BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 5391

ZAGREB, July 27 (Hina) - Croatia's Minister of Maritime Affairs,Tourism, Transport and Development, Bozidar Kalmeta, met ChristosMakridis, an adviser with the European Commission Delegation toCroatia, in Zagreb on Tuesday to hand over additional documents on theBechtel case. The Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia,Archbishop Francisco-Javier Lozano, has said that relations betweenCroatia and the Holy See are excellent and that this is "a logicalhistorical consequence since most of the Croatian population is of theCatholic persuasion". Latvian President Vaire Vike Freiberga onTuesday visited the northern Adriatic town of Pula where she met MayorLuciano Delbianco for talks on economic and cultural cooperation. The guild of restaurant, hotel and tourismmanagers of the Croatian Chamber of Craftsmen, the CroatianAssociation Vinum Croaticum and the Croatian Association of HotelManagers requested on Monday that changes be made to the new law ontr