ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - All large world's news agencies reported on the death of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, immediately after it was broadcasted on Croatian Television early Saturday morning. Reuters, France Press, Dpa, Apa
and Associated Press agencies in their reports cited the Croatian Television, which interrupted its regular programme to broadcast the news on the death of President Tudjman. Agencies' reports read that President Tudjman died at the age of 77 at a Zagreb clinic where had been undergoing medical treatment for abdominal disorders. The agencies called President Tudjman the architect of Croatia's independence. All news items ran the statement of President of Croatian National Sabor Vlatko Pavletic who addressed the nation over a television broadcast. The news agencies reported that Pavletic took over presidential duties late November after President Tudjman was proclaimed temporarily
ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - All large world's news agencies reported on
the death of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, immediately after
it was broadcasted on Croatian Television early Saturday morning.
Reuters, France Press, Dpa, Apa and Associated Press agencies in
their reports cited the Croatian Television, which interrupted its
regular programme to broadcast the news on the death of President
Tudjman.
Agencies' reports read that President Tudjman died at the age of 77
at a Zagreb clinic where had been undergoing medical treatment for
abdominal disorders. The agencies called President Tudjman the
architect of Croatia's independence.
All news items ran the statement of President of Croatian National
Sabor Vlatko Pavletic who addressed the nation over a television
broadcast. The news agencies reported that Pavletic took over
presidential duties late November after President Tudjman was
proclaimed temporarily incapacitated.
The agencies reported the course of Tudjman's illness and his
biography. They also reminded that parliamentary elections in
Croatia were to take place in the near future, adding that Croatia
would now have to hold presidential elections within sixty days.
British news agency Reuters said that President Tudjman led Croatia
to independence from the Yugoslav Federation in 1991, adding that
Tudjman's presidential mandate was to expire in 2002.
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