40-METRE FLAG HOISTED ON VUKOVAR WATER-TOWER

( Editorial: --> 1402 ) VUKOVAR, Feb 12 (Hina) - The authorities of Vukovar, eastern Croatia, Thursday hoisted a 40-metre-long flag onto the town's water-tower, a symbol of the Serb aggression on Croatia. The flag is a gift from the Association of Croatian Defenders of Vukovar 91. The flag was hoisted on the 55-metre-high water-tower on Najparica Hill which dominates over the town and the nearby Dunav river by Vukovar defenders Marinko Antunovic Bosanac, Andjelko Burilo Zec and Ante Deru. The flag is 40 metres long and six-and-a-half metres wide. It was made during the Storm liberation operation in the summer of 1995 on the initiative of Vukovar associations of Homeland War victims. Present at today's hoisting were the vice president of the National Committee for the restoration of trust, Ivica Vrkic, Assistant Interior Minister Josko Moric, the president of the Government's commission for detained and missing persons, Ivan Grujic, Vukovar mayor Vladimir Stengl, the president of the Association of Croatian Defenders of Vukovar 91, Marko Babic, representatives of Vukovar associations of Homeland War victims, and the superior of the town's St. Philip and Jakob monastery, Branimir Kosec. (hina) ha jn 121559 MET feb 98