A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON FRIDAY

ZAGREB, March 3 (Hina) - Today's VJESNIK opens with a report on a meeting between the Croatian government, employers and trade unions which resulted in the Basic National Agreement. Vjesnik says that the government will earmark 673 million kunas for road construction. "Autonomy of Courts Guaranteed" is an article on the appointment of Supreme Court judges. Vjesnik quotes Hartmut Koscyk, a member of the German Parliament, as saying that there are no obstacles to Croatia becoming a full member of the Council of Europe. The paper includes a comment piece on the possibility that Croatian Television no longer broadcasts parliamentary sessions live and on possible personnel reshuffles. "Mourning Won't Help Victims" is a commentary on the harassment of non-Serb civilians in Serb-held Bosnia. The Vjesnik Paris correspondent writes about the latest meeting of the Contact Group in Paris, in an article headlined "Mysterious Operation to Save Peace." The paper also includes an article on a trip by three Serb men from Okucani in UN Sector West to Zagreb where they were granted Croatian citizenship certificates. VECERNJI LIST runs a story about them in article headlined "We're Croatian Citizens." The paper also carries a front-page article on priorities in road construction, headlined "Four Highways By May Next Year." Vecernji List runs a commentary headlined "Croatia Is a Reality Despite UN Secretary General's Illusions and Russian- Serbian Agreement." "Old Tricks" is a Vecernji List comment piece with quotes by breakaway Serb leaders from UN protected areas which show no change in their secessionist policy. (hina) jn vm 031151 MET mar 95