KOSCHNIK OPENS PRIMARY SCHOOL IN MOSTAR

MOSTAR, March 11 (Hina) - The EU Administrator of Mostar, Hans Koschnik, today ceremonially opened a reconstructed war-damaged primary school in western Mostar. The school, attended by 1,500 pupils, is the biggest elementary school in the southern Bosnian city. The costs of the repair works amounted to around 1 800,000 German marks. The EU Administration provided most funds for covering the reconstruction costs, and the German "Cap Anamur" humanitarian agency also financed the repair works. "I would like that this school would assume the role of a bridge, which should link Mostar citizens," Koschnik said at the ceremony. The western Mostar mayor, Mijo Brajkovic, and the school's headmaster, Davor Skender, thanked the EU Administration, especially Hans Koschnik, for the reconstruction of the building. (hina) mms 111815 MET mar 95