ZAGREB, Jan 5 (Hina) - Today's issue of the Zagreb-based daily of Vjesnik reports on Croatian President Franjo Tudjman's visit to Sarajevo, where he had attended the establishment of the Council for cooperation of Croatia and
Bosnia-Herzegovina. Tudjman and his Bosnian counterpart Alija Izetbegovic agreed that strengthening of the Federation was a common interest, to which the Council should contribute, the paper says.
ZAGREB, Jan 5 (Hina) - Today's issue of the Zagreb-based daily of
Vjesnik reports on Croatian President Franjo Tudjman's visit to
Sarajevo, where he had attended the establishment of the Council
for cooperation of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Tudjman and
his Bosnian counterpart Alija Izetbegovic agreed that strengthening
of the Federation was a common interest, to which the Council
should contribute, the paper says. #L#
The paper carries a report on the Croatian government session
on the annual national budget, which is also a topic of a comment
piece under headline "35.4 Billion Kunas to Uncover Development
Ambitions".
The local Serb leaders in eastern Croatia are still mulling
how to dodge the Dayton accords, another comment piece says, adding
that "Dokmanovic, Hadzic and Milanovic (the leaders) are now
planning how to simply attach the area to Serbia once the U.N.-
controlled transitional authority expires."
The topic, beginning of the Basic Agreement implementation, is
also focused in the interview with Croatian army regional commander
General Djuro Decak.
Another Zagreb-based daily of Vecernji List also reports on
President Tudjman's visit to Sarajevo and on the government
session.
The paper carries a brief interview with Ivan Ivekovic,
director of the Croatian tax administration, who says that the
sales tax reduction would cause numerous price falls
Croatian Social Democrats, gathered in three separate parties,
seem to feel uneasy between hope and fear, says a comment piece
ahead of the Social Democratic Party's (SDP) convention scheduled
for February.
The hope arises from their remarkable October election
results, particularly in Zagreb, in Dalmatia and in some north-
western areas, as they now look forward to further advancement on
the next spring's local government elections, maybe even to put
Croatia in line with other East European countries currently ruled
by reformed ex-Communists.
The fear, according to the Zagreb University political analyst
Branko Caratan, lays in possibility that the named East European
trend could tilt before the Croatian Social Democrats get a real
chance to take over.
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