EU RECONSTRUCTS 10 FLATS IN VUKOVAR

( Editorial: --> 6305 ) VUKOVAR, Aug 27 (Hina) - Reconstruction works on 10 flats in a housing block in the eastern Slavonian town of Vukovar have been completed, the European Commission office in Croatia said on Thursday. The reconstruction works were financed by the European Union through the German non-government organisation "Arbeiter Samariter Bund" (ASB) with about US $220,000. Most of the pre-war tenants have been registered and six families have already applied for return with complete documentation, the EC office said. The flats will be transferred to the Vukovar town authorities at a ceremony scheduled for September 2, to be attended by EC special envoy for Croatia Per Vinther. The European Union has so far reconstructed 274 housing units in Vukovar through the ASB. (hina) rml 271425 MET aug 98