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Teachers point out poor quality textbooks and a badly set up system for their selection or distribution
Bratislava, 14 August 2020 - International surveys from 2013 and 2018 signaled significant risks associated with the provision of textbooks for students in Slovak primary schools. The analytical...
Interview: The situation in water companies is absurd
Mrs. Mária Machová, Adviser to the President of the SAO SR gave an interview to an economic newspaper Hospodárske noviny on the topic of water companies, which the SAO SR recently audited. She...
Slovakia is lagging behind meeting commitment contributions to mitigate negative climate change or saving energy
Bratislava, 31 July 2020 - Although the European Union has common goals for climate and energy policy, the individual states can take various measures to meet them. The joint audit by the Czech...
Police and Attorney General have known about APA corruption for at least a year and yet have done nothing, the SAO´s President revealed
Source: Aktuality.sk: daily updated news from the Slovak Republic and around the world Author: Martin Odkladal Released on: 23/07/2020 The Supreme Audit Office has...
ECA: System to protect EU businesses from unfair trade competition functioning well
The European Union is committed to free trade. However, if European industries suffer as a result of unfair practices by non-EU countries, such as dumping and subsidised imports, the EU can...
Direct aid in agriculture without targeted control with holes in legislation
Bratislava, 23 July 2020 - The Slovak authorities have not made every effort to guarantee the efficient and transparent spending of EUR 450 mil on farmers (value as in 2018). The Agricultural...
ECA: React-EU recovery funding: tension between swift support and value for money
The European Commission’s REACT-EU proposal to top up cohesion funding for EU countries by €58 billion in the crucial first few years of the Covid-19 recovery aims to mobilise investment and...
Thanks to information, every citizen can be a good controller of its municipality. A modern application - MuMAP - developed byt the SAO SR will help
Bratislava, 13 July 2020 - The Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic (SAO SR) has made available on its website an interactive analytical tool for local governments control. The...
The fire protection system procured by State forests occurred in a non-transparent manner and without proving economy
Bratislava, July 10, 2020 - The managers of the State enterprise Lesy Slovenskej republiky selected the fire protection camera system for forest protection for almost 28 million euros in a...
ECA: Protection of wild pollinators in the EU — Commission initiatives have not borne fruit
In recent decades, wild pollinators in the EU have declined in abundance and diversity. In 2018, the Commission has made a move towards coordinating its approach to halting the decline of wild...
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