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Support For Investment Through State-owned Ltd-companies Created Losses

Bratislava, June 4, 2021 - The method of supporting investment projects through various limited liability companies of the Ministry of Economy from the state budget is not sustainable and...

ECA: EU needs to step up its efforts to tame disinformation

Disinformation is a serious and increasing problem across the EU. In 2018, the EU issued an action plan to combat disinformation. This plan was relevant at the time it was first drawn up, but it...

Insufficient Quality Control of Underground Drinking Water Sources Endangers Public Health

Bratislava, 28 May 2021 - The quality of underground drinking water sources is insufficiently controlled. The state authorities under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Environment,...

ECA: Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget - time to turn words into action

The EU has a long-standing commitment to gender equality. But too little has been done to mainstream gender: in other words, to systematically and actively promote gender equality in policy-making...

In 2020, the Auditors Made Four Hundred Recommendations For Better Governance

Last year, the Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic completed 32 audits. The auditors reviewed the use of public resources to implement various public policies in 216 public administration...

ECA: EU e-waste targets difficult to achieve

Collectively, EU Member States collect and recover more discarded electrical and electronic equipment than most of the world. But the EU risks missing its more ambitious e-waste collection...

The Ministry of the Interior Was Not a Good Manager, Its Strategies Were Made Up of External Contractors

The Ministry of the Interior did not behave like a good manager in the management of state assets and its key strategies for public administration reform were processed in an external environment....

Budget Development Shows Risks Highlighted by National Auditors Already at the Time of Its Approval

Bratislava, 14 May 2021 - During the approval of the State Budget for 2021, the Supreme Audit Office drew attention of MPs to the risks that have already become apparent during the first quarter...

Auditors warned constitutional officials about non-functioning state information systems

Bratislava, 7 May 2021 - Non-functioning state information systems are an obstacle to efficient environmental protection, effective waste sorting, crisis management and management of compulsory...

ECA: EU auditors’ activity in 2020 - a shift in work and missions

2020 was a year like no other, marked by particularly difficult and sometimes destabilising moments. But these moment never proved to be entirely insuperable. The European Court of Auditors (ECA)...