The Forestry Department has failed to protect Cyprus against fires both by sufficient air and land equipment, auditor-general Andreas Papaconstantinou said in a report made public on Tuesday.
In his report after examining tenders for the purchase of air and land fire-fighting means, Papaconstantinou points out that “weaknesses and omissions” were found over the period from 2022 till 2024.
The auditor-general found “bad planning, inadequate market research, inconsistency of evaluation
