BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH

HR-GROVE-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4902HINA Zagreb, 23 March 2003DORIS PACK VISITS VARAZDINVARAZDIN, March 23 (Hina) - European Parliament officials, led by the head of the Parliament's delegation for South-East Europe, Doris Pack, on Sunday held talks with the leadership of the northern town of Varazdin. The delegation met mayor Ivan Cehok, the president of the Town Assembly, Dubravka Kanotti, and county prefect Zvonimir Sabati. Cehok informed the guests about the town's historical and cultural tradition and membership in some European associations. Asked by MP Miroslav Korenika whether the European Parliament would endorse candidate-countries' individual admission to the EU, Pack said that the Parliament still had not officially responded to Croatia's application for EU membership as that issue had to be addressed by the Council of Ministers first. The application was endorsed by the Parliament's foreign affairs committee in a vote on