#audit office

The forestry department is under fire following a damning report released by the audit office on Tuesday, revealing serious irregularities in the management of state forest land, and more than €1.3 ...

The failure of the housing finance agency to implement a new banking information system represents a serious strategic breakdown, auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Tuesday. He warned that prolonged delays, ...

Construction waste was illegally dumped while a police station in the Troodos mountain village of Evrychou was being built, according to a report released by the audit office on Tuesday. ...

The police’s efforts to procure anti-drone systems turned into a fiasco dragging on for seven years, until finally the endeavour was dropped altogether, the Audit Office said in a ...

The defence ministry continues to face organisational issues and structural inertia that in many cases incur a fiscal cost, a report published on Tuesday said. The Audit Office report covers ...

The Audit Office on Tuesday requested that Athena Demetriou, former deputy director of the central prisons, be suspended. Demetriou is currently employed at the Audit Office. She is included in ...

Over the past two years tax authorities have managed to squeeze out an additional €29.9 million from businesses playing fast and loose with their VAT receipts, MPs heard on Thursday. The ...

The government’s financial watchdog on Tuesday slammed the Water Development Department (WDD) hard over its lax checks of water usage and its ongoing failure to properly invoice for water ...

The Law Office has found no ‘special relationship’ regarding the student support fund that is chaired by the first lady and driven by private donations, accountant general Andreas Antoniades – who ...

Allegations of on-call specialists at state hospitals being paid for not being at work are not what they seem, state health services organisation (Okypy) spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Wednesday. ...

The unannounced inspections carried out by audit service officials at the accident and emergency departments of Limassol and Nicosia general hospital on October 1 marked a “flagrant abuse of power”, doctors’ ...

MPs on Wednesday took the first concrete step towards modernising the Audit Office, agreeing to send part of a long-debated reform plan to the House plenum for a vote. The ...

Auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou may have been appointed by President NiKos Christodoulides, but this did not stop him slamming the government’s proposals for the radical reform of the audit service. ...

The House legal committee on Wednesday begins examining a bill to reform the Audit Office. The legislation aims to modernise the office of the auditor general (AG) following the early ...

A series of finance ministry discrepancies were highlighted on Tuesday by the Audit Office, including the delayed return of close to €9 million by the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency and the ...

There is “a significant reluctance on the part of the state to adopt drastic and immediate remedial measures” for environmental violations or illegalities, the audit office said on Tuesday in ...

The amount of money the state is collecting in taxes is on the rise, a report into the tax department’s activities released by the audit office on Monday said, ...

Tax reform bills are in their final stages of preparation, with the government aiming to implement them on January 1, 2026, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos told political parties on Thursday. Keravnos briefed ...

Cabinet has approved a raft of draft laws aiming to modernise both audit and law offices, in a move described as a key pledge of President Nikos Christodoulides’ government. Justice ...

Three institutional reforms concerning the modernisation of the audit and legal services are set to be approved by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, President Nikos Christodoulides said on his ...

The design of new ‘smart’ bus stops across the country is “unprecedented and unacceptable” due to poor visibility for passengers and drivers, the Audit Office said on Tuesday in a ...

The forestry department has referred to a letter it sent to the auditor general dated April 24, in response to issues raised in the special report TD/02/2025 concerning the review of ...

The audit service on Monday published a report flagging mismanagement and oversights by the forestry department in managing four contracts as part of the sustainable development plan for the Akamas ...

An audit office investigation into student grants awarded in 2023 uncovered multiple irregularities, including grants being awarded for longer than permitted, amounts being “gifted” without legal basis, and applications being accepted ...