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The Venice Commission has issued on Monday a report about the reforms implemented in Romania’s judicial system, pointing to emergency ordinances and to the establishment of the Special Section for Investigating Magistrates. The Venice…

The Venice Commission urges the Romanian authorities to drastically limit the emergency ordinances, a draft opinion regarding GEO 7/2019 and GEO 12/2019 reads. The two GEOs have turned thousands of magistrates to protests early this year.…

The Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) plenary, following the debates on Wednesday, has validated the contest for taking over the position of chief of the Judicial Inspectorate, with Lucian Netejoru winner of another term to lead the…

The prosecutors’ association ‘Initiative for Justice’ has requested President Klaus Iohannis to attend the plenary sitting of the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) on Tuesday, May 14, on reasons related to the contest for the Judicial…

Dozens of Romanian magistrates have staged a protest in front of the Palace of Justice in Brussels, in order to convey a public message to defend the judiciary in Romania. Among the participants are Gabriela Scutea, former Deputy…

Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar has announced on Tuesday he has filed, to the Justice Ministry, the candidacy for a new term on the top position with the Public Ministry, given that the office will become vacant as of April 28. Lazar…

President Klaus Iohannis has sent a letter to Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă on Thursday announcing the rejection of the appointment of Lia Olguta Vasilescu as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public…

The head of the Military Prosecutor's Office with the Prosecutor General's Office and two other military prosecutors are being investigated by the Judicial Inspectorate about how they have handled the file on the violence during the August…

The chairwoman of the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ – Supreme Court) Cristina Tarcea is responsible for postponing the procedures on the 5-judge and 2-judge panels, the Judicial Inspectorate has decided. The conclusions will…

Judge Lia Savonea, seen as being close to the Social-Democratic Party, has been validated on Wednesday by the plenum of the Superior Council of Magistracy for the office of CSM chairperson. Savonea was the only candidate for this position.…