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The ESMO project is an example of waste and a serious failure of internal control
Bratislava, 26 May 2023 - The electronic monitoring of prisoners, at a cost of more than 50 million euros, has been used on average 10 percent of the time over six years. Fundamental...
Audits confirm that the reform of state and public administration is inevitable after 30 years
Bratislava, May 19, 2023 – Every fifth audit that the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) of the Slovak Republic carried out last year focused on the functioning of local self-government and its...
The conclusions of audits have to be projected into changes for the benefit of the state, the President of SR and President of SAO agreed
Bratislava, May 9, 2023 – Conclusions and recommendations of state control authorities should not remain only on paper. The President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Čaputová and the...
Audit of hunting grounds points to non-transparency of processes and clientelism
Bratislava, May 5, 2023 – The rules for hunting in state areas need to be modified and clarified. The current legislation is ambiguous and there is room for circumventing it and...
ECA: EU funding for digitalisation of schools falling short of its potential
The EU’s funding to support efforts towards improving the digitalisation of schools has not had its full impact, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors. This is due in...
ECA: Quick EU action helped ensure food ended up on our plates during the pandemic
The EU reacted quickly to the threat the COVID-19 pandemic posed to agricultural supply chains. The different EU measures helped contain the disruption to the agri-food sector. However, if a...
Andrassy: Market economy rules are replacing public subsidy schemes in Slovakia
Bratislava, April 25, 2023 – Last year, the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) of the Slovak Republic audited 182 public administration entities within 39 audit actions. In doing so, he...
ECA: Regional cost differences incentivise animal transport in the EU
Every year, billions of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry and horses are moved within the EU and beyond the bloc for breeding, fattening or slaughter as farmers and meat producers seek to...
ECA: EU freight transport - the truck continues to rule
Long road ahead for EU intermodal freight transport: trains and barges currently cannot compete on equal grounds with trucks and lorries, says a report published today by the European Court of...
In the past, dubious security services got to protect strategic objects
Bratislava, April 14, 2023 – The state should consider how it will protect key objects, not only from the point of view of property protection, but also because of the security of their...
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