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Riksrevisionen

The following articles have been tagged with "Riksrevisionen":

'Whistleblowers should know where to turn'

Business & Money: 22 Feb 13
Sweden's State Auditor has published a scathing criticism of the government, arguing it lacks proper overview of efforts to tackle corruption in Sweden. READ »

Blaming weather is not enough: train auditor

Politics: 14 Dec 12
The National Auditor will take a closer look at Swedish rail operators SJ after it cancelled more than 200 trains this week with the stated purpose of getting ready for the Christmas rush. READ »

Sweden needs to 'get tougher' on free schools

Education: 21 Nov 12
Sweden is currently too hands-off when new privately-managed free schools want to start up with public funding, according to a new report. READ »

Sweden classifies Säpo spending as secret

Politics: 30 Sep 12
Sweden's justice minister Beatrice Ask has classified the running costs of the Security Service, putting an end to media revelations over how funds were being used. READ »

Säpo spent millions on 'James Bond' party

Business & Money: 27 Aug 12
Swedish security service Säpo has come under fire after revelations that a James Bond themed party in 2011 cost 5.3 million kronor ($802,500), a contract that was never put out to tender. READ »

Audit: 'serious problems' in Swedish legal system

National: 15 Dec 11
Sweden's legal system is plagued by serious shortcomings, according to a new report, which argues that a lack of coordination and “weak” government management are to blame. READ »

Patient deaths prompt Swedish healthcare audit

Politics: 29 Oct 11
After a number of cases of patients being denied care, sometimes with lethal outcomes, Sweden’s public healthcare system is set to be audited. READ »

'Sweden must do more to utilise foreign grads'

Society: 20 Apr 11
The government must do more to ensure that Sweden takes advantage of the benefits brought by highly educated foreigners who come to the country, Sweden's national auditor has argued. READ »

Sweden launches major nuke accident exercise

National: 2 Feb 11
Sweden's largest-ever crisis management exercise on how to act in the event of a nuclear accident was launched on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish budget surplus by 2011: report

Business & Money: 16 Nov 10
Sweden is expected to be running a budget surplus in 2011, according to a new forecast from the country’s National Debt Office. READ »

Efforts to curb youth drinking 'ineffective'

Society: 1 Nov 10
A new report released on Monday has questioned the efficacy of the Swedish government's investment of about 900 million kronor ($135.81 million) over the last 10 years in reducing youth alcohol consumption. READ »

Sweden sacks aid agency chief in major overhaul

National: 27 May 10
The Swedish government on Thursday announced a major overhaul of the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) replacing the director-general Anders Nordström with former Save the Children head Charlotte Petri Gornitzka. READ »

Warhol work 'missing' from Stockholm museum

National: 27 May 10
Stockholm's Moderna Museet has been roundly criticised by the Swedish National Audit Office for inadequate control of its collections, after it emerged that a work by US pop artist Andy Warhol has disappeared. READ »

Student loans body hunts overseas defaulters

National: 6 Apr 09
The Swedish student loans body (CSN) has announced the employment of detectives to track down defaulting debtors resident overseas. Community websites such as Facebook will be scoured for personal information. READ »

Auditors lash out at student loans body

Business & Money: 30 Dec 08
State auditors have launched a stinging critique of student loans body CSN and the Swedish Social Insurance Agency for their failure to chase up debts owed by people living abroad. READ »

Sweden fails to evaluate language courses

Education: 19 Jun 08
In the forty years since Sweden first began offering courses in Swedish for Immigrants, no government has evaluated the effects of the language courses, according to the National Audit Office. READ »

Swedish government slammed over TeliaSonera sale

Business & Money: 10 Jun 08
Sweden's government is facing accusations from the national audit office that it has mishandled the planned sale of a controlling stake in TeliaSonera. READ »

Swedish aid slammed by auditor

National: 2 Oct 07
Sweden's public auditors say they have found evidence of irregularities in a number of Swedish foreign aid projects, in a damning report on the conduct of Swedish aid work. READ »

Estate agents 'should face more regulation'

National: 31 Aug 07
Current laws governing real estate agents are insufficient and more regulation is needed, the Swedish National Audit Office (Riksrevisionen) has said. READ »

Nasdaq chief in Stockholm for OMX talks

Business & Money: 20 Aug 07
Nasdaq's CEO Bob Greifeld is in Sweden on Monday and Tuesday to meet major shareholders and representatives for OMX. READ »

Driving tests easier in northern Sweden

Society: 16 May 07
A new report has found major discrepancies in driving test pass rates in different parts of the country. 82 percent of applicants in Umeå passed, compared to 69 percent in Malmö. READ »

Job centres "failing to match jobseekers to jobs"

National: 30 Aug 06
Swedish labour exchanges are wasting taxpayers' money and are failing in their main role – to match unemployed people to jobs. That's the conclusion of a new report, but job centre chief Bo Bylund rejects the criticism. READ »

Row as AMS slammed in report

Society: 11 Aug 06
Employment service AMS is more interested in running job-seeker courses than in linking unemployed people with employers, a draft report from the state auditor says. Now AMS admits defying the constitution by keeping the report secret. READ »

Healthcare billions "unaccounted for"

Politics: 22 Apr 05
All clear for Swedish health system
In the last three years the Swedish government has spent 3.75 billion kronor in an attempt to cut hospital waiting times. But the National Audit Office says it's unclear where the money has gone. READ »

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