RACAN: ANTICEVI]-MARINOVIC AND MIMICA LIKELY TO BE NEW CRO MINISTERS

ZAGREB, Sept 17 (Hina) - Croatian Premier Ivica Racan on Monday announced that Ingrid Anticevic-Marinovic and Neven Mimica would probably be the new ministers of justice and European integration respectively. During a regular monthly press briefing, Racan said there would be no government reshuffle on a larger scale, although such a move had been announced previously. He explained that his cabinet had abandoned plans for such a reshuffle as it was now necessary to concentrate on economic development. Any halt on this path would be fatal. Besides, the reshuffle does not depend only on the PM but also on our coalition partners, Racan said. He added he was in favour of a more radical reshuffle, but that it implied radical changes of laws. In this context he announced an entirely new government law providing a different work concept, with fewer ministers. Ingrid Anticevic-Marinovic, who is the head of the parliamentary legislation committee, should replace the incumbent justice minister, Stjepan Ivanisevic, who asked a few months ago to be relieved of duty due to his poor health. Neven Mimica, Croatia's chief negotiator with the European Union, should replace Ivan Jakovcic who left the post of the Croatian minister in charge of the country's bids to be integrated in Europe owing to the government's objections to contentious segments of Istria County's statute. (hina) ms