CONFERENCE ON CROATIA'S ECONOMIC INTEGRATION INTO E.U. OPENS

ZAGREB, Dec 13 (Hina) - A two-day international conference on economic aspects of Croatia's integration into the European Union opened in Zagreb on Friday. The conference has been organized by the Institute for International Relations of Zagreb and the Trans-European Political Studies Association (TEPSA) of Brussels in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The first day of the meeting will focus on an analytical approach to the economic integration of Croatia into the EU and alternative strategies of foreign economic relations. TEPSA is an independent network of European institutions promoting international research into European integration processes. The conference is sponsored by the European Commission, the Open Society Institute and the Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology. (hina) vm mm 131157 MET dec 96