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WORLD

• Man City guilty of breaching financial rules. An independent commission found Manchester City guilty of violating Premier League financial rules. The club rejects the verdict, signals an appeal, and the final sanction remains open.

EUROPE

• Volkswagen terminated collective agreements, strike threatens. Volkswagen AG terminated several collective bargaining agreements effective December 31, 2026. IG Metall union threatens strikes, negotiations will resume in the second half of October.

SLOVAKIA

• State to buy ČEZ stake in JESS for 189.4 million euros. The government decided that JAVYS will purchase a 49 percent stake in JESS from ČEZ for 189.4 million euros. The new nuclear source project will cost at least 10.938 billion euros, according to a September government decision.
• Buses and public transport to be halved in price, cities request higher support. The Minister of Transport announced that fares on suburban buses and public transport in regional cities will be reduced by 50 percent from October 12 for 30 days. The Union of Slovak Cities requests 40 percent state support instead of the offered 30 percent and wants to include season tickets in it.

GOLD

• Gold Fields considering higher offer for Northern Star, shares down 12 percent. South African Gold Fields is considering improving its offer for Australian Northern Star after Monday’s rejection. Discussions are in early stages and a revised offer is not certain.
• Shah: yields and dollar restrain gold, debt unsustainability could boost it. Nitesh Shah of WisdomTree states that higher bond yields and unsustainable government debt could make this decade one of the best for gold. However, high rates, yields and a stronger dollar are currently restraining it.
• Gold Fields suspended work at Windfall, approval missing. Gold Fields suspended underground work on the Windfall project because the exploration permit has expired. Provincial approval is still missing and the company is also resolving a dispute in Ghana and a rejected offer for Northern Star.
• Arizona Gold hit gold with 4.24 g/t, shares down 13 percent. Drilling at the Red Hills target on the Philadelphia project hit wide zones of gold, but Arizona Gold & Silver shares fell 13 percent on the day of the announcement. The company states the program is in its early stages.

STOCKS

• Final TAP bids close, strategy also decides. Air France-KLM and Lufthansa submitted final bids for 44.9 percent of Portugal’s TAP on September 30, 2026. The government has 15 days to respond and, according to the minister, the bids are almost equal, so price is not the only criterion.

CRYPTO

• 84% of 846 wallets linked to Iran primarily used USDT. Democratic staff of the Senate subcommittee found that 84% of 846 wallets sanctioned for ties to Iran and its proxies transacted exclusively or almost exclusively in the USDT stablecoin. Tether reports freezing approximately 550 million USD and Senator Blumenthal is calling for an investigation.
• Bitget attacker hides loot in Zcash, denies Thorchain blocking. The attacker who withdrew 387.5 million USD from the Bitget exchange deposited some of the proceeds into a private Zcash pool. Near Intents froze some swaps, Thorchain denies blocking.

REAL ESTATE

• Australian house prices fell 5.2%, economists expect further decline. Australian property prices fell 5.2 percent from their March peak, according to CoreLogic, with Brisbane recording the sharpest decline. The central bank raised rates for the fourth time this year and economists predict a decline of at least 10 percent.

Translated from the Slovak original and checked automatically: every figure must match the source, or this version is not published.