#Auditor-general

Safety is “non-negotiable” in the installation of air conditioners in public schools and technical or safety requirements will not be compromised to speed up the project or “create impressions”, the ...

Auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the installation of air conditioners in public schools, warning of serious risks to public health and saying required implementation stages had ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has notified Cyprus of part of former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ appeal against his dismissal, concerning an alleged violation of his right to freedom ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides stirred things up during his first appearance as MP at a House parliamentary committee on Thursday, demanding the Audit Office hand over internal documents. His target: ...

Liabilities involving local authorities and gaps in legislation have been identified by the Audit Office in relation to a building in Nicosia that has remained under construction for 14 years. The ...

Justice Minister Costas Fitiris and auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou on Saturday met to discuss the auditing of tender procedures. According to the justice ministry, the pair made “special reference” to “the ...

Parliamentary scrutiny of the social support fund intensified on Thursday as lawmakers pressed for a full list of donors following a video alleging corruption and influence at the presidential palace. ...

The Audit Office has advised the blocking of grants due to political parties this year, escalating a dispute over €2.1 million in public moneys allocated to the parties in 2018 but never ...

The parties acted sensibly and responsibly in the way they handled the government’s bill for the reform of the Audit Office, which in its original form would have placed ...

The House plenum on Thursday enacted the reform of the Audit Office, which bolsters the financial autonomy of the agency, tightens up the qualifications of persons appointed to the post ...

Auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou on Thursday continued pushing back at government legislation which has the stated aim of introducing reforms to the Audit Office, saying the proposals would end up “paralysing” ...

A session of the House audit committee looking into a €14 million tax debt to the state ended abruptly on Thursday amid accusations of disrespect and obstruction by a state’s ...

The Nicosia district organisation (EOA) has launched an investigation into an event hall in Nicosia, following a critical Audit Office report that has fuelled tensions between the government and former ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides said on Thursday that the government was telling ‘shameless lies’ by dismissing corruption allegations as ‘fake news’ regarding the apparently illegal operation of a leisure and ...

Decisions regarding the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous motorway were the best possible solution, the Public Works Department (PWD) said on Thursday, adding that it would not engage in further discussions with former ...

The Cyprus nurses and midwives association (Pasynm) has issued an open letter demanding that auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou, provide evidence to support the allegations he made against two nurses during a ...

The state health services organisation (Okypy) keeps posting deficits, its budget continues to grow despite a sharp drop in the admission of patients, and it has lax controls over personnel, ...

The Agricultural Research Institute did not follow due process when calling for tenders and may have led to contracts awarded at higher prices, the audit office said on Friday. In ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday accused President Nikos Christodoulides and attorney-general George Savvides of “collusion” to ensure he was removed from his post. In a letter to the House ...

Attorney-general George Savvides on Wednesday pointed to President Nikos Christodoulides as being behind the leak of his legal findings that let Christodoulides off the hook for €55,000 the audit office stated ...

President Nikos Christodoulides received an allowance for living abroad while he was in fact in Cyprus, it emerged on Thursday, as the matter was discussed at the House audit committee. ...

Newly appointed auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Thursday he was confident that any disagreements with the Law Office would be solved through dialogue, pointing out nevertheless that the Audit Office ...

Andreas Papaconstantinou was sworn in on Wednesday as the new auditor-general of the Republic, where he stressed the importance of his office’s independence, bravery and voice. In one of ...

Concerns were raised about a perceived growing climate of fear and censorship following the dismissal of Odysseas Michaelides from his position as auditor-general at an event held by the Green ...