Címke: SAO

Challenges in ensuring the navigability of the Danube

In its latest report on the navigability of the Danube, the State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) pointed out that increasingly extreme fluctuations in the river’s water level pose a risk to ensuring navigation and to exploiting the river’s economic potential.

SAO assessed the sustainability of residential care for the elderly

The State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) has completed its comprehensive audit aimed at examining the sustainability of care for the elderly.

Parliamentary speech of the President on the 2024 final accounts

Speech by Dr. László Windisch, President of the State Audit Office of Hungary, delivered at the National Assembly on 22 October 2025, on the audit of the 2024 final accounts.

SAO report: Transport problems in the capital city still await a solution

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

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.

Opinion of the State Audit Office of Hungary on the 2026 central budget of Hungary

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.

SAO report on the audit of the Neumann János University Foundation is now available

The State Audit Office of Hungary (SAO) audited the investments of the Neumann János University Foundation in long-term debt securities. The SAO found that the investments did not comply with the requirements of responsible financial management. The SAO made recommendations to the auditees and also filed a criminal complaint for suspected mismanagement of public assets.

President dr. László Windisch presented the SAO Grand Prizes at the commemorative ceremony of 23rd October

This year, the award was accepted by Mr. Miloslav Kala, President of the Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic, and Mr. József László Janik, audit manager of the SAO.

László Windisch: „Today’s society is also responsible for the future generation”

„Are we passing on anything to the next generation other than debt?” – was the main question that the heads of SAIs of the V4+2 group sought to answer jointly during their traditional annual summit in Graz this June.

EU conference on public sector and societal resilience

The delegation of the SAO was led by its President, dr. László Windisch.