ETHNIC HUNGARIANS MARK HUNGARIAN NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Ethnic Hungarians in Croatia today marked a Hungarian national holiday. The central celebration was held in Zagreb this evening and was sponsored by the Democratic Union of Croatian Hungarians and the Hungarian Cultural Society "Ady Endre". The celebration was addressed by the deputy president of the Democratic Union of Croatian Hungarians, Laszlo Horvath, the first adviser at the Hungarian embassy in Zagreb, Imre Varga, and the chairman of the Human and Minority Rights Committe of the Croatian Parliament, Ljubomir Antic. Hungary gained its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire on March 15, 1848. (hina) mm vm 152018 MET mar 95