- Austria: The Austrian tobacco and cigarette company AUSTRIA TABAK should be fully privatised by the summer of 2001, indicated its director. The call for tenders for the acquisition of 41.1% of this company, held by the State holding ÖIAG, will end in January 2001. Furthermore, the Austrian State will put up for sale the 17.38% stake that it holds in the Vienna airport. These operations are part of a restructuring plan of State holdings. - Portugal: The Portuguese government will sell its last 8% stake of capital in the group PT - PORTUGAL TELECOM before the end of the year and its 10.049% stake of capital in CIMPOR, Portugal's largest in cement, in the first weeks of 2001, indicated the Finance Minister Joaquim Pina Moura. The sale of the stake in the telephone operator will be carried out through an initial public offering on the national market and through a direct sale to a group of financial institutions. - Japan: The Japanese Ministry of Finance set at 949,000 Yens (EUR 10,096) the issue price for the sixth slice in the capital privatisation of the telecommunications operator NTT - NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE. The slice will include one million shares.