194 FAMILIES RETURN TO KNEZEVI VINOGRADI MUNICIPALITY

( Editorial: --> 1875 ) KNEZEVI VINOGRADI, May 6 (Hina) - Out of the 460 families displaced from the Baranja municipality of Knezevi Vinogradi (eastern Croatia), 194 have returned by May 1. More are expected to return after the end of the school year, municipal head Kresimir Kramaric said on Wednesday. According to Kramaric, 157 empty buildings which needed to be renewed or reconstructed have been registered in the municipality. Around 20 buildings have been reconstructed so far, some thirty houses are being reconstructed, but municipal authorities are dissatisfied with the speed in which the houses are being reconstructed, Kramaric said. One of the problems of return is that returning are mostly elderly people, while the return of younger and middle-aged people is proceeding slowly. According to information of the municipal authorities, there were 68 Serb families who have moved to the municipality, 30 of whom were waiting to return to their homes in other parts of Croatia, and the same number was waiting for compensation for their property from the Croatian Agency for Facilitating Real Estate Transactions. (hina) lm 061104 MET may 98