VUKOVAR-Ratovi +WREATHLAYING CEREMONY MARKS BEGINNING OF 1999 IN VUKOVAR ++VUKOVAR, Jan 1 (Hina) - Wreaths were laid down and candles lit at the +stone cross at the mouth of Vuka into the Danube in Vukovar exactly +at the midnight to
honour the memory of all victims fallen for +freedom of Croatia.+ The wreaths were placed by representatives of societies founded in +several Croatian towns during and after the Homeland War.+ On behalf of the organisers, the society of the war veterans, +invalids and widows in Koprivnica, Mladen Pavkovic addressed the +gathered. Pavkovic said they had come in Vukovar on the New Year's +Eve to commemorate those who had given their lives for Croatia's +freedom.+ Pavkovic announced that this event would become traditional.+ After the wreathlaying ceremony, the Vukovar parish priest, Friar +Branimir Kosec, said prayers.+(hina) ms+
VUKOVAR, Jan 1 (Hina) - Wreaths were laid down and candles lit at the
stone cross at the mouth of Vuka into the Danube in Vukovar exactly
at the midnight to honour the memory of all victims fallen for
freedom of Croatia.
The wreaths were placed by representatives of societies founded in
several Croatian towns during and after the Homeland War.
On behalf of the organisers, the society of the war veterans,
invalids and widows in Koprivnica, Mladen Pavkovic addressed the
gathered. Pavkovic said they had come in Vukovar on the New Year's
Eve to commemorate those who had given their lives for Croatia's
freedom.
Pavkovic announced that this event would become traditional.
After the wreathlaying ceremony, the Vukovar parish priest, Friar
Branimir Kosec, said prayers.
(hina) ms