BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 5382

ZAGREB, July 18 (Hina) - The leaders of the Croatian People's Party(HNS), the Liberal Party (LS) and Libra on Sunday signed an agreementforming a coalition for local elections scheduled for next May. Croatia's Tourism and Transport MinisterBozidar Kalmeta confirmed for Croatian Television (HTV) on Saturdayevening that the US company Bechtel would build the first section of ahighway running from Split to Dubrovnik. The Independent Construction Workers' TradeUnion issued a statement on Sunday strongly condemning the intentionof Maritime Affairs, Tourism, Transport and Development MinisterBozidar Kalmeta to sign an agreement with the US company Bechtel onthe construction of the first, 37 kilometre-long section of a highwayfrom Split to Dubrovnik without inviting international bids. A former editor of the "Novi brodski list"paper from Slavonski Brod, Miroslav Juric, will on Monday beimprisoned in a Pozega prison after he refused to pay