KARLOVAC, May 23 (Hina) - Karlovac County Prefect Ivica Horvat and the director of the Ljubljana-based International Trust Fund, Goran Gacnik, on Wednesday signed an agreement on co-financing the removal of land mines that were strewn
in the municipality of Lasinja during the war in the first half of the 1990s.
KARLOVAC, May 23 (Hina) - Karlovac County Prefect Ivica Horvat and
the director of the Ljubljana-based International Trust Fund, Goran Gacnik, on
Wednesday signed an agreement on co-financing the removal of land mines that
were strewn in the municipality of Lasinja during the war in the first half of
the 1990s. A sum of 668,000 kuna will be earmarked from the county
budget and the ITF would add more funds so as to double this amount, which is
expected to clear 55,533 square metres of mines.
The ITF has so far donated 3.2 million kuna to Karlovac County. These
funds have helped remove 550 land mines and 150 pieces of unexploded
devices.