A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON FRIDAY

ZAGREB, May 6 (Hina) - The Zagreb daily newspaper Vjesnik brings on the front page a report headlined "Private Radio and TV Stations" on a government session at which the Telecommunications Bill has been adopted. Concerning the tense situation in the Brcko area in northern Bosnia, the paper echoes a call of the UN Security Council to three parties to the Bosnian conflict to negotiate a cessation of hostilities. The front page also brings a report that Parliament speaker Stjepan Mesic and upper house speaker Josip Manolic have called sessions of the two parliament chambers. The agenda will include motions on voting non-confidence in Defence Minister Gojko Susak and relieving of duty House of Counties speaker Josip Manolic. In an exclusive article on a secret four-hour meeting of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the Croatian Independent Democrats (HND), largely composed of HDZ defectors, Aleksa Crnjakovic writes that the two parties have failed to reach agreement on "rules of behaviour" in order to avoid a parliamentary crisis. In the story headlined "Zagreb Really Means It", Vlado Rajic writes about human and minority rights in Croatia, noting that "if Croatia had set up a human rights court after it adopted the Constitutional Act on Human Rights, it would have acquired a great reputation in the international community as it would prove that it was serious about human and minority rights." Another Zagreb daily, Vecernji List, displays on the front page a report from a government session, headlined "Go-Ahead to Private Television." It brings a story from Geneva on the beginning of a two-day session of the Economic Task Group, involving all states that have emerged after the break-up of former Yugoslavia. "Salaries on the Increase" says the paper quoting a report by the National Statistics Bureau as saying that salaries have gone up by an average 0.5 percent despite the fact that most industries have registered a substabstantial drop. "Istria Has Enough Autonomy" says a story based on a public opinion survey on the subject of political squabbles in Istria County. Vecernji List also announces the establishment of a new Social-Democratic party which will comprise the Socialist Party, a parliamentary faction of the Social Democratic Union and most probably a part of the Social Democratic Party. Miko Tripalo, vice president of the Croatian National Party (HNS) and member of Parliament, will stand at its helm. 061304 MET may 94