BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3412 HINA ZAGREB, OCTOBER 14, 1999

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3412 HINA ZAGREB, OCTOBER 14, 1999 WAR DAMAGE PUT LONG-TERM BURDEN ON CROATIA - SAYS PREMIERZAGREB, Oct 14 (Hina) - The war damage Croatia suffered as a result of the Serb aggression earlier this decade totalled DM65.3 billion, the Croatian government concluded on Thursday while adopting a final report on war damage. The damage refers to the period between 15 August 1990, the beginning of the Serb aggression, and 31 August 1995, when Croatia liberated the Serb-occupied parts of its territory. The total war damage however also includes the damage the aggressor did through 15 January 1998, when the Danube River Region in eastern Croatia was peacefully reintegrated with the rest of the territory. Premier Zlatko Matesa said the aggression and the war had consumed one and a half Gross National Product. Croatia had to eliminate practically on its own what had been destroyed in the aggression, while simultaneously undergoing transition,