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State auditors to review protection of drinking water sources, one-stop government service centres and STVR

Bratislava, 17 July 2026 – The Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic (SAO SR) has updated its audit plan for the second half of 2026 in line with its rolling planning strategy. Based on risk ana

17.07.2026

The state lacks data to comprehensively assess the impact of retraining courses

Bratislava, 10 July 2026 – Retraining courses are an important active labour market policy instrument that helps people acquire new skills, professional knowledge and work habits, thereby improving th

13.07.2026

Fragmented data prevents the state from managing its property efficiently

Bratislava, 3 July 2026 – The state manages thousands of buildings and millions of square metres of property, yet it still lacks a clear overview of their full extent, technical condition and financia

03.07.2026

State lacks a comprehensive overview of seized and forfeited assets; the system needs simplifying

Bratislava, 26 June 2026 – Slovakia lacks a unified and transparent system for recording seized and forfeited assets managed by the state. At the same time, there are no consistent rules governing how

26.06.2026

Slovakia's debt has risen to 84 billion euros; the government is spending faster than the economy is growing

Bratislava, June 16 (SITA) – The Slovak economy has entered a period of significantly slower growth, while the pace of fiscal consolidation is falling short of expectations. This information comes fro

17.06.2026

Rising losses and ageing bus fleets increase pressure on regional bus transport

Bratislava, 29 May 2026 – Regional bus transport has been facing increasing pressure in recent years due to rising costs, shrinking budgets and the deteriorating technical condition of vehicles. The a

29.05.2026

The state is not making sufficient use of the capacity of a top nuclear medicine centre

Bratislava, 22 May 2026 – Despite the fact that the state owns a unique nuclear medicine centre in Bratislava, health insurance companies have signed contracts with its operator, the company BIONT, fo

22.05.2026

Municipalities carelessly exchanged shares for bonds and indirectly lost control over water management

Bratislava, 15 May 2026 – Fourteen municipalities and towns in eastern Slovakia, audited by the Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic (SAO), sold their shares in the East Slovak Water Company fo

15.05.2026

European audit community in Bratislava discussed the use of artificial intelligence in practice

Bratislava, 13 May 2026 – European auditors and technology experts gathered in Bratislava to demonstrate how artificial intelligence (AI) could elevate public auditing to a new level. The internationa

14.05.2026

Interior and defence ministries neglect strategic management of their own state-owned companies

Bratislava, 7 May 2026 – State-owned joint-stock companies tasked with providing services for the country’s strategic security institutions are operating without clearly defined objectives. The Suprem

07.05.2026

Financing of SVaLZ shows significant risks in transparency and accountability

Bratislava, 30 April 2025 – The system for financing and subsequent settlement of joint diagnostic and treatment units (SVaLZ) operated by the General Health Insurance Company (VšZP) was neither trans

01.05.2026

Supreme audit institutions must be open to quality assessments and publicly account for their strategies

Bratislava, 23 April 2026 – Independent audit institutions must themselves be subject to independent evaluation, while their professional activities should be predictable and based on established stra

24.04.2026

Five years have still not been enough to reform the toll system – drivers are paying the price

Bratislava, 17 April 2026 – The project of a new electronic toll system has long been an example of inefficient and uneconomic use of public funds. The Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic (SAO

17.04.2026

Slovakia still developing health policy blindly as data registers remain incomplete

Bratislava, 10 April 2026 – Health registers managed by the National Health Information Centre (NCZI) are still not sufficiently functional or up to date to serve as a reliable basis for shaping natio

10.04.2026

Digital chaos and a culture of irresponsibility are deepening the decline of the state

Bratislava, 1 April 2026 – Slovakia has long lacked strategic governance based on relevant data, which the state, despite repeated warnings, still systematically fails to collect, evaluate or validate

01.04.2026

Ministry failed to safeguard the public interest in the medicine categorisation process

Bratislava, 27 March 2026 – In recent years, the process of categorising medicines in Slovakia has shifted away from clear economic rules towards individual decision-making and contractual negotiation

27.03.2026

Railway modernisation from the Recovery Plan is delayed; key projects were not prepared

Bratislava, 20 March 2026 – None of the railway infrastructure projects funded under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) and audited by the Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic (SAO SR) have

20.03.2026

Nearly every other regional bridge is in poor technical condition

Bratislava, 13 March 2026 – The condition of regional roads in Slovakia has improved only slightly in recent years, while the technical condition of bridges has deteriorated significantly. Nearly 40%

13.03.2026

Prison conditions in Slovakia more humane, but funding and state oversight insufficient

Bratislava, 6 March 2026 – Conditions for everyday life in Slovak prisons have demonstrably improved over the past ten years despite limited state funding. However, the social system for members of th

06.03.2026

Culture ministry failed to manage major projects and its oversight was ineffective

Bratislava, 27 February 2026 – Selected organisations under the authority of the Ministry of Culture have been exposed to unsystematic management, frequent staff turnover and ineffective internal cont

27.02.2026

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