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...
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Investigation into Audit Office employees who set up illegal company
A police probe is underway into suspected malfeasance by officials employed at the Audit Office, after the Audit Office itself discovered some of its employees...
Audit service reveals irregularities at the foreign ministry
An audit of the foreign ministry has found serious irregularities in the issuance of visas at the island’s embassy in Jordan, including missing funds, it...
Cybc breaking civil service regulations, audit office says
The state broadcaster is breaking civil service regulations by automatically promoting temporary staff to management posts without issuing notices of invitation to tender, the audit...
Audit office calls for new strategy for sustainable mining
Long delays and lack of coordination between the relevant departments have been identified by the Audit Office, which is proposing a new Strategy for Sustainable...
Audit office identifies string of welfare shortcomings
The audit office on Thursday called on the labour ministry to upgrade without delay the software programme used by the service paying out allowances to...
Corrective steps being taken to address faulty army call-up system
The government reiterated on Friday that it is taking corrective steps to address shortcomings in the call-up system for National Guard reservists, an issue highlighted...
Audit office army report ‘could have compromised national security’
THE audit office ought to have refrained from making public its report on the state of the armed services’ recruitment system, the defence ministry said...
Free pass for law-breaking hunters
By Evie Andreou Inefficiencies within the Game and Fauna Fund allows law-breaking hunters a free rein without penalty for offences they’ve committed, it has emerged....
Sea caves development a ‘litany of irregularities’
By George Psyllides A special audit into the procedures that led to the approval and construction of expensive villas and a hotel in an environmentally...
Health ministry ‘measures to boost staffing’ focused on satisfying demands of doctors and nurses, audit shows (Updated)
All the measures put in place to bolster staffing in public hospitals mainly concerned pay rises and in essence satisfied the demands of doctors and...
Teachers believe they’re an entitled group, audit office says
By Evie Andreou As teachers announced they would go on a protracted strike in September after the education minister refused to give in to their...
Auditor highlights strange goings on at pharmaceutical services
A lack of transparency in how it conducts its affairs has led the Pharmaceutical Services (PS) to overpay for office space and storage space, the...
Audit boss clashes with ombudswoman
By Andria Kades The Ombduswoman’s refusal to grant Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides full access to the records of her office has prompted a new row playing...
Cyprus misses EU targets on cutting flight delays
Air traffic controllers received €2.84m in overtime pay and benefits for 2016, while Cyprus missed an EU-set target on flight delay timings, a report by...
Audit boss irritated by €463,000 legal bill incurred by law commissioner
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides told parliament on Thursday that the law commissioner spending €463,000 in legal fees on one private lawyer was a classic case of...
Audit Office raises host of concerns over crocodile park
The Audit Office on Monday threw its weight behind those against the building of crocodile park in Cyprus, questioning the intentions of the investors and...
Municipal gravy trains can’t go on, audit boss says
By Evie Andreou THE latest report by the audit office on local government paints a bleak picture of the state of affairs in municipalities, communities...
Nearly three quarters of hotels had no valid operating licence in 2016
Some 73 per cent of hotels and 36 per cent of leisure centres operated without a licence in 2016, the audit office said in...
Audit Office concerned about ‘low rent’ for Paralimni marina
The rent of state land for the new Paralimni marina agreed between the government and the private company constructing the project has been set...
