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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...
ECA: COVID recovery funds - auditors warn to ‘mind the gap’ in protecting EU financial interests
In a relatively short period of time, the European Commission set up a control system of checks for the EU’s main pandemic recovery fund, the €724 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)....
ECA: Auditors call for further simplification of the complex EU financial landscape
Over decades, the piecemeal approach taken to set up the EU’s financial landscape has resulted in a patchwork construction that is overly complex and not fully publicly accountable, according to...
Slovak consumers do not have sufficient protection from the state
Bratislava, March 17, 2023 – The protection of consumer rights in Slovakia has stagnated in the past period, even though there is significant potential for its increase. This resulted...
ECA: EU cohesion and agricultural spending - gaps in measures to detect, resolve and report on conflicts of interest
Although there is a framework in place to prevent and manage conflicts of interest in EU spending, there are loopholes in promoting transparency and in detecting situations at risk. This is what...
After ten years of modernization of passenger trains, only every ninth train set is renewed
Bratislava, March 7, 2023 – Railway transport is in a critical condition and has been neglected for a long time. Only every ninth rolling stock is new or modernized. In recent years, the...
Restoration of public buildings is slow process, at the current rate it will take almost thirty years
Bratislava, February 24, 2023 – The renovation of public buildings in Slovakia between 2014 and 2021 was unsystematic and did not progress at the desired rate. We did not use these years...
ECA: Auditors reflect on Cohesion policy as a crisis response tool
The EU swiftly adapted its rules to provide greater flexibility to member states in using cohesion policy funds in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also brought in significant new resources...
ECA: EU’s Global Climate Change Alliance - achievements fell short of ambitions
The Global Climate Change Alliance – launched by the EU in 2007 to support poor developing countries respond to climate change – did not live up to its promises. This is the message of a new...
The National Theater has reserves in financial management, the approved budgets are undersized
Bratislava, February 14, 2023 – The Slovak National Theater (SND) concludes contracts with the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic (MK) with unrealistic budgets, which cannot cover its...
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