BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4532 HINA ZAGREB, FEBRUARY 15

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4532 HINA ZAGREB, FEBRUARY 15 JANICA KOSTELIC WINS OLYMPIC GOLD IN WOMEN'S COMBINEDSNOWBASIN/ZAGREB, Feb 15 (Hina) - Croatian skier Janica Kostelic won the gold medal in the combined slalom at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City on Thursday. Kostelic is the first Croatian ever to win a gold at the Winter Olympics. Kostelic wrapped up two slalom races and a downhill with a time of 2:43.28. Austria's Renate Goetschl won the silver (2:44.77) while the bronze went to Germany's Martina Ertl (2:45.16).IMF OFFICIAL EXPECTS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF CROATIA'S STAND-BY ARRANGEMENTZAGREB, Feb 15 (Hina) - Hans Flickenschild, head of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission which visited Croatia between 6 and 15 February, expressed hope the current stand-by arrangement which Croatia was granted last March and which expired in May this year would be completed successfully. IMF and Croatian government representatives confirmed on Friday th