SAO: Immediate and efficient measures are needed to restore the financial stability of the capital city
September 17, 2025
The audit conducted by the State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) to assess the budgetary and financial situation of the Municipality of Budapest and the measures taken and planned to maintain financial balance and solvency has been completed.
The State Audit Office of Hungary and the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea discussed the experiences of climate policy audits
September 12, 2025
On 10 September 2025, a bilateral meeting took place between the State Audit Office of Hungary and the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea at the SAO Headquarters in Budapest.
SAO report: Transport problems in the capital city still await a solution
July 31, 2025
The State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) identified a number of management and financing problems in its report, which recorded the findings of its audit on the Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK Zrt.), the Budapest Transport Privately Held Corporation (BKV Zrt.) and the Municipality of Budapest as the owner exercising its rights.
Construction projects and the navigability of the Danube on the agenda of the bilateral meeting between the SAIs of Serbia and Hungary
July 31, 2025
Dr. László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO Hungary), received Mr. Ivica Gavrilović, the recently appointed President and Auditor General of the State Audit Institution of the Republic of Serbia (SAI Serbia), at his office on 30 July 2025. During the introductory visit, the two leaders discussed the current challenges faced by the supreme audit institutions and shared their experience in auditing construction projects and the navigability of the Danube.
The State Audit Office of Hungary participated in the national travelling conference of the Hungarian Hydrological Society
July 4, 2025
The annual national conference of the Hungarian Hydrological Society was held in Székesfehérvár between 2 and 4 July 2025, to which the State Audit Office of Hungary was invited for the first time. At the opening plenary session of the professional event, Dr. László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary, gave a presentation entitled ‘Water management and water affairs – experience of SAO.
More work to be done to prevent and reduce industrial water pollution
June 5, 2025
In its recent report, the State Audit Office of Hungary made recommendations among others for amendments to legislation promoting the prevention and reduction of industrial water pollution, measures to improve the effectiveness of management, control and supervisory activities.
High-Level Conference of EU SAIs: Focus on Security Policy
June 3, 2025
On 3 June 2025, Dr László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary, attended a high-level conference in Warsaw, organised on the occasion of the Polish Presidency of the European Union. The event focused on the audit of security policy issues.
Another court ruling confirms the legality of the SAO’s proceedings
May 23, 2025
The Budapest-Capital Regional Court ruled in a new judgment that the State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) had lawfully and justifiably concluded in its report that the opposition coalition parties had accepted illegal funding of HUF 261.26 million, originating from abroad, from the ‘Mindenki Magyarországa Mozgalom’ (Everyone’s Hungary Movement, MMM) during the 2022 election campaign.
Opinion of the State Audit Office of Hungary on the 2026 central budget of Hungary
May 22, 2025
Dr. László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary, presented the Opinion of the SAO on the bill on the 2026 central budget to National Assembly on 21 May 2025.
Hungary hosts the annual meeting of the SAIs of the V4+2 Group
May 17, 2025
On 15 and 16 May 2025, the SAIs of the Visegrad Group as well as Austria and Slovenia (V4+2 Group) held their annual meeting in Győr and Pannonhalma, led by Dr. László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary.
SAO: Immediate and efficient measures are needed to restore the financial stability of the capital city
September 17, 2025
The audit conducted by the State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) to assess the budgetary and financial situation of the Municipality of Budapest and the measures taken and planned to maintain financial balance and solvency has been completed.
The State Audit Office of Hungary and the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea discussed the experiences of climate policy audits
September 12, 2025
On 10 September 2025, a bilateral meeting took place between the State Audit Office of Hungary and the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea at the SAO Headquarters in Budapest.
SAO report: Transport problems in the capital city still await a solution
July 31, 2025
The State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) identified a number of management and financing problems in its report, which recorded the findings of its audit on the Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK Zrt.), the Budapest Transport Privately Held Corporation (BKV Zrt.) and the Municipality of Budapest as the owner exercising its rights.
Construction projects and the navigability of the Danube on the agenda of the bilateral meeting between the SAIs of Serbia and Hungary
July 31, 2025
Dr. László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO Hungary), received Mr. Ivica Gavrilović, the recently appointed President and Auditor General of the State Audit Institution of the Republic of Serbia (SAI Serbia), at his office on 30 July 2025. During the introductory visit, the two leaders discussed the current challenges faced by the supreme audit institutions and shared their experience in auditing construction projects and the navigability of the Danube.
The State Audit Office of Hungary participated in the national travelling conference of the Hungarian Hydrological Society
July 4, 2025
The annual national conference of the Hungarian Hydrological Society was held in Székesfehérvár between 2 and 4 July 2025, to which the State Audit Office of Hungary was invited for the first time. At the opening plenary session of the professional event, Dr. László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary, gave a presentation entitled ‘Water management and water affairs – experience of SAO.
More work to be done to prevent and reduce industrial water pollution
June 5, 2025
In its recent report, the State Audit Office of Hungary made recommendations among others for amendments to legislation promoting the prevention and reduction of industrial water pollution, measures to improve the effectiveness of management, control and supervisory activities.
High-Level Conference of EU SAIs: Focus on Security Policy
June 3, 2025
On 3 June 2025, Dr László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary, attended a high-level conference in Warsaw, organised on the occasion of the Polish Presidency of the European Union. The event focused on the audit of security policy issues.
Another court ruling confirms the legality of the SAO’s proceedings
May 23, 2025
The Budapest-Capital Regional Court ruled in a new judgment that the State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) had lawfully and justifiably concluded in its report that the opposition coalition parties had accepted illegal funding of HUF 261.26 million, originating from abroad, from the ‘Mindenki Magyarországa Mozgalom’ (Everyone’s Hungary Movement, MMM) during the 2022 election campaign.
Opinion of the State Audit Office of Hungary on the 2026 central budget of Hungary
May 22, 2025
Dr. László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary, presented the Opinion of the SAO on the bill on the 2026 central budget to National Assembly on 21 May 2025.
Hungary hosts the annual meeting of the SAIs of the V4+2 Group
May 17, 2025
On 15 and 16 May 2025, the SAIs of the Visegrad Group as well as Austria and Slovenia (V4+2 Group) held their annual meeting in Győr and Pannonhalma, led by Dr. László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary.