'FERAL TRIBUNE' WEEKLY APOLOGISES TO TUDJMAN'S CHIEF OF STAFF

( Editorial: --> 8935 ) ZAGREB, Feb 2 (Hina) - In its latest issue of 2 February 1998, the Feral Tribune weekly published an apology to the Croatian President's chief of staff Hrvoje Sarinic "due to an untruthful statement which is the result of a serious journalistic and editorial error". According to the apology, an untruthful statement was made in an article headlined "Magisterial Robbery of the Century - Sarinic's Y File", which appeared in the 29 September 1997 issue. The statement said that Sarinic had received a commission from Bouygues, a French company, enabling them allocation of a concession. The article linked the allocation of a concession for the building of the "Istrian Y" road, on the northern Adriatic peninsula of Istria, with the alleged commission. A day after the appearance of the article, Sarinic strongly refuted the weekly's claims as serious slander, announcing he would seek legal protection against such brusque attacks. (hina) ha jn 022103 MET feb 98