CROATIAN TOP AUTHORITIES LAY WREATHS ON ANTI-FASCIST STRUGGLE DAY

ZAGREB, June 22 (Hina) - On the occasion of Anti-Fascist Struggle Day, delegations of Croatian President, the national parliament and the Government, on Thursday placed wreaths on the grave of national heroes from World War II, at Mirogoj - the central cemetery in Zagreb. President Stjepan Mesic's delegation, led by his advisor on military issues, Imra Agotic, also laid a wreath at the monument to executed anti-Fascist fighters and activists in Dotrscina, outside Zagreb. The parliament's delegation was led by Sabor Speaker Zlatko Tomcic, while the Government's delegation was led by a Deputy Prime Minister, Zeljka Antunovic. Wreaths were laid on the national heroes' grave at Mirogoj by delegations of Interior and Defence Ministries and by Zagreb city authorities, led by Mayor Milan Bandic. Bandic also placed a wreath in front of the Cross erected at Mirogoj in memory to Croatian soldiers who lost their lives in the Homeland War. On June 22 when it is a national holiday in the country, Croatia marks Anti-Fascist Struggle Day. On June 22 1941, the first anti- Fascist unit in the then occupied Europe was set up in the Brezovica Forest near the Croatian town of Sisak. The founded unit was called the Sisak Partisan Unit. (hina) jn ms