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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...

The Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic celebrated its 30th anniversary

Bratislava, April 6, 2023 – On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Slovak Republic and the operation of the independent national audit authority, the Supreme...

Slovakia needs a billion euros to remove environmental pollution that threatens people and nature

Bratislava, April 5, 2023 – Slovakia cannot cope with the fight against environmental pollution from a financial, systemic or managerial point of view. The auditors of the Supreme Audit...

Transparency in the toll tender competition and inference of responsibility are challenges for NDS (National Motorway Company)

Bratislava, March 30, 2023 - Slovakia is in danger of losing more than 19 million euros from the European Union intended for the construction of the Hubová - Ivachnová highway section,...

Independent audit can restore citizens' trust in the state, agreed the President and the head of the SAO SR

Bratislava, March 29, 2023 -  High levels of distrust in institutions, and in the state itself, are a risk for democracy. This is also due to the unsystematic functioning of...