OSIJEK-BARANJA COUNTY RETURNEES TO RECEIVE EMPLOYMENT CREDITS

( Editorial: --> 9735 ) OSIJEK, Oct 19 (Hina) - The Croatian Employment Centre will initiate several lines of credit to spur employment in areas where displaced persons have returned, and the self-employment of Croatian Homeland War soldiers, head of the Osijek employment centre office, Ivan Sudar, said at Monday night's session of the Administration Committee of the Osijek-Baranja County Association of Returnees. Sudar said the credits will first be meant for the self-employment of Homeland War soldiers involved in agriculture. During a discussion on the social circumstances in the Croatian Danube River region, head of the Osijek Office for Refugees and Displaced Persons, Nada Arbanas, warned that international help wouldn't be arriving any time soon, because after the year ends, the International Rescue Committee and the world Lutheran alliance end their tasks in the Osijek-Baranja County (eastern Croatia). They have so far been very active in providing assistance to returnees. (hina) lml 192116 MET oct 98