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A strategic business that is supposed to protect people from floods is fighting for survival because of the state's approach

Bratislava, September 28, 2023 – The state of water structures on our rivers is deteriorating, and the risk of insufficient protection of people and their property from floods is...

The current system for securing emergency stocks of crude oil and petroleum products is non-transparent

Bratislava 22 September 2023 – The current model of emergency stocks of crude oil and petroleum products ensures that these commodities are stocked in the required quantities. However,...

Competent authorities overlook the critical situation in children's education, auditors check the risks in more detail

Bratislava, September 13, 2023 – There is a lack of teachers in Slovak primary schools, some subjects are taught by teachers without relevant education, and the situation with a shortage...

The outflow of students abroad continues, the reason is the quality of services provided by universities

Bratislava, September 8, 2023 – The risks described by the national auditors have been confirmed. Slovak universities are struggling with outdated equipment and the poor technical...

People trust auditors, they turn to them with all kinds of problems

Bratislava, August 31, 2023 – More than 270 complaints are registered by the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) for the first half of 2023. The office recorded the largest number in May, and...

Slovak sky is expensive, some flights bypass us

Bratislava, 25 August 2023 - Carriers pay the highest amount for flying through our airspace compared to neighbouring countries. For example, they pay more than half less for overflight...

The responsible state institutions are insufficiently devoted to a strategic commodity such as water

Bratislava, August 11, 2023 – The pace of connecting households to public sewerage is weak, not even one percent per year. In 2021, the share of residents connected to sewage increased...

The development fee helps municipalities, but not all regional cities use it either

Bratislava, August 4, 2023 – The introduction of the development fee was beneficial for municipalities in Slovakia. This resulted from an audit of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) of the...

Municipalities lacked unified procedures for providing accommodation to Ukrainians, and there was no control over the money used

Bratislava, July 21, 2023 – Non-unified rules for the registration of refugees from Ukraine caused problems for municipalities to reliably demonstrate whether the conditions for payment...