A total of €179.1 million were paid as interest on the national debt last year, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said yesterday.
Replying to a parliamentary question by Labour MP Silvio Parnis, Mr Fenech said €180.2 million were paid in 2006, €174.2 million in 2005, €162.1 million in 2004, €146.8 million in 2003 and €148.6 million in 2002.