BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 5354

ZAGREB, June 20 (Hina) - The Croatian government organised a ceremonyin Zagreb's main square on Saturday evening to celebrate the EuropeanCouncil's decision to grant Croatia the status of a candidate forEuropean Union membership. Croatian Sabor President Vladimir Seks hassent Croatian citizens a message on the occasion of the NationalAnti-Fascism Day, which is marked on 22 June. Only ten days are left before the start ofthis year's wheat harvest, and the government has not yet made itpublic whether it has chosen purchasers, the leader of the CroatianFarmers' Association, Darko Grivicic, said at a news conference onSunday. Further development and reforms of basicmarket institutions in eight south-eastern European countries,including Croatia, are important for an increase in investments andconsequently for the acceleration of the economic growth and reductionof poverty, according to a book which the World Bank and the EuropeanBank f