Croatia's interior ministry places 8.6 mln kuna (1.1 mln euro) order with shoemaker Borovo

The order includes 9,000 pairs of boots for all police branches and 1,500 pairs of ankle-boots for riot police, the interior ministry said in a statement.

Earlier this year, Croatia's government said it will pledge a portion of its shares in electrical company Koncar and telecoms operator Hrvatski Telekom (HT) as collateral for a 46 million kuna loan to distressed Borovo.

The government also obliged the management of Vukovar-based Borovo to seek solutions for the company's restructuring, while engaging in the search for a strategic partner.

Borovo was a leading footwear producer in Croatia and the region before it ran into financial troubles.

(1 euro=7.50042 kuna)