11.   A bilateral accord will be signed on Saturday at the end of a two day visit, the Nigerian presidency said.

12.   Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene met Croatian President Franjo Tudjman in Zagreb on Saturday, the presidency said.

13.   Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic and Croatian leader Franjo Tudjman will meet Tuesday in the Croatian capital, the presidency here said Monday.

14.   But the presidency said afterwards that Rafsanjani had not made a final decision.

15.   Croatian President Franjo Tudjman will meet Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic in Athens Wednesday to discuss normalizing relations between their states, the Croatian presidency said.

16.   EU economy and finance ministers Saturday named Greek central bank president Loukas Papademos as vice-president of the European Central Bank, the Spanish EU presidency said on its website.

17.   The presidency said it knew the contents of the article Thursday, the day before it appeared in the Times, and had been interviewed by the reporter.

18.   The presidency said that they also discussed Bosnia and Albania and expressed satisfaction with their deepening relations.

19.   The presidency meanwhile said Yeltsin had informed the Duma of his decision.

20.   The presidency later said he had asked Viktor Chernomyrdin, as expected, to remain in office as prime minister, ITAR-TASS news agency reported.