A BRIEF LOOK AT CROATIAN PRESS ON TUESDAY

ZAGREB, April 4 (Hina) - Today's "Vjesnik" devotes its front page to the second anniversary of Nikica Valentic's cabinet. "A stand-by arrangement with the IMF, an agreement on debt servicing with the Paris Club and a stable kuna are numbered among the achievements of Valentic's government in the past two years - and even more ambitious measures are in the offing," the article says. The paper polls political party leaders on the latest UN resolution, under the headline: "Major Fault - No Deadlines". A comment piece by Zeljko Matija deals with rebel Serbs' views on resolution 981: "The resolution has drawn extremely biased comments, and pagragraph 8 (which appeals to the warring sides to restrain from hostilities), is being played on the TV like a commercial." "It's not an everyday event when the largest and strongest bank in a country announces the sale of all its portfolio, as Privredna banka Zagreb did last week", says a comment piece by Vjesnik's economic analyst Ivo Jakovljevic. "Apparently backed by the goverment, the Bank's managing board decided to sell out all its assets, nominally totalling $ 600 million. The bank is selling shares in 48 companies, including the most profitable concerns in Croatia", says Jakovljevic. VECERNJI LIST announces the opening of railway lines through the occupied areas for the next week. "The new UN-mandate in Croatia didn't stall the implementation the Dec 2 Economic Agreement", the article says. (Hina) mm bk 041244 MET apr 95