Article: CROATIA: MESIC LEADS CROATIA'S ANTI-FASCIST CELEBRATIONS.(Brief Article)

On 8 May, Mesic became the first Croatian president since independence in 1991 to preside over the annual ceremony to honor the victory of Josip Broz Tito's Partisans in World War II. He addressed his audience as "dear friends and comrades," "Jutarnji list" reported. He argued that the victory over fascism in 1945 had the support of the majority of "freedom- loving Croats and Serbs," RFE/RL's South Slavic Service reported. The president stressed that "just as we opposed Nazi and fascist ...

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