AUSTRIA'S finance minister Mrs Maria Fekter has hinted the federal government could be willing to privatise at least part of Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) in an effort to stem the company's losses. "ÖBB could easily be privatised, I have absolutely no problem with that, " Fekter told the daily Österreich newspaper on Sunday. "It could be through a strategic partnership, cooperation or a stock market flotation. Personally, I'd prefer a strategic partnership."