Mostar areaMOSTAR, May 17 (Hina) - The World Bank will grant a US$6.5 million loanunder very favourable conditions for environmental protection in theMostar area of southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Mostar cityauthorities said in a
statement on Tuesday.
MOSTAR, May 17 (Hina) - The World Bank will grant a US$6.5 million
loan under very favourable conditions for environmental protection in the
Mostar area of southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Mostar city authorities said in
a statement on Tuesday. This is the largest amount of money
allocated by the World Bank for environment protection in Bosnia-Herzegovina
since the 1992-1995 war.
The loan was agreed on Tuesday during a meeting between the Mayor of
Mostar, Ljubo Beslic, and the head of the World Bank Office in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dirk Reinermann.
$4.5 million will be used for dredging the bed of the Neretva river and
$2 million for resolving the problem of the city's refuse dump, the statement
said.