NEW OFFICES FOR ISSUING CROATIAN DOCUMENTS TO OPEN IN DANUBIAN ARE

DANUBIAN ARE $ A VINKOVCI, Jan 23 (Hina) - New offices for issuing Croatian documents to the population in the Croatian Danubian area would open until January 27, Vukovar-Srijem County's office for administration reported on Thursday. Vukovar-Srijem County Administration Office's employees will issue document in offices at Negoslavci, Tovarnik, Brsadin, Stari Jankovci, Tompojevci, Bobota and Borovo Naselje. There are already offices in Vukovar, Markusica, Borovo Selo, Mirkovci and Sidski Banovci. The office in Ilok, closed on Christmas Eve by the UN Transitional Administrator Jacques Klein's decision does not still work despite announcement that it might re-open on January 15. According to the County Administration Office's Head, Marijana Matanovic, the Office has received over 22,000 applications for Croatian citizenship certificate. Of them, about 17,000 applications have been processed. Furthermore, about 9,000 applications for birth certificate have been submitted, and 7,000 of them have been solved. (hina) mš 231752 MET jan 97