NEW CRO SCHOOL OPENED IN HUNGARY

BUDAPEST, Aug 31 (Hina) - Hungarian Premier Gyula Horn and Croatian Education and Sports Minister Ljilja Vokic on Friday opened the new building of the Croatian Elementary School, High School and Pupils' Hostel in Budapest. The building of this very modern school was financed by the Hungarian government, and it will be attended by 350 Croat pupils per year from all over Hungary. In a meeting with high representatives of the Croatian and Hungarian governments and the Croat minority in Hungary, Horn praised the good cooperation between the two countries in protecting ethnic minorities. Vokic said that other countries should follow Hungary's example in the protection of the minorities' rights and announced that Croatia would undertake necessary measures for Hungarians living in Osijek, eastern Croatia, to get a similar modern school. (hina) ha jn 311108 MET aug 96