BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4860 HINA Zagreb 10 February 2003

HR-POLITICS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4860 HINA Zagreb 10 February 2003 JANICA KOSTELIC - WORLD CHAMPION IN COMBINED EVENTSANKT MORITZ, Feb 10 (Hina) - Croatia's Janica Kostelic on Monday won gold in the combined event at the Alpine skiing world championship in Sankt Moritz. After the downhill and two slalom races, Kostelic clocked a time of 2:41.63, six hundredths of a second better than Austria's Nicole Hosp. Switzerland's Marlies Oester, who was 2.20 seconds behind Kostelic, won bronze.BRUSSELS: MESIC HOLDS TALKS WITH PRODIBRUSSELS, Feb 10 (Hina) - European Commission President Romano Prodi on Monday welcomed Croatia's decision to apply for membership in the European Union. The EC welcomes Croatia's decision and will immediately launch joint activities, Prodi said at a news conference he held with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic. On Monday Mesic arrived in Brussels for a two-day visit at the invitation of the Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations. Pr