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UDBINA, July 14 (Hina) - Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa on Tuesday
opened a new pensioners home in Udbina in Croatia's central Lika
region which was liberated from Serb occupation in summer 1995.
The Government spent about US$1.56 million for the construction of
the home, with the initial US$100,000 provided by the International
Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
The home will accommodate 70 people in one-bed and two-bed rooms.
One of the tragic consequences of the aggression on Croatia is that
a considerable number of elderly people cannot live without the
support of a such an institution, Matesa said.
Part of the Labour and Social Welfare Ministry's strategy is to
intensify the construction of accommodation facilities for the
elderly and weak in the war-affected areas, so that they can return
as well, the Prime Minister said.
The first pensioners will arrive in Udbina on Wednesday. The home
will employ 26 workers.
Another pensioners' home will be opened in Zemunik near Zadar
(central Adriatic) next Tuesday, Matesa announced.
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