BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3576 HINA ZAGREB, MARCH 27

HR-ISTRIA BANK-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3576 HINA ZAGREB, MARCH 27 ISTRIA COUNTY HEADS ASK CONSOLIDATION MEASURES FOR ISTRIAN BANKPULA, March 27 (Hina) - The leaders of Istria County on Monday requested Prime Minister Ivica Racan and governor of the Croatian National Bank (HNB) Marko Skreb to undertake measures making it possible for the Istria Bank d.d. Pula a normal payment of savings investments and business transactions with the bank's customers. Measures aimed at the Istria Bank gaining liquidity include short-term loans, the state's paying back of debts to the Bank and the recognition of some of the Bank's expenses as gains. The leadership seeks that the government and the HNB support the consolidation of the Bank by granting a short-term loan for liquidity. The county heads asked that the 157 million kuna (DM39.25 million) worth of bonds issued by the Bank in the first phase of bank restructuring and DM76 million for the "old" frozen savings the Istria Bank ha