BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 5384

ZAGREB/LA VALLETTA, July 20 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister IvoSanader met his Maltese counterpart Lawrence Gonzi and PresidentEdward Fenech Adami in La Valletta on Tuesday, the Croatian governmentsaid in a statement. Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has saidthat by awarding the US company Bechtel a contract to build the firstsection of a Split-Dubrovnik highway his government did not doanything that the former government had not agreed on. Social Democratic Party (SDP) president IvicaRacan said on Tuesday he was surprised at how low Prime Minister IvoSanader had stooped in trying to defend what Racan called theindefensible decision to award the US Bechtel company a contract tobuild a section of a Split-Dubrovnik highway without inviting bids. The Croatian parliament's commission forconflict of interest decided on Tuesday to request the government tovoice its position on and provide information about its intention toaward the B