A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON THURSDAY

ZAGREB, March 8 (Hina) - Today's VJESNIK carries international reactions to the Croatian-Bosnian military alliance, in a front- page article headlined "Agreement to Make the Serbs Listen to Reason." "The Paris media assume that the agreement is aimed at strengthening the anti-Serb coalition; Ankara believes that the agreement will soon produce an effect; Italian comments are redolent of possimism. The Sarajevo-based Oslobodjenje says that after the Zagreb agreement, the Serbs are no longer the strongest military force in Bosnia and Croatia," the article says. VJESNIK carries a stop-press notice by the Banja Luka-based Beta agency, which says that Serb military sources have admitted that HVO (Croatian Defence Council) troops recently drove Serbs away from Troglav peak on Mt Dinara. This peak, situated close to the Croatian border, is an extremely strategic point beause it overlooks Knin. Today's VECERNJI LIST extensively covers Croat-Bosnian talks in Petersburg near Bonn, Germany. The paper quotes the Bosnian Federation President, Kresimir Zubak, who believes there is "political will on both sides to resolve all problems" and hopes soon to reach full agreement with Federation Vice-President, Ejup Ganic. The paper also carries an interview with President Tudjman's special envoy, Bosiljko Misetic, who has just returned from Bosnia- Herzegovina. "Life's hard everywhere, and particular for Croats in Kakanj and Vares (central Bosnia)," Misetic said. (hina) mm as 091233 MET mar 95