Tag Archives: DNA

Justice minister Tudorel Toader will propose Adina Florea for the third time for the DNA chief prosecutor position. President Iohannis has turned her down twice so far, claiming legality grounds. The head of state has sent Justice minister a letter ...

Laura Codruţa Kovesi has challenged to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) the decision through which she had been dismissed from the position of anti-corruption chief prosecutor. Kovesi’s complaint has been filed in December last year. The complaint argues ...

Romania’s Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar has made no proposal for the interim leadership of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) on Tuesday, so prosecutor Calin Nistor, first deputy chief prosecutor, is automatically taking the lead of the directorate. In his absence, ...

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader said on Monday that the Constitution “must be observed, willy-nilly” and it is compulsory to observe its demands, hinting at President Klaus Iohannis, who said last week he will not dismiss from office Prosecutor General Augustin ...

The acting chief prosecutor of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA), Anca Jurma, has announced in a letter sent to the Prosecutor Section within the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) that she doesn’t intend to remain in office, Justice Minister Tudorel ...

PSD leader Liviu Dragnea has challenged to the EU Court in Luxembourg the report by OLAF (European Anti-Fraud Office, an institution of the European Commission) which had found fraud of more than EUR 20 million from EU funds and led ...

“We were not ready for such an autocratic pressure” is the headline in ‘Le Monde’, January 1-2 edition, for the interview with Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar, along with an ample article on Romania taking over the EU Council presidency on ...

The National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) has closed down the EADS file in early November, the institution explaining that the deeds for which the criminal prosecution had started doesn’t exist anymore and that there is no evidence proving the defendants would ...

Social-democrat leader Liviu Dragnea said the Criminal Codes should come into force as soon as possible. “They should come into force as soon as possible, the Criminal Codes. I believe the Justice Minister, within a reasonable timeframe, should present them ...

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader has announced on Thursday that he will send President Klaus Iohannis the official request to dismiss Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar, as well as the nomination proposals for five senior positions with the Prosecutor General’s Office, which ...