On Wednesday, 24 September 2025, a company and its Executive Director were convicted of fraudulently obtaining approximately EUR 220,000 (CZK 5.5 million) from EU funds for a dust reduction project.
How did the Czech Republic's economy fare in 2024? At first glance, some indicators are optimistic compared to 2023: inflation fell to 2.4%, unemployment remained the lowest in the EU, and the state budget deficit was CZK 10.6 billion lower than the planned deficit of CZK 282 billion.
In 2014, the Electrotechnical Testing Institute (ETI) began preparations for the construction of a new building, even though it did not have secured financing for the project – it relied on a subsidy, the conditions for which it did not meet.
Although university hospitals (UH) are a fundamental part of the backbone network of hospitals in the Czech Republic and an irreplaceable provider of healthcare services, including highly specialised care, they are located in outdated facilities and buildings that do not meet the current requirements of modern medicine.
The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) has reviewed the Czech Telecommunication Office’s (CTO) closing account, accounting, financial statements, and the information submitted by the CTO for the evaluation of state budget implementation for 2024.
The Supreme Audit Office has reviewed the closing account, accounting, the financial statements and the data submitted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs for the evaluation of the state budget implementation for 2024.
Illegal employment, where employers do not pay taxes, social security contributions, and public health insurance, and employees receive unregistered wages, has a significant negative impact on state budget revenues in addition to its impact on the employees themselves.
Although the Czech Republic has set itself the goal of becoming an innovation leader in its innovation strategy for 2030, it is failing to meet this target compared to other European Union countries.
The Supreme Audit Office has reviewed the closing account, accounting, and financial statements of the Ministry of Culture for the year 2024.
Digital technical maps lack reliable information about the locations of gas pipelines, water pipes, sewer systems, electrical and communication cables, and other elements of technical infrastructure.
In an audit of the Energy Regulatory Office's (ERO) management of selected state assets and funds totalling CZK 114 million, the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) did not find any material shortcomings.
In 2024, the Government of the Czech Republic decided that by 2030, 30% of consumed energy should come from renewable sources. Therefore, it is necessary to connect photovoltaic power systems with a capacity of 10.1 GWp and wind turbines with a capacity of 1.5 GW..
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has distributed over CZK 30 billion for the development of universities without making it clear how this financial support has specifically improved teaching.
The vehicle checkweighing system has failed in its primary function of protecting the transport infrastructure from overloaded vehicles through effective prevention and enforcement of sanctions.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) invested almost CZK 1.8 billion in the modernisation of the Czech Armed Forces' training facilities between 2019 and 2024.
Between 2014 and 2024, the Ministry of Regional Development (MoRD) invested a total of CZK 5.97 billion from national and European Union funds in the development of infrastructure for regional social services.
The Supreme Audit Office examined the Ministry of the Interior’s plan to develop an information system (eSeL) for the electronic drafting and publication of legal regulations in the Czech Republic over the course of three years – from 2017 to 2020.
The report contains findings from 29 audits completed last year at a total of 127 institutions. It examined finances and assets worth a total of CZK 83 billion.
European programmes and projects, for which the Czech Republic also draws considerable sums from European funds, must also be well promoted.
At the traditional meeting of SAO representatives with EU Ambassadors held the SAO President Miloslav Kala spoke about the current use of EU subsidies and how they should be used in the next programming period 2028+ to increase the competitiveness of EU countries.
