration of the second anniversary of the Operation Winter ‘94 | Delegation of the Croatian Army and Navy visited war disabled persons on rehab in Krapinske Toplice and Vela Luka | Jadranka Kosor sends her greetings for the Christmas holidays to the families of the killed soldiers, the families of the missing and exiled persons and war disabled persons | The government of the Herzegovina-Neretva canton has been elected: Mijo Brajković was elected as President | Rühe and Millon visited the French – German brigade within SFOR in Sarajevo | International news | Two rallies announced in Belgrade: one in support of Milošević and other organized by the students | Celebration of the 5th anniversary of the introduction of the Croatian dinar, predecessor of the current currency, kuna | Announcement concerning the inspection by the criminal police of the financial working of the Open Society Zagreb Croatia: unpaid tax was discovered | The Zagreb City Assembly has not been abolished today, beside all the previous announcements pointing to the opposite | The trade unions of the workers in the health care sector came to an agreement with the Government for increase of their salaries | Ivan Valent inaugurated a reconstructed department in the Sestre Milosrdnice Medical Center | The board of the trade unions of the railway workers announced that due to the interest of the passengers to travel during the Holidays, they will not block the railway traffic | Report on Vjesnik’s “Blue Ribbon” awards for 1996 | 194 workers in the sector of labor and social affairs have been awarded with medals by Joso Škara in the name of the president Tuđman | Humanitarian events in the Children’s Village “Lekenik” before the Christmas Holidays | Report on rewarding the one millionth passenger on the Zagreb Airport in 1996 | Report on the plans of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts for the upcoming year | Promotion of a monograph of Branko Ružić by Mladen Pejaković | Traditional Christmas concerts in Zagreb | Sports | The ministry of interior warns the citizens of the harms which can be caused by the use of pyrotechnic materials during the celebration of the upcoming holidays

Franjo Tuđman sends Christmas greetings to the Croatian citizens | Reconstruction of the Hotel Plitvice | The trade unions of the workers in the health care sector came to an agreement with the Government for increase of their salaries | Announcement concerning the inspection by the criminal police of the financial working of the Open Society Zagreb Croatia: unpaid tax was discovered | The members of the Zagreb City Assembly expressed their demand that the Parliament discusses the political problems in the city and the county of Zagreb | Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta will undertake the Banca di Credito di Trieste which is under liquidation | The government of the Herzegovina-Neretva canton has been elected: Mijo Brajković was elected as President | Problems in the political communication between the representatives of the entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Two rallies announced in Belgrade: one in support of Milošević and other by the students | International news | Sports | Agricultural workers blocked the streets in Serbia | Warning on the possible harm consequences of the use of pyrotechnic materials | How much do people spend during the Christmas holidays?

Franjo Kuharić sends his Christmas greetings to the Croatian citizens | What is Christmas Eve? | Reports on the celebration of Christmas around the world | Vlatko Pavletić sends Christmas greetings to Franjo Kuharić and the Croatian citizens: the pressure to put Croatia, through the regional approach, among the countries from South East Europe will not change our mind to continue our fight for the Croatian interests | Zlatko Mateša sends Christmas greetings to the Croatian citizens | Report on the protests in FR Yugoslavia | International news | Serb extremists demolish a church in Croatian Podunavlje and attack local Croats and members of the UNTAES | Opening of the bus line Osijek-Mohacs through the Baranja region: Croats that live in Hungary have the easier access to visit their relatives in Croatia | Free cod-lunch for the Christmas holidays in Knin | Report on tourist that visit Hvar and Istra | Catholics visit Međugorje for the Christmas holidays | Report on traditional customs in celebrating Christmas in Istra | Traditional celebration of Christmas in Dubrovnik | Report on a Christmas concert in Zagreb | Reenactment of Christ’s birth in Stubičke Toplice | Sport | Report on the protest in FR Yugoslavia |

Franjo Kuharić reads a Christmas greeting to all Croatian citizens

Franjo Kuharić sends Christmas greeting to all Croatian citizens | Vlatko Pavletić and Zlatko Mateša send Christmas greetings to the Croatian citizens | One person was killed on the protests in Serbia | Milošević accuses on a rally the international factors for trying to destabilize FR Yugoslavia | International news | General Bobetko sends greetings to the members of the Puma military unit | Delegation of the Macedonian cultural association from Split visited the Archdiocese Split-Makarska expressing their Christmas wishes to the archbishop Ante Jurić |

Christmas celebrated across Croatia: Franjo Tuđman was present at a mass in Zagreb | Pope John Paul II addresses Catholic believers in light of today’s Holy Day | Christmas celebrated in Sarajevo and Mostar | Oppositional protests continue in Belgrade | Foreign actors express their concerns with the ongoing political crisis in Serbia | International news | Reportage about how refugee families in Croatia celebrate Christmas: report from Antunovac village | Traffic jams on the Croatian borders | Discussion about the investments from the Croatian diaspora to Croatia | Christmas customs in Croatia (Cista Velika, Kruševica) discussed | Traffic problems caused by big snows across the country | Sports news | the Ministry of Interior states that Christmas celebrations in the country went peacefully

Pope John Paul II addresses the Catholic believers in light of today’s Holy Day | Christmas celebrated across Croatia: reports from Dobranje, Dubrovnik and a refugee camp in Njivice | The Ministry of Interior states that Christmas celebrations in the country went peacefully | International news | Russia calls for not interfering in the internal affairs of Serbia: the oppositional protests continue in Belgrade | A bomb thrown on the Yugoslav consulate in Sofia, Bulgaria | Snow causes traffic problems across Croatia

Celebration of the Saint Stephen’s Day in Štefanje | 2513 families in Croatia still do not know the whereabouts of their family members who went missing during the war | Snow causes traffic and other problems across Croatia | International news | Oppositional protests continue across Belgrade | Austrian Energy buys the factory “Đuro Đaković” from Slavonski Brod | Discussion about the development of the ferryboat transportation company “Jadrolinija” from Rijeka | The New Year’s Eve tourism in Opatija discussed: many tourists expected | Refugee Croats from Herzegovina celebrate Christmas in Golubić near Knin, Domanovići near Čapljina | A Croatian Calendar and the Yearbook of the Croatian Minority in Hungary were presented in Budapest, Hungary | Sports news | Felipe Gonzales to report to Flavio Cotti (OSCE) about his visit to Belgrade

Bad weather causes problems across Croatia | 2513 families in Croatia still do not know the whereabouts of their family members who went missing during the war | The Labor Union of the Croatian Railway Workers issues a statement about their expectations from the future negotiations with the government | International news | Klaus Kinkel warns Slobodan Milošević not to endanger the legal right of citizens to protest: report from the demonstrations in Belgrade

Bad weather causes problems in the traffic across Croatia | Franjo Tuđman meets with a delegation of the Croatian National Bank to discuss issues of Croatian monetary politics | An interview with Marko Škreb, the Governor of the Croatian National Bank, about this institution’s work and the Croatian monetary politics | International news | Felipe González meets with Flavio Cotti in Belgrade to discuss the current situation in this country in light of the recent elections | A report from the oppositional protests in Belgrade | Serbs attack Croats in Ilok during their Christmas celebration | Reports about celebrations of Christmas in Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Labor Union of the Croatian Railway Workers threatens to go on strike once again: presentation of their new demands | The oil refinery in Rijeka to be renewed soon | Overview of successes in the field of education in 1996: an interview with Lilja Vokić | Professor Vladimir Hudolin dies in Zagreb | The City of Zagreb gives its annual awards | Reconstructions of churches continue across Varaždin | Ljudevit Osterman Lude’s new book presented today in Zagreb | Sports news

The Labor Union of the Croatian Railway Workers threatens to go on strike once again: presentation of their new demands | Serbs attack Croats in Ilok during their Christmas celebration: an interview with Stipan Kraljević, the mayor of Ilok | Weather causes problems in the traffic across Croatia | Franjo Tuđman meets with the delegation of the Croatian National Bank to discuss issues of the Croatian monetary politics | The City of Zagreb gives its annual awards | Krunislav Olujić appeals the decision about his resignation from the post of the Head of the Constitutional Court | Japanese Embassy to be opened in Zagreb soon | Rasim Delić comments on the disarmament of HVO and the Army of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska is hiding weapons | International news | Sports news | Felipe González comments on the current situation in Belgrade: the protests against Milošević continue | A report from the “Rally for Serbia” protests in support for Slobodan Milošević: one person killed in confrontations between supporters of Milošević and the Coalition Together

Bad weather causes problems in the traffic across Croatia | Railway workers restart their strike | The office of UNTAES in Ilok closes after recent incidents in this city | Republika Srpska to form its professional military, states the new law | Carl Bildt invites Slobodan Milošević to accept the results of the local elections | Predrag Starčević, the killed protester in Belgrade, was buried today | International news | Italian authorities investigate George Soros’ role in speculations with lira | Anto Đapić speaks on a commemoration of HOS held in Zagreb | An overview of the privatization process in Croatia | Loans for entrepreneurs returning to Croatia from Germany prove to bring good results | The national park Krka to be reconstructed | The Office of the Embassy of Local Democracy for Istria was opened in Brtonigla | A new phone exchange opened in Košutarica | The 900th anniversary of Kanfanar to be celebrated soon | The shipbuilding company Croatia Line sees better future after signing a three-year contract with a French company | Celebration of the anniversary of Lisinski Hall in Zagreb | The basketball club Cibona celebrates its 50th anniversary | Sports news | IDS to propose Stevo Žufić for Governor of the Istria County

Commemoration of the HOS forces held in Zagreb: an interview with Anto Đapić | An overview of the arbitration process over Brčko: comments by Ejup Ganić | The office of UNTAES in Ilok closes after recent incidents in this city | Railway workers restart their strike | IDS proposes Stevo Žufić for Governor of the Istria County | OSCE will consider imposing sanctions on Yugoslavia due to the election crisis: Carl Bildt invites Slobodan Milošević to accept the results of the local elections | Kosovo is the main focus of the Albanian foreign politics, states this country’s Foreign Minister | Bad weather still causes problems in the traffic across Croatia | Problems in the economic development of Istria: the case of Labin | Why shopping in Herzegovina is so attractive for so many citizens? | The basketball club Cibona celebrates its 50th anniversary

Bad weather still causes problems in the traffic across Croatia | International news | The international community calls Slobodan Milošević to recognize the results of the elections in Serbia: protests continue across the country | CNN reports about the funeral of Predrag Starčević and the police beating journalists in Belgrade | Croats beaten in Eastern Mostar | The role of Croatia in the region discussed in Franz-Josef-Strauss-Symposium in Munich | Possible problems in the electricity supplies in Croatia due to misunderstandings with Slovenia | The problems with liquidity of Riječka Bank to be resolved soon | A new rehabilitation center for disabled war veterans opened in Vinkovci | Lisinski Hall celebrates its 23rd anniversary | Report about Alaskan Malamute dogs in Valpovo | Sports news

International news | Reports about the winter touristic season in Croatia and the plans for the next year | Bad weather still causes problems in the traffic across Croatia | The Spanish Minister of Defense Eduardo Serra Rexach did not arrive to Bosnia and Herzegovina due to bad weather | The protests of the oppositional Coalition Zajedno (Together) continue across Serbia | Sweden presses Milošević to accept the results of the local elections in Serbia | Croats beaten in Eastern Mostar | Sports news | An overview of non-political events that made 1996 unforgettable | Audi A3 declared to be the best car in Croatia

The elections in the Croatian Podunavlje will be held on 16 March 1997, says Ivica Kostović | Jacques Klein meets with Croatian officials to discuss the current situation in Croatian Podunavlje | Report from the meeting of the Presidency of HDZ with the presence of Franjo Tuđman about the plans of this party for 1997 | The Croatian Government meets behind closed doors to discuss the future of 16 state-owned companies | The future of Riječka Bank discussed by Borislav Škegro and Zlatko Mateša | Zlatko Mateša and Davor Štern meet with a delegation of the Korean company Daewoo | Nenad Ivaković summarizes the most important events in Croatia from 1996 | The oppositional protests of the Coalition Zajedno continue across Belgrade | The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina meets in Lukavica | Two Croats were beaten in Eastern Mostar | The role and position of the Croatian minority in Bosnia and Herzegovina was discussed | International news | Annual meeting of HVIDR held today in Zagreb: main conclusions were made about the human rights of war veterans | The Deputy Minister of Defense of Croatia, Krešimir Ćosić, meets with Klaus Fruehhaber to discuss future cooperation between Croatia and SFOR | Zdravko Tomac: SDP is a stable partner of Coalition Udruga | New ambulance cars donated to hospitals and clinics | Franjo Tuđman awards medals to journalists of HRT | The publications of Matica Hrvatska discussed on its annual meeting | Bad weather still causes problems in the traffic across Croatia | Sports news | Reception for refugees and displaced persons held in Osijek: government officials serve as waiters | Milan Kučan appoints Janez Drnovšek as Prime Minister-Designate

The elections in the Croatian Podunavlje will be held on 16 March 1997, says Ivica Kostović | Jacques Klein meets with Croatian officials to discuss the current situation in the Croatian Podunavlje | The Croatian Government meets behind closed doors to discuss the future of 16 state-owned companies | Zlatko Mateša and Davor Štern meet with a delegation of the Korean company Daewoo | Report from the meeting of the Presidency of HDZ with the presence of Franjo Tuđman about the plans of this party for 1997 | Annual meeting of HVIDR held today in Zagreb: main conclusions were reported about the human rights of war veterans | Milan Kučan appoints Janez Drnovšek as Prime Minister-Designate | The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina to be confirmed in the both Parliamentary Chambers soon, says Michael Steiner | The military stands with its people, state the officials of the Serbian Army | Interviews with various leading Croatian political and social figures about the most important events in 1996 | An extensive interview with Zlatko Mateša about the most significant events in 1996, the current developments and the plans for the future | An opinion poll among citizens about the most urgent problems in Croatia

Overview of the atmosphere across Croatia in light of the upcoming New Year’s Eve | International news | Franjo Tuđman meets with a delegation of the Korean company Daewoo | EU calls Milošević to accept the results of the local elections in Serbia | An overview of key events of 1996, as seen by the HRT journalists: Franjo Tuđman’s visit to Vukovar, Croatian admission to the Council of Europe and foreign reactions to it, the resistance in Kijevo (with archival footage), the contribution of military engineers to the liberation and reconstruction of Croatia, the return of tourists to the Croatian seaside, were main cultural events in this year | The Croatian seal-man Duško Rudež performs his traditional winter bath in the cold Drava | Electra asks citizens of Zagreb not to use electricity due to major consumption | Sports news

Franjo Tuđman celebrates the New Year’s Eve in the main square in Zagreb | Report on Franjo Tuđman’s New Year's speech: we will go to Vukovar this year | Reports from New Year celebrations across Croatia | International news

Croatian Party of Rights

Serbian National Party, Croatian National Party, Socialdemocratic Party

Istrian Democratic Forum, Croatian Roma Party

Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Social Liberal Party, Croatian Independent Democrats

Croatian Pensioners' Party, Socialdemocratic National Party, Zagorje Democratic Party

Independent candidates

Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian National Party, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party

Croatian Party of Rights-1861, Croatian Social Liberal Party, Socialdemocratic Union

Independent candidates

President Tudjman at a HDZ rally in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Croatian Pensioners' Party, Party of Independent Rights, Socialdemocratic Party, Croatian People's Party, Zagorje Democratic Party, Croatian Party of Rights-1861

Croatian Christian Democratic Party, Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Social Liberal Party

Croatian Part of Rights-1861, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party, Croatian People's Party, Croatian Christian Democratic Union

Independent candidates

Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Christian Democratic Union, Party of Croatian Spring, Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Social Liberal Party

Action of the Socialdemocrats of Croatia

Croatian Party of Rights-1861, Party of Independent Rights, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party, Croatian People's Party, Croatian Roma Party

Croatian Civic Party, Croatian Democratic Independents, Croatian Party of Rights-1861

Primorsko-Goranski I. district: Party of Croatian Spring, Croatian Social Liberal Party, Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Party of Rights

Primorsko-Goranski II district: Croatian Pensioners' Party, Istrian Democratic Assembly, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party, Primorje-Gorski Kotar Alliance Croatian People's Party, Socialdemocratic Union, Action of the Social Democrats of Croatia, Serbian Na

Primorsko-Goranski III. district: Croation National Party, Socialdemocratic Union, Action of the Democratic Party, Serbian National Party

Lika-Senj district: Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian People's Party, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party, Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Socialdemocratic Union

Croatian Christian Democratic Union

Virovitica-Podrava district: Croatian Party of Rights-1861, Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian People's Party, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party

Virovitica-Podrava II. district: Croatian Party of Rights-1861, Croatian Peasants'-Workers' Party, Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Social Liberal Party

Independent Party of Rights

Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Christian Democratic Union, Croatian People's Party, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party, Croatian Social Liberal Party, Croatian Peasants' Party

Independent candidate

Brod-Posava I. district: Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Social Liberal Party, Croatian Christian Democratic Union

Brod-Posava II. district: Slavonsko-Baranja Croatian Party, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party, Croatian Peoples' Party

Croatian Civic-Peasant Party

Independent candidates

Croatian Democratic Union, New Party of Croatian Spring, Croatian Social Liberal Party, Croatian Peasant's Party, Croatian Party of Rights-1861

Croatian People's Party

Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Democratic Independents, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party, Croatian People's Party

Croatian Democratic Independents

Action of the Socialdemocrats of Croatia

Osijek-Baranja I. district: Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Christian Democratic Union, Croatian Republican Alliance, Croatian Social Liberal Party, Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Party of Rights-1861

Sibenik-Knin I. District: Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Republikan Alliance, Hrvatska Socialdemocratic Party, Party of Croatian Spring, Croatian Party of Rights, Croatian Democratic Union

Croatian Party of Rights

Sibenik district: Croatian Social Liberal Party, Croatian Social Democratic Party, Croatian People's Party

Istrian Democratic Assembly

Vukovar-Srem district: Croatian Party of Rights, Croatian Christian Democratic Union, Croatian People's Party, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party, Croatian Social Liberal Party

Croatian Party of Rights

Vukovar-Srem II. district: Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Party of Rights-1861, Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party, Croatian Socialdemocratic Union

Serbian National Party

Dalmatia Action

Independent Party of Istria

Istria district: Action of the Socialdemocrats of Croatia, Croatian Democratic Alliance, Croatian Social Liberal Party, Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Green Party, Istrian Party

Croatian Social Liberal Party

Istrian Independent Party, Istria Democratic Forum, Istrian Democratic Alliance, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party, Croatian People's Party, Croatian Socialdemocratic Union

Croatian Liberation Movement

Dubrovnik-Neretva I. District: Dalmatian Action, Croatian Socialdemocratic Union, Croatian Party of Rights, Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Christian Democratic Union

Party of Croatian Spring

Dubrovnik-Neretva II. district: Croatian People's Party, Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Social Liberal Party, Croatian Party of Rights-1861

Primorje-Gorski Kotor Alliance

Croatian Republican Alliance

Medjumurje district: Croatian Democratic Peasants' Party, Croatian Democratic Union, Croatian Christian Democratic Union, Croatian Party of Rights

Slavonia-Baranja Croatian Party

Medjumurje II. district: Croatian Civic-Peasant Party, Croatian People's Party, Croatian Peasants' Party, Croatian Social Liberal Party

Medjumurje III. district: Croatian Party of Rights-1861, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party

Croatian Metropolis: Action of the Socialdemocrats of Croatia, Croatian Pensioners' Party, Civic Party of the Homeland, Croatian Party of Rights, Croatian Democratic Party of Rights, Croatian Democratic Union

Croatian Green Party

Croatian Metropolis II.: Croatian Civic Peasant Party, Croatian Christian Democratic Union, New Party-Croatian Spring, Croatian Republican Alliance, Croatian Peasants' Party

Zagorje Democratic Party

Croatian Metropolis: Croatian Social Liberal Party, Croatian Party, Croatian Party of Rights-1861, Croatian Green Party, Croatian Democratic Independents

Croatian Pensioners' Party

Croatian Liberation Movement, Independent nominees for the House of Counties: Zagreb, Croatian Socialdemocratic Party, Croatian People's Party, Croatian Socialdemocratic Union, Zagorje Democratic Party

Croatian Democratic Party of Rights

Independents from Sibenik

The speech of Franjo Tudjman, President of Croatia, in the Hungarian Parliament

Commentary of leading Croatian and foreign political analysts about the future of Vukovar and eastern Slavonia in the upcoming elections

Tudjman's 75th birthday celebration, including a patriotic collage of definitions of nationhood "Viva Croatia"

The interview was given in light of Independence Day, the 7th anniversary of Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia

Laying of wrath on the graves of those who parished while defending their homeland. In Medvedgrad. President Tudjman and all political functionaries present.

Commentary of HRT on the placing of the wrath.

Athletic meet in honor of independence.

High Mass at Zagreb Cathedral commemorating the 7th anniversary of independence.

Army inspection in honor of Independence Day

Memories of Croatia 1990-1995 (clips commemorating the important political and social events in Croatia since the independence)

Tudjman's visit to the Croatian Danube region (in Beli Manastir) and the UN peacekeepers in light of the official takeover of power from the UN to the Croatian government.

A "Train of Peace" is dispached from Zagreb to Vukovar officially marking the Croatian takeover of that city.

TV shows and video clips about the history and the siege of Vukovar

Pre-election assemblies in Osijek 1993, Vukovar 1996, Beli Manastir 1997

Ceremony in Vukovar once the train of peace arrives

The train arrives to Vinkovci and to Slavonski Brod. Special speeches marking the celebration.

a. Presidental candidate: Dr. Zdravko Tomac (Socijalna Demokratska Partija Hrvatske) b. Presidential candidate: Dr. Franjo Tudjman (Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica)

a. Presidental candidate: Dr. Zdravko Tomac (Socijalna Demokratska Partija Hrvatske) b. Presidential candidate: Dr. Franjo Tudjman (Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica)

First results of the Presidental Elections 1997

The views of the 3 candidates on various topics (Mr. Tomac, Mr. Gotovac, Mr. Tudjman)