A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON TUESDAY

ZAGREB, May 9 (Hina) - Today's VJESNIK exhaustively covers the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the victory over fascism in Paris. The article remarks on the presence of 'Yugoslav' president Zoran Lilic, despite the diplomatic embargo imposed on the Serbia-Montenegro federation. The paper's London correspondent, Jasna Zanic-Nardini, discusses UNCRO's interests in run down Croatia in order to strengthen its role as "arbiter and keeper of the noose on Croatia's neck." In a comment piece headlined "The German Showdown With the Past," Nenad Ivankovic analyses the meaning of the 8th of May, 1945, for Germany and the Germans. The paper carries an interview with Pakrac police superintendent, Nikola Ivkanec. Both VJESNIK and VECERNJI LIST cover a press conference in Daruvar, held by Gen. Zvonimir Cervenko, stand-in to Croatian army Chief-of-Staff Gen. Bobetko, commander for the Pakrac area, Brigadier Luka Dzanko. "UN forces will enjoy unimpeded freedom of movement in the entire western Slavonia, but without heavy weaponry and armoured vehicles," Cervenko said. VECERNJI LIST also covers the victory celebrations in Paris and Moscow. VECERNJI LIST covers US Ambassador Galbraith's visit to Jasenovac, where he laid a wreath at the foot of the Jasenovac memorial. A comment piece by Nenad Ivankovic, headlined "True (Anti)Fascists" deplores Europe's failure to learn from history. The paper carries an interview with EU Monitor Mission Chief, Albert Turot, headlined "No Human Rights Violations Recorded." (hina) jn as 091212 MET may 95