ZAGREB, June 21 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's House of Counties on Wednesday forwarded two bills to the House of Representatives, both on the reconstruction of the eastern-most town of Vukovar, one motioned by government, the
other by a group of MPs, with the recommendation to integrate them. Discussing the bills, most Upper House MPs agreed the one motioned by almost 100 Lower House MPs was more realistic and more comprehensive. MPs from Vukovar, which suffered huge damage during last decade's Serb aggression on Croatia, said the town needed concrete and stimulating measures whose effect would be felt in the nearest future because the economic and social situation was very difficult. Only 2,500 of the town's formerly 33,000 employees work at present, mainly in state services. The motioned bills envisage a series of tax and tariff incentives for the economy, aimed at making Vukovar the moving fo
ZAGREB, June 21 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's House of
Counties on Wednesday forwarded two bills to the House of
Representatives, both on the reconstruction of the eastern-most
town of Vukovar, one motioned by government, the other by a group of
MPs, with the recommendation to integrate them.
Discussing the bills, most Upper House MPs agreed the one motioned
by almost 100 Lower House MPs was more realistic and more
comprehensive.
MPs from Vukovar, which suffered huge damage during last decade's
Serb aggression on Croatia, said the town needed concrete and
stimulating measures whose effect would be felt in the nearest
future because the economic and social situation was very
difficult. Only 2,500 of the town's formerly 33,000 employees work
at present, mainly in state services.
The motioned bills envisage a series of tax and tariff incentives
for the economy, aimed at making Vukovar the moving force of the
entire region's development.
Upper House MPs today endorsed a government-motioned bill of
amendments to the law on children's allowance. The amended law
should have a higher number of beneficiaries and become effective
on October 1.
Its enforcement will require 65 million kuna (US$8.23 million)
every month, or 130 million by year's end. It has not yet been
completely established which budgetary items will be earmarked for
these funds, but duties on the import of cars are one possibility.
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