‘Omissions and gaps’ in management of TC properties
There are “omissions and gaps” in the management of Turkish Cypriot properties with only 65 per cent of them have been granted to refugees, data from the audit office reports showed ...
Audit Office threatens to report finance ministry to EU Commission
The Audit Office on Monday said it would report the finance ministry to the EU Commission over the way it handled two contracts related to the Hermes airports concession agreements.
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Audit service hits back at finance ministry allegations over airports
The permanent secretary of the finance ministry George Panteli has sent a letter demanding that the attorney-general investigates auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides for allegedly leaking false information and disclosing state secrets.
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Explosives being stored in residential area, audit report says
The audit service on Monday sounded the alarm over explosives stored in an area surrounded by homes.
The warning was included in a report on the defence ministry, which outlined ...
Audit office says forestry dept broke law over helicopter tenders
The forestry department has broken the law in the way in which it acquired firefighting helicopters, the auditor general said in his report on Wednesday.
The service called on the ...
Audit report slams irregularities at agriculture ministry
A string of irregularities at the agriculture ministry – including outright unlawful commercial developments within the Natura 2000 protected area, suspect payments of state grants, and even one case where the minister ...
Audit office says some state grants going down a black hole
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday called for an overhaul of the way in which the state provides grants to various entities, as in many cases taxpayer money appeared to disappear ...
Interior ministry and audit office in new public spat over citizenship files (Updated)
The interior ministry on Sunday criticised the audit office for not following prescribed procedures in requesting files.
The announcement came a day after the audit office tweeted that it had ...
Education ministry failing to manage funds for school boards
The education ministry did not fully comply with the provisions of laws on the granting and management of funds to school boards, according to the audit office’s latest report ...
Too many gaps in parties’ funding and spending reports, audit office says
The audit office on Friday said that all political parties had failed to comply with laws governing their income and spending statements for the years 2012-2015.
The report cites failures ...
Audit office says ‘absurd’ they leaked report
The auditor-general’s office on Tuesday called suggestions it leaked reports on irregularities in the leasing of firefighting helicopters to the press as “absurd”.
The office is carrying out an ...
Anastasiades accepts HIO chief’s resignation ‘with regret’ (update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades has accepted “with regret” Thomas Antoniou’s resignation as chairman of the health insurance organisation (HIO).
The development on Wednesday finally came weeks after Antoniou had offered ...
CySEC has difficulty collecting fines, audit office finds
Difficulties in the collection of administrative fines and receivables for 2019 were found in the audit service’ special report on the Cyprus Securities and Exchange commission (CySEC), it emerged on Friday.
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Angry lawmakers call for heads to roll in golden passports scandal
Lawmakers on Thursday were quick to demand that those behind the golden passport scandal be brought to justice, while others voiced their concern that the interior ministry failed to grasp ...
Audit office report into golden passports says public ‘lost millions’ (Updated)
The citizenship by investment scheme remained “fragile until the end”, resulting in the loss of millions in public revenue, the Audit Office said on Monday as it published its report ...
‘Unpleasant surprises’ await in Audit Office’s passport report
The Audit Office said on Monday it has wrapped up its report on the ‘golden passports’ and will be releasing it next month.
Speaking to a local radio station, Audit ...
Ports authority ‘wasting taxpayer’s money’ audit finds
The Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) conducts its business with profligacy and has lax bookkeeping, as a result of which it wastes a great deal of taxpayer money, a new report ...
Radio-Television Authority under scrutiny
The goings on at the Radio-Television Authority (RTA) came under renewed scrutiny on Thursday, amid allegations of bribes and general disregard for procedures.
It was the second week in a ...
Audit Office takes on finance ministry over title change
The Audit Office has petitioned the Supreme Court to rule on whether the government can unilaterally alter the nomenclature pertaining to state officials as these are prescribed in the constitution.
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Finance ministry hits back at audit office over building deal
The finance ministry on Friday responded to accusations of procedural failings and weaknesses when it comes to complying with legal and regulatory provisions regarding payments, which included the purchase of ...
Almost 5,000 public servants illegally engaged in private sector – audit office
According to a confidential report sent by the audit office to the parliament on April 12, almost 5,000 civil servants and public service employees are illegally engaged in private-sector businesses as shareholders, ...
Audit office against allowing civil servants to keep job on hold while serving as MP
The audit office on Friday called on political parties to ditch a proposal that would allow civil servants to be elected as MPs without resigning from their post, saying this ...
Audit office defends its position on LNG debacle, says it had major doubts
The audit office on Sunday hit back at reports that it was somehow culpable in the growing concern over delays to the construction of the LNG terminal in Vasiliko.
The ...
Audit office exposes Gesy gravy train, one doctor paid €870,742 (Update 1)
A scathing report by the auditor-general has alleged illegalities within Cyprus’ health care system, while identifying 11 Gesy doctors who each earned over €500,000 in 2020 – with one topping the charts at a ...