BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3492 HINA ZAGREB, JANUARY 2, 2000

HR-POLITICS-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3492 HINA ZAGREB, JANUARY 2, 2000 MEDIA BLACKOUT IN FORCE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAYZAGREB, Jan 2 (Hina) - Sunday, January 2, is a media blackout day in Croatia, which will last today and the whole day tomorrow. On Monday, January 3, Croatian citizens will go to the polls to elect deputies to the Croatian National Sabor's House of Representatives. Croatian citizens without permanent residence in Croatia can go to the polls on January 2 and 3. About 4,000 candidates are running for some 150 seats in the House of Representatives. The electorate is made up of a total of 4,177,495 voters. Of that number, 3,827,123 have residence in Croatia and will be able to cast ballots at 6,502 polling stations. A total of 350,372 Diaspora voters will elect their representatives as well. Out-of-country voting has been approved by 47 countries, which have opened 152 polling stations. During the ban on electioneering, from Sunday to midnight Janua