A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON WEDNESDAY

ZAGREB, March 5 (Hina) - Today's VJESNIK covers a Tuesday meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Kostovic and members of the Government's Transitional Adminsitration Office for the Croatian Danubian area, under the headline "There Is No Mass Settling of Serbs." A comment piece by Maja Freundlich, headlined "Democracy in Zagreb," deals with the city government crisis. The paper carries an interview with Professsor Vladimir Trlina, head of the Centre for Economic Relations with Bosnia- Herzegovina. The interview deals with the post-war reconstruction of Bosnia-Herzegovina. An article on Russian air strikes against Chechnya is headlined "Russian Air Force Ravages Sernovodsk." Another Zagreb daily, VECERNJI LIST, runs an article on the privatisation legislation, headlined "Another Chance for Small Investors." The paper covers Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Kostovic's visit to Osijek under the headline "UNTAES To Be Deployed by March 15." A comment piece headlined "Doubts About Bosniac Sincerity" deals with the position of Croats in Sarajevo and the Bosnian Federation. The paper covers the first official meeting between the Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus and his Croatian counterpart Zlatko Matesa. (hina) as 061213 MET mar 96