A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON FRIDAY

ZAGREB, May 19 (Hina) - Today's VJESNIK leads with coverage of the Croatian Parliament session under the headline "Greater Rights for Families of Defenders." The article underlines that "families of missing and imprisoned defenders will have the same rights as families of the fallen defenders." Vjesnik correspondents from London and Bonn explain "new international calculations in the Balkans." The London correspondent, in an article headlined "Belgrade Could Recognize Bosnia", says in part: "It seems that Milosevic is ready to recognize only the external borders of Bosnia-Herzegovina and not its political leadership. As a reward, he would have punitive sanctions lifted, after which there would talks with Bosnia on mutual political recogntion." The other Zagreb-based daily, VECERNJI LIST, includes an interview with the outgoing Turkish ambassador, Yuksel Soylemez, under the headline "There Would Be Disaster Without Federation." Vecernji List carries a comment piece on the Serbian media, with quotes from newspaper articles. Croatian special forces "have such weapons which make you disappear without even firing"; they can "dive from one bank of the Sava River to the other without taking a breath"; and now they are preparing to "make an atomic bomb." (hina) mm vm 191149 MET may 95