Croatian Ministry of Defence spends €53,000 on Zippo pocket lighters

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The Croatian Ministry of Defence has signed an agreement to purchase more than 2,000 Zippo pocket lighters worth 386,059 kunas or 53,000 Euros.

The daily Jutarnji list has reported the deal was made on 10 July, ten days after Prime Minister Ivo Sanader resigned.

The agreement was signed with Zagreb firm “Satelit tbm,” the authorized Zippo distributor in Croatia. Many Croats find it very difficult to buy expensive Zippo pocket lighters at a time when the country is undergoing a financial crisis.

The Ministry of Defence claims it had planned to buy Zippo lighters for all Croatian soldiers who are participants in peace missions in 2008. The ministry said Zippo pocket lighters were part of soldiers’ equipment for missions in extreme conditions.

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