BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3721 HINA ZAGREB, AUGUST 15

HR-htv-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3721 HINA ZAGREB, AUGUST 15 HTV DIRECTOR DISMISSES ACCUSATIONS BY CRO. SERB PARTY PRESIDENTZAGREB, Aug 15 (Hina) - General director of the Croatian Radio Television (HTV) Mirko Galic on Tuesday dismissed accusations by president of the Serb People's Party and member of Parliament, Milan Djukic, who asserted the HTV had clearly stated its position as being in the service of state authorities through broadcasts of reactions to Djukic's statements. Djukic sent an open letter to the HTV director claiming the network was an instrument of the state authority more than ever, since the Television aired reactions to Djukic's claims regarding the "Storm" liberation operation. The operation liberated a part of Croatia which had been occupied by Serb secessionists in the summer of 1995. In his reply, Galic said that following Djukic's statements about the "shameful" character of the Storm operation, the HTV had the same day aired reactions to his