2ND GENERATION OF STUDENTS GET DIPLOMAS AT CRO DIPLOMATIC ACADEMY

ZAGREB, June 12 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic, on Thursday delivered diplomas to 31 participants of the second generation in the one-year course at Diplomatic Academy of the Croatian Foreign Ministry. At a ceremony, Granic said that it was a step forward on the path toward enabling Croatian diplomats to accomplish high professionalism. The Academy was founded on June 9, 1995, with the goal to educate staff for needs of the Croatian diplomacy and state bodies connected with foreign affairs. The Academy has established ties and co-operation with many similar institutions in the world, and many prominent Croatian and foreign statesmen, politicians and experts have given lectures during its courses. On Thursday, Granic ceremonially opened a web page of the Foreign Ministry at the Internet where the Ministry is offering relevant information about its work only in the Croatian language for the time being, and it will give reports in English in two weeks. The Diplomatic Academy also prints its papers and studies at least once a year. On Thursday, a Deputy Foreign Minister, Ivo Sanader, promoted the second collection of papers and studies which include works or lectures of their lectures, and good works of the Academy's participants. (hina) jn mš 121843 MET jun 97