CROATIAN GOVERNMENT REFUTES ALLEGATIONS OF MEDDLING IN PLIVA SALE

The story of the takeover of Croatian pharmaceutical company Pliva has turned into a political scandal, Croatian TV station HRT informs. The opposition accused the government of corruption alluding to Croatia's Prime Minister Ivo Sanader himself. The government refuted all allegations in the media and the case was also commented by President Stipe Mesic. Focus Information Agency (http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n95313)