Czech Republic's foreign debt on the rise

The Czech Republic's foreign debt rose 17 percent year on year to 946.1-billion koruna ($42.4-billion) in the third quarter, 137-billion koruna higher than in the same period last year, the Czech National Bank said on Friday. The country's foreign debt level increased by 33-billion koruna in the third quarter against the second quarter, it added. - Sapa-AFP