NUMEROUS DELEGATIONS LAY WREATHS AT ZAGREB'S CENTRAL CEMETERY ON ANTI-FASCIST STRUGGLE DAY

ZAGREB, June 22 (Hina) - On the occasion of Anti-Fascist Struggle Day, numerous delegations laid wreaths and lit candles on the National Heroes grave at Zagreb's central cemetery of Mirogoj. A delegation of the President of the Republic, Igor Dekani, Imra Agotic and Kresimir Kaspar also laid a wreath at the monument in Dotrscina. On behalf of the Croatian parliament the wreaths were laid by parliament speaker Zlatko Tomcic and deputy speakers Ivica Kostovic, Vlatko Pavletic and Zdravko Tomac. On behalf of the government the wreaths were laid by interior minister Sime Lucin, defence minister Jozo Rados and homeland war soldiers' minister Ivica Pancic. On behalf of the city of Zagreb, the wreaths were laid by mayor Milan Bandic, deputy mayors Vlasta Pavic and Morana Palikovic-Gruden, as well as deputy chairman of the Zagreb City Assembly Vladimir Velnic. Wreath were also laid by a Social Democratic Party delegation and delegations of the Croatian war veterans. Anti-Fascist Struggle Day has been marked since the establishment of the independent Croatian state. In the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), Anti-Fascist Struggle Day in Croatia was marked on July 27 (Fighter's Day) to commemorate the first bullet fired in the village of Srb, although the formation of the Sisak unit had taken place more than a month before that event. (hina) it