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Firefighting helicopters at the disposal of authorities are substandard and may even not be airworthy, legislators heard on Thursday. The matter of the choppers was discussed in parliament, where auditor-general ...

Deputy government spokeswoman Doxa Komodromou has come under fire from auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, who said on Thursday she was in breach of her contract as she still retained her seat ...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a petition filed before it by auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides regarding the nomenclature used for the titles of certain public officials – but the ramifications ...

The House education committee was held under a tense atmosphere on Wednesday, after the auditor general accused the University of Cyprus of trying to mislead parliament over its budget. This ...

Ever since his appointment, auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has been acting as if his position gave him the constitutional right to interfere in all the executives’ decisions – often before they were ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has accused the finance ministry outright of criminal offences by committing to spending taxpayer money without first securing parliamentary approval for the funds, it emerged on Tuesday. ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides told an anti-corruption conference on Friday that there was too much tolerance for corruption in Cyprus, a phenomenon that is a “monster which cripples societies”. He said ...

Strict scrutiny is welcomed and appreciated, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday upon receiving the annual report by the Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides. Handing the report for 2021, the AG said ...

Auditor-general in the cross hairs in latest court case over film incentive scheme The continuing saga of Jiu Jitsu entered a new phase last month with the filing of a ...

By Christodoulos Mavroudis and Nick Theodoulou The citizenship by investment scheme sparked a blazing row on Thursday at the House watchdog committee as Interior Minister Nicos Nouris branded the auditor-general’...

The government was widely slammed on Tuesday over the findings of the audit service report on the citizenship by investment scheme released a day earlier as government spokesman Marios Pelekanos ...

Wading into the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) dispute, the audit office said on Thursday that in its opinion HIO chairman Thomas Antoniou does have a conflict of interest because his ...

The lax financial management of public health bodies came under scrutiny on Thursday, as highlighted in a report by the auditor-general on the administrative and financial autonomy of the state ...

Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides recommended the forced retirement of the volunteerism commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki as he still receives 50 per cent of his salary, as well legal action seeking damages. The ...

The auditor-general has slammed the energy regulator for its recent decision to deny the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) any more licences for photovoltaic projects, noting that this will ultimately ...

Years after its sale to Vodafone, the poorly run CyTA Hellas – the Greek subsidiary of the Cypriot state telecom – continues to haunt public finances. In a just-released special report on ...

The finance ministry’s failure to follow procedure and weaknesses when it comes to complying with legal and regulatory provisions regarding payments, were among the main concerns highlighted in 2020 report ...

The House finance committee on Monday decided to ‘cross’, or put on hold, some €33 million in funds earmarked for the purchase of two buildings that will house various government services. ...

Excessive and unmonitored sick leave periods, police officers convicted of serious crimes given full pension and mistakes on hundreds of traffic fines that forced authorities to cancel them, form part ...

Management of the Nature 2000 network is fraught with weaknesses and omissions, auditor general Odysseas Michaelides said on Tuesday. In a 130-page report on the agriculture ministry, Michaelides also cited non-compliance ...

The government said Monday it will use any safeguards afforded to it in the contract governing the LNG import terminal, sounding an upbeat note that any differences with the contractor ...

An independent body should be brought in to evaluate the health system, the patients’ association said on Saturday, a day after an audit-office report alleged illegalities and tax evasion within ...

Current and former MPs, police officers, prison guards and officials of the judicial and legal services have been obliged over the past two months to pay outstanding out-of-court fines that ...

Strict application of rules and regulations could many times be harmful to public interest, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday, a shot at the auditor-general whose annual report he received. ...