KNIN KNIN, April 11 (Hina) - Switzerland will continue to offer financial support for refugee returns and integration in the Knin region so that the town could be revived as soon as possible. This year, Switzerland will invest 17
million kuna in the reconstruction programme, Swiss Ambassador Paul Widmer said at a press conference in Knin on Thursday after talks with mayor Vinko Maric and his associates.
KNIN, April 11 (Hina) - Switzerland will continue to offer
financial support for refugee returns and integration in the Knin
region so that the town could be revived as soon as possible.
This year, Switzerland will invest 17 million kuna in the
reconstruction programme, Swiss Ambassador Paul Widmer said at a
press conference in Knin on Thursday after talks with mayor Vinko
Maric and his associates. #L#
The Swiss have so far invested 26 million kuna in the Knin region and
this year's funds, worth 17 million kuna, will be earmarked to
reconstruct and build infrastructure and housing units as well as
orchards, vegetable farms, cattle farms, and co-operatives.
Widmer announced that 10 million kuna will be invested in the
infrastructure.
Since 1999 the Swiss government has reconstructed 230 houses for
local Croats and Serbs. This year, another 50 houses will be rebuilt
and a building with eight apartments will be built in Golubic,
Widmer said.
Expressing satisfaction with the assistance provided by the Swiss
government to date, mayor Maric said that Switzerland was one of the
few countries truly helping the region to recover from war damage
with material aid.
This summer, 100 Knin children will take an organised holiday to the
Swiss Alps.
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