Room for improvement in managing public purse
The management of public moneys continues to be beset by “malaise”, auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides said on Tuesday handing his report for the year 2018 to...
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Auditor-general says impunity of civil servants waning
The impunity enjoyed by civil servants is waning due to the work produced by the prosecution authorities and the change in the mindset of the...
Police overtime rose by nearly 200 per cent last year
Police officers’ allowances and overtime pay rose by nearly 200 per cent in 2016 as the state started paying them in full following years...
Fire department bought vessels they don’t know how to use
Τwo marine vessels purchased for the Paphos airport fire station have been sitting idle for the past two years as no one has overseen...
Auditor seeks to break pharma monopolies that drive up prices
THE health ministry should roll out measures as soon as possible to tackle the absence of competition and monopolistic conditions in the pharmaceutical market which...
Auditor general to scrap annual report
Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides will no longer deliver to the president and publish his report once a year, instead releasing the findings of each investigation as...
Auditor’s report: CyTA’s loss making subsidiary, EAC’s tardy arrears collection
Semi-governmental organisations (SGOs), funded by the taxpayer, can do a lot more to trim costs, including by rationalising their benefits payouts to employees, Auditor-general Odysseas...
Unpaid state fines total more than 200m euros
By Evie Andreou The state is owed more than €200m in outstanding fines, the majority of them for social insurance contributions, criminal offences and traffic...
Auditor’s report reveals full extent of CyBC’s state funding
By Jean Christou PUBLIC broadcaster CyBC’s ability to continue being a going concern is incumbent on the continued disbursement of state funding, Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides...
CyTA support fund and Greek expansion criticised in auditor’s report
By Angelos Anastasiou Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides found weak expenditure controls, failing businesses, and lack of transparency at the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority in his 2014...
Police overtime is too much, auditor says
THE €25m-plus paid in police overtime last year is too much, the auditor general’s report said. Allowances for Sundays and holidays and shift work –...
