ZAGREB AND LJUBLJANA MAYORS HOLD TALKS

ZAGREB, Jan 30(Hina) - The Mayors of the Croatian and Slovene capitals, Vlasta Pavic and Danica Simsic, met in Zagreb on Friday for talks on bilateral cooperation in the sectors of culture, public health, social welfare, transport and sports.#L# Simsic announced a meeting of mayors of EU capitals for 25-27 March in Ljubljana, adding that the mayors of Zagreb, Sarajevo, Belgrade and Skopje have been invited, too. Reporters were particularly interested in Saturday's match between Croatia and Slovenia in the semi-finals o fthe European Handball Championships, which will take place in Ljubljana. Mayor Simsic gave assurances that the match would be well organised and that Croatian fans would be safe. In this context, she apologised for some cases of misunderstanding to which Croatian spectators had been exposed during this competition. "Let sport be above everything," Zagreb Mayor Vlasta Pavic said. The two mayors agreed that Croatians and Slovenes should prove that they were cultured and sporting nations. (Hina) ms sb