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ECA: EU funding for cross-border regions needs better focus
The European Territorial Cooperation programme (Interreg) is a long-standing instrument of EU cohesion policy aimed at encouraging economic growth in border areas. According to a report from the...
Money to Support Sports From the Government or Prime Minister's Reserve Was Allocated Non-transparently
Bratislava, September 10, 2021 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) carried out an audit of the Ministry of Finance and the Office of the Government on the transparency of allocation of funds for the...
ECA: Auditors to probe the resilience of the EU institutions during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on the working of the EU institutions. The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is carrying out an audit on how resiliently the EU institutions have...
Tutoring of Students From Socially Disadvantaged Backgrounds Is Not Sufficient, SAO Analysts Point Out
Bratislava, August 27, 2021 - Slovak pupils have had schools closed for almost the longest time in the EU, with the greatest impact on children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, who have...
The Critical State of Bridges Will Increasingly Put a Strain on the Public as Well as Family Budgets
Bratislava, August 20, 2021 – The current system of comprehensive bridge reconstruction is set up inefficiently. Insufficient funding for the modernization of bridge structures leads to further...
ECA: Unhappy landings - EU air passenger rights fall by the wayside during the pandemic
Air passengers’rights have not been safeguarded in the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published by the European Court of Auditors (ECA). Airlines are legally required to...
Patients experience a shortage of nurses, nurse assistants in hospitals and ambulances
Bratislava, August 13, 2021 - Although there has been a lack of nurses in Slovakia for a long time, educational institutions are unable to actively respond to the demands of hospitals. However,...
The Use of National and European Funds Must Not Be Confidential
Bratislava, August 6, 2021 - In the first half of this year, national auditors focused on a major project in cybersecurity, which was aimed to create networks of professionally and technically...
Supervision of Transboundary Movement of Waste Is insufficient, Authorities Do Not Cooperate
BRATISLAVA July 30, 2021 – Slovak authorities lack accurate and reliable data on the transport of hazardous and other waste across national borders, and the country has gaps in...
ECA: The EU needs a stronger and more coherent oversight framework for combating money laundering
Even though the value of suspicious transactions within Europe is estimated to be in the hundreds of billions of euros, the EU has a fragmented approach to preventing and countering money...
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