AG calls on audit office to butt out of citizenship probe (Update 2)
Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides on Saturday called on the auditor-general and his office to back off from looking at aspects of the citizenship by investment scheme...
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Audit office launches additional probe into 18 passports granted together
A new probe by the auditor-general into the citizenship-by-investment scheme will focus specifically on 18 passports given to individuals linked to the casino in Limassol....
Small clinics complain of unfair treatment by HIO
Two clinics that joined Gesy on Saturday accused the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) of unfair treatment as regards the fees it pays small and large...
‘Doctor billed HIO every five minutes at €1,170 a pop’
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) appears unable to crack down on shenanigans by physicians who are registered with the national health system, with one doctor...
Past land reclamation schemes ‘rife with corruption’, audit boss says
PAST land reclamation schemes appear to have been rife with corruption, where connected beneficiaries made a killing and ended up owning mansions, Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides...
Akel denies trying to bury auditor-general with plan to reorganise Audit Office
Main opposition Akel said Monday it has yet to decide when to bring back to parliament the matter of the auditor-general’s remit and a re-jigging...
Audit boss says procedure for new ICU had violated the law (update 2)
The auditor-general said Thursday procedures to construct an intensive care unit during the coronavirus crisis had violated legislation on public contracts while the board of...
Probe after people who never took Covid tests were sent SMS with ‘their results’
The health ministry has launched an investigation into allegations of bogus Covid-19 test results, after a number of people who never had the test were...
Audit office censures CySEC over dinner event
The audit service censured the Cyprus securities and exchange commission (CySEC) over a conference dinner it held last year that was organised by a company...
Coronavirus: MPs ask audit boss to look at procurement of Covid tests
Lawmakers on Thursday asked the auditor-general to prepare and submit a report regarding the procurement procedures used by the government for Covid-19 tests, contracts for...
Repairs to police-car software takes on average 75 days instead of contracted 48 hours
The audit office has found that it takes on average 75 days for repairs of equipment and software in police vehicle tracking systems instead of...
Audit office says reasonable suspicion of widespread tax evasion by betting companies
The audit service said Tuesday there was reasonable suspicion of widespread tax evasion by betting companies because of the inadequate coordination between the national betting...
Coronavirus: audit office probing contracts related testing
THE audit office said on Friday it would probe contracts the health ministry signed for coronavirus testing of 20,000 public and private sector employees, after...
Audit boss calls for checks and balances on bank-loan guarantees
The Audit Office on Thursday called for stronger checks and balances for where the state will be guaranteeing bank loans of up to €2 billion,...
Audit office says party funding by the state not adequately substantiated
A rise in regular party funding by the state in excess of 50 per cent between 2017 and 2018 was not adequately substantiated and was...
MPs will pass a law regulating parliament’s own audit mechanisms
Parliament will pass a law regulating its external auditing, parties said on Thursday, as they sought to play down suggestions that House President Demetris Syllouris...
Taxpayer may have to return EU’s halloumi promotion funds
The audit office has called on the trade and commerce minister and the Commissioner for Agricultural Payments to order an administrative probe for possible disciplinary...
Vet services promises to do better after report highlights shortcomings
The veterinary services on Thursday said they would take into serious consideration the Audit Office’s report pointing out shortcomings it detected in their operation and...
‘Shock’ over reported Gesy abuse by doctors
One private-sector cardiologist scrutinised for demanding €407,000 for five months By Evie Andreou State doctors’ union Pasyki expressed bewilderment on Thursday over reports that the...
Probe into legal mess after zoning changes
The interior ministry is seeking guidance from the attorney-general on how to untangle a legal mess created after zoning changes were made to agricultural land...
