SCIENCE MINISTER SATISFIED WITH MONEY SPENT ON MOSTAR UNIVERSITY

MOSTAR, Oct 27 (Hina) - Croatian Science and Technology Minister Gvozden Flego said on Sunday he was satisfied the five million kuna (EUR675,700) Croatia had given the university in Bosnia's Mostar had been used to improve the quality of education in this only Bosnian higher education institution where classes are held in Croatian. #L# Flego held talks with the university's head Frano Ljubic in the southern Bosnian town on Sunday. Flego said the Croatian state budget would be tapped further to help the Mostar University, and that expert assistance would also continue. More than 200 Croatian professors teach at the Mostar University, with costs covered by the Croatian government, which Flego said ensured a high level of education. The five million kuna the Croatian government earmarked for the Mostar University is part of a total of 25 million (EUR3.4 million) intended as assistance for Croats in Bosnia. Ljubic said Croatia could not solve the financial problems of his university, but added that the professors from Croatia were of great assistance. The two officials also discussed the possibility of Croatia's helping with financing the building of a university library in Mostar. (hina) ha