260TH ANNIVERSARY OF CRO PARLIAMENTARY SESSION IN GLINA MARKED

GLINA, Sept 3 (Hina) - In the town of Glina, 70 kilometres southeast of Zagreb, 260th anniversary of the session of Croatian Parliament at the fortress of Glina was marked on Wednesday. Present at the ceremony was Nedjeljko Mihanovic, an MP and the envoy of the Croatian Parliament President. Speaking of the importance of the 4 September 1737 parliamentary in Glina, Mihanovic said that "Croatian 'Sabor' is one of the oldest parliaments in the world, and it was established in 1273. For 724 years a small people like the Croatian has had its parliament, which have had fought, all that time, for the sovereignty, freedom and the defence of the Croatian people and the Croatian statehood, and it has preserved this tradition until this day." (hina) jn mš 031626 MET sep 97