A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON WEDNESDAY

ZAGREB, Dec 7, (Hina) - "After rejecting a proposal to include the agreement with rebel Serbs on the agenda, parliament members started pounding their fists on benches, Seks called a recess, from the gallery Vukovar mothers began yelling out their demands and parliament security guards attempted to stop journalists talking to the mothers," is a quote from a report in today's VJESNIK on the continuation of the 21st session of Parliament's House of Representatives. VJESNIK also reports on an UNPROFOR Sector West conference under the headline 'The Zagreb-Lipovac Highway Opens Thursday?'. The paper also includes an article on talks between Croatian Foreign Minister and co-chairman of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, Thorvald Stoltenberg. Granic was present as an observer at a session of the contact group of the Organisation Islamic Conference for Bosnia-Herzegovina in Geneva. "Russians Water Down Final Document" and "Aggression on Bihac Not Included (in the document)" are the headlines of articles covering the end of the CSCE session in Budapest. VJESNIK includes a report on the UN Economic Commission for Europe headlined "Investors Return to the East". "The Russians Are Against Anything that Might Impede Serbs", is the bold front-page headline in today's issue of VECERNJI LIST which covers the CSCE Summit final sessions. "A Croatian Constant and Serb Scarecrows", is the headline of a comment piece in VECERNJI LIST. "The Scarecrow known as Greater Serbia, dominates European and World politics. But do those who speak of "the scarecrow" as the final project, think that Croatians, Moslems and the world in which Milosevic who is long- known as the butcher of the Balkans, would do nothing to change the situation? the commentary asks. "The Opposition Calls for a Debate on the Agreement with Serbs", is the headline of a report on Parliament's House Of Representatives session. The paper also includes an interview with Croatia's Agriculture Minister Ivan Tarnaj on strategies to develop the country's agriculture industry. (Hina) jn sd mms 071257 MET dec 94