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The financing of political parties and election campaigns must be effectively and efficiently controlled. The setting of the use of public funds that parties receive from the state budget is also impo
20.11.2024
Bratislava, 15 November 2024 - The preparation and construction of the Valaliky industrial park near Košice and the park in Rimavská Sobota were characterised by non-conceptual, insufficient and non-t
15.11.2024
Bratislava, 8 November 2024 - Credit burden and significant management failures in managing Bratislava's capital city projects covered by European Union funds are the main risks that may threaten the
08.11.2024
Bratislava, 25 October 2024 - Since the outbreak of the military conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, Slovakia has donated nearly EUR 700 million worth of military assets to the neighbouring country.
25.10.2024
Bratislava, 11 October 2024 - Promises of more affordable housing in Slovakia have not yet been fulfilled. The Agency for State-Supported Rental Housing (ASRH) was established in July 2022, but due to
11.10.2024
Bratislava, 2 October 2024 - The employment and salaries of contract workers in the state administration do not have clear rules, and even those in place are being avoided. This follows from the findi
03.10.2024
Bratislava, 27 September 2024 - In the past, the control system of financial management and supervision of accounting between public funds for promoting culture and the Ministry of Culture (MoC) of th
27.09.2024
The chief auditors of municipalities have an irreplaceable and indisputable role in monitoring the management and transparent functioning of towns and cities. However, the existing rules require a nec
20.09.2024
Bratislava, 13 September 2024 - This year's state budget reached a deficit of EUR 4 billion at the end of the first half of the year. Year-on-year, the state's economy deteriorated by more than a bill
13.09.2024
Bratislava, 6 September 2024 - Controlling the use of financial resources and examining the risks associated with public policies is one of the critical conditions for the efficient and effective use
06.09.2024
Bratislava, 4 September 2024 - It is not only responsible business within the private sector that should be built on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) sustainability principles. Following the tr
04.09.2024
Bratislava, 23 August 2024 - The water infrastructure's condition is insufficient and reaching critical levels. In the three years under review, only three per cent of the expected resources dedicated
23.08.2024
Bratislava, 16 August 2024 - The Slovak healthcare system is still seriously ill, kept alive by partial solutions, but comprehensive measures by the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Slovak Republic tha
16.08.2024
Bratislava, 8 August 2024 - Of the more than 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines procured by the European Commission and subsequently delivered to Slovakia, only 7 million, or just 47%, have been ut
08.08.2024
Bratislava, 2 August 2024 - The Agroinstitute Nitra was not dissolved in 2022 in accordance with the State Enterprise Act. The decisions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development were not b
02.08.2024
Bratislava, 26 July 2024 - The issue of noise in the outdoor environment is practically uncontrolled in Slovakia. In the audited years 2020 to 2023, the Public Health Office (ÚVZ) of the Slovak Republ
26.07.2024
Bratislava, 19 July 2024 - It is not only the private sector that should be audited for accounting and financial flows. Public institutions should also set up their financing, development, and moderni
19.07.2024
Mexico City/Bratislava 10 July 2024 - Auditors leaders from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe are currently in Mexico discussing how to measure society's progress in real-time in the context of
10.07.2024
Bratislava, 3 July 2024—District authorities receive approximately 300,000 notifications of non-use of compulsory insurance (Motor Third-Party Liability insurance) annually. Only a minimal number of v
01.07.2024
Bratislava, 28 June 2024 - Thanks to property tax increases, local government revenues have been growing in recent years, which has helped to protect them from depreciation, mainly due to inflation.
28.06.2024