CROATIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES "CLARE" DELEGATION

ZAGREB, Jan 11 (Hina) - The Croatian government is looking at the possibility of changing the law on local government and redrawing the territorial boundaries of certain counties. "We're giving it a serious thought," Deputy Prime Minister Ljerka Mintas-Hodak said in Zagreb on Thursday after meeting a four-member delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Europe (CLARE). The delegation is on a visit to Croatia between 9 and 13 January to assess the development of local and regional democracy, and will report on it to the main bodies of CLARE and the Council of Europe. (hina) vm 112300 MET jan 96