BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 5390

BRIJUNI, July 26 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic received hisLatvian counterpart Vaira Vike Freiberga on the northern Adriaticarchipelago of Brijuni on Monday. Croatian Health Minister Andrija Hebrang hasdenied allegations by the Siemens branch in Bosnia-Herzegovina that heused his influence to help Japanese firm Shimatzu win public tendersfor the purchase of equipment for hospitals in Livno, Orasje, Zepceand Mostar. Croatia will not be represented at a meetingof prime ministers from Southeast Europe that is due to take place inSalzburg, Austria, on July 27 and 28. A crowd of people gathered at the central trainstation in the southern coastal city of Split on Monday to greet thefirst tilting train from Zagreb, which arrived shortly after noon. The national co-ordinating body of HomelandWar associations on Monday sent an open letter to Croatian PrimeMinister Ivo Sanader, calling for an investigation into allegations ofthe