Vukovar Mayor Zeljko Sabo said on Saturday that the situation in the eastern Croatian town had returned to normal, following highly charged protests over signs in both Cyrillic and Latin on public institutions, adding that the protest had resumed but in a more peaceful atmosphere.
In an interview for Croatian Radio, Sabo said these were the worst days of his life.
"I am glad that the situation has been normalised and that we can resume with investment projects in Vukovar," Sabo said thanking all those who helped calm the situation.
The signs were put up in Vukovar in line with a law in the newest European Union member that makes bilingual signs mandatory in any area where more than one third of the local population belongs to an ethnic minority group.
Vukovar was reduced to rubble during a three-month siege by Yugoslav and Serbian forces in late 1991. Though rebuilt, the town remains poor, with high unemployment and ethnic tensions.
