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Gaps in the tax and customs systems of EU member countries continue to attract VAT fraudsters
Bratislava, October 3, 2022 – The lack of interconnection of the information systems of tax and customs authorities in Slovakia and the lack of effective cooperation between the...
EDA: Member States need to step up fight against illegal fishing
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is one of the greatest threats to marine ecosystems, undermining efforts to manage fisheries sustainably. The EU and its Member States have put...
Primary schools lack gymnasiums, this is also the reason why children in Slovakia rarely play sports
Bratislava, September 23, 2022 - Elementary school students in Slovakia spend the least amount of school time on physical education among the V4 countries. At the second level, only 6.8%...
Through the SAO application, citizens can check how their municipality or city is managing the public finances before elections
Bratislava, September 19, 2022 – Slovak municipalities are under public supervision before the municipal elections. In order to enable citizens to find out how their municipality or city...
ECA: EU COVID-19 vaccine procurement: lessons to be learned, say EU auditors
The EU’s tailor-made centralised system for vaccine procurement succeeded in creating an initially diversified portfolio of vaccine candidates and in procuring sufficient doses of COVID-19...
ECA: EU auditors identify risks to the successful implementation of national recovery and resilience plans
The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) was established in 2021 to mitigate the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. To receive a share of the more than €700 billion in EU...
The SAO assesses the introduction of dual education as slow, it could have saved millions
Bratislava, September 2, 2022 – The widespread introduction of dual education in Slovakia was slow. The system was intended to actively help reduce youth unemployment and meet the needs...
Condolence to british colleagues on the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
The President of the SAO Ľubomír Andrassy expressed his sincere condolences to his colleagues from the National Audit Office of the UK as well as to the entire British nation in...
States must return to predictable public spending, auditors say
Bratislava, September 6, 2022 - The corona pandemic has led to an increase in public spending in most countries. It is therefore important now that states manage to return to predictable...
ECA: Auditors commend the resilience of EU institutions during the pandemic
The EU institutions demonstrated considerable resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report published today by the European Court of Auditors concludes. The European Parliament, the...
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