Most New Debt in 2008 Will Repay Old Liabilities

Ljubljana, 27 December - Slovenia will take on EUR 1.57bn in new debt for budget funding in 2008, but most of the money, EUR 1.44bn, will be spent for the repayment of old liabilities, Stanislava Zadravec Caprirolo, the head of the treasury department at the Finance Ministry, told the press on Thursday.