PAVIC CONFIRMED COMPLETE TAKE OVER OF MREZA

( Editorial: --> 0635 ) ZAGREB, Sept 15 (Hina) - The majority owner and chairman of the management board of Europapress Holding, Ninoslav Pavic, confirmed to Hina that the basic agreement with Miroslav Kutle and Vinko Grubisic has been achieved, by which Pavic gains control over the entire ownership package of the "Mreza" network. The Europapress Holding issues series of weekly magazines, upon which are "Globus", "Arena", "Gloria", and starting six months ago, daily newspaper "Jutarnji list". "I came upon another obstacle and I need a time out", Pavic said, emphasising that the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Ministry of Transport and Communications refused to recognise Mreza's way of programme distribution. The Mreza distributes programmes to local TV stations in Croatia. Pavic and representatives of the two ministries will examine the important issues by the end of this week and will try to define the legal framework for Mreza's further business activities. If we fail to achieve an agreement which would not interfere with my business activities and further development of Mreza, I will back out of yesterday's agreement, Pavic said. He has not described the agreement in detail. (hina) it/lml 161206 MET sep 98