Slovenia's govt approves loan guarantees for two major infrastructure projects

A loan guarantee of up 417 million euro will be granted to state-run project company 2TDK for financing the construction of a second track of the Divaca-Koper railway line, the government said in a press release on Thursday.

The government will also provide a loan guarantee of up to 360 million euro to state-controlled motorway company DARS to finance the construction of parts of the Third Development Axis - the highway connecting the Koroska region in the north to Dolenjska in the south, including the Velenje - Slovenj Gradec section in the north, and the Novo Mesto-Osredka section in the south.

($ = 0.90843 euro)