CRO GOV'T SATISFIED WITH NORMALISATION PROCESS IN LIBERATED AREAS ( Editorial: --> 6913 )

( Editorial: --> 6913 ) ZAGREB, Oct 30 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Thursday adopted a report on the situation in the liberated areas and the Croatian Danube region. It was assessed that by undertaking numerous steps through relevant ministries in the last two months, the government had contributed to the normalisation of life in the formerly Serb-occupied areas and the successful completion of the peaceful reintegration of the UN-administered Croatian Danube river region. It was concluded that the government would prepare such a report every three months. During a discussion attention was drawn to some problems, such unorganised returns of refugees, a lack of housing in those areas, particularly for skilled personnel, and problems related to mine clearance. Summing up the discussion, Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa said that all the relevant ministries could be satisfied with what had been done. The number of criminal offences has been reduced, housing reconstruction continues and economic activities have been encouraged, he added. Matesa stressed that the government would provide special care for Croats who had arrived in Croatia from other areas of former Yugoslavia, particularly from Serb-held Bosnia-Herzegovina. The government set November 30 as a date of elections for the Primorsko-Goranska County Assembly, which was dissolved after a half of the councillors had resigned. On the same day elections would also be held for 13 town and municipal councils which had not yet been constituted. The government decided to publish the agreement between Croatia and Slovenia abolishing visa requirements. (hina) vm jn 301743 MET oct 97