VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria on Saturday denied a newspaper report saying it was preparing to sell its 28 percent stake in Telekom Austria (>> Telekom Austria AG) to the company's majority owner, Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim's America Movil (>> America Movil SAB de CV).

Austrian newspaper Kurier reported that Austria's Finance Ministry was making preparations for the sale after America Movil, which owns around 60 percent of the company, expressed an interest in buying the country's stake.

"There are no such plans," a spokeswoman for the Finance Ministry said. "There is nothing in this."

(Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by David Holmes)

Stocks treated in this article : Telekom Austria AG, America Movil SAB de CV