CROATIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRESS PUBLISHERS ESTABLISHED TODAY

ZAGREB, March 2 (Hina) - 'The Croatian Association of Press Publishers' was established to protect the interests of publishers and their joint performance before administrative bodies, the public and other institutions. The Association's interests were also the interests for the democracy of the Croatian media, the Association representatives today told a press conference in Zagreb. Asssociation head, Miroslav Kutla, said the establishment of this association was the first step towards the membership of the international publishers association. Ninoslave Pavic, of the Association's Board of Auditors, said the Association would support the freedom of public information and no taxation for newspapers. He also supported lifting the special taxation off the Split-based daily "Feral Tribune". (hina) jn rv sd 021559 MET mar 95