A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON WEDNESDAY

ZAGREB, March 29 (Hina) - Today's VJESNIK carries a comment piece by Kresimir Fijacko, headlined "Only 48 Hours Left," which focuses on the new Security Council's resolution on Croatia. "Croatia cannot accept the latest draft resolution on the new UN mandate in Croatia, even though some of the government's demands have been accepted," Fijacko says. "Progress in Economic Stabilization Policy" reads the headline of a front-page article covering talks with the World Bank on a bank rehabilitation loan. "VJESNIK" also publishes Mario Nobilo's (Croatian Ambassador to the UN) letter informing the Secretary General of the presence of 6,000 Yugoslav army (JNA) soldiers in Croatia's occupied areas. "Health Care Registers Surplus of 21,1 Million Kunas" reads the headline of an article on health reform in Croatia. Journalist Vlado Rajic writes about a Constitutional Court ruling annuling appointments of Supreme Court judges by the State Judiciary Council. Stjepan Cuic writes about a "fabricated affair" about Culture Minister's statements calling the Croatian Parliament a "henhouse". Ahead of the passage of a new UN mandate in Croatia, today's "VECERNJI LIST" publishes a cover-page headline "Croatia Will Not Give Up". Mate Piskor writes about Alija Izetbegovic's speech at a Party of Democratic Action (SDA) meeting in the article "New 'Historical Agreement'?". "Croatian Parliament Retains Its Dignity" reads the headline of Zdenko Duka's article on conclusions of parliamentary representatives on international peace forces. "No Agreement without Croatians" reads the headline of an interview with Jadranko Prlic, Bosnian Federation Defence Minister and Prime Minister of Herzeg-Bosnia (part of Bosnia-Herzegovina under control of the Croatian Defence Council). (hina) jn as rm 301415 MET mar 95