ZAGREB'S STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS URGE STUDENTS NOT TO PROTEST ZAGREB, Dec 10 (Hina) - Student associations from Zagreb have called on student organisations planning on participating in a Dec. 12 downtown protest rally to change their
mind as students have no reason to protest. They say the rally in front of the government will be "politicised." Some student organisations from Zagreb, Split, and Dubrovnik have announced they would take part in the protest against the government's social policy which is organised by the Association of Workers' Unions of Croatia and several associations of war veterans, farmers, and the unemployed. Those objecting to the students' participation in the rally said on Monday students had no cause to protest. They outlined data from the draft state budget for 2002, which envisages an increase in scholarships from last year's 39 million to 59.7 million kuna this year, from five to seven million for student programmes, and from 730,00
ZAGREB, Dec 10 (Hina) - Student associations from Zagreb have
called on student organisations planning on participating in a Dec.
12 downtown protest rally to change their mind as students have no
reason to protest. They say the rally in front of the government
will be "politicised."
Some student organisations from Zagreb, Split, and Dubrovnik have
announced they would take part in the protest against the
government's social policy which is organised by the Association of
Workers' Unions of Croatia and several associations of war
veterans, farmers, and the unemployed.
Those objecting to the students' participation in the rally said on
Monday students had no cause to protest. They outlined data from the
draft state budget for 2002, which envisages an increase in
scholarships from last year's 39 million to 59.7 million kuna this
year, from five to seven million for student programmes, and from
730,000 to 800,000 kuna for the Croatian Student Corps.
($1 = 8.24 kuna)
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