european chief prosecutor

Laura Codruța Kövesi, European Chief Prosecutor, the head of the newly established Luxembourg-based European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), which started operations on 1 June 2021, granted an interview to Sven Lilienström, founder of…

The EU commissioner for Justice, Vera Jourova, has met Laura Codruta Kovesi today, recently appointed as European Chief Prosecutor, the first one in the EU's history. Jourova congratulated Kovesi for her appointment at EPPO's helm,…

The Council of the European Union has today agreed to the appointment of Laura Codruţa Kövesi to be the first European chief prosecutor. The appointment must now also be confirmed by the European Parliament, informs a press release. The…

COREPER, the EU Council's main preparatory body, has validated Laura Codruta Kovesi as European Chief Prosecutor by 17 votes out of 22. The COREPER Council has convened today to discuss about bids for first European Chief Prosecutor…

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has talked on the phone with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Friday about Laura Codruta Kovesi's candidature to the European chief prosecutor office. "In the light of the good collaboration…

Jean-François Bohnert, Laura Codruţa Kovesi's contender for the upcoming European Prosecutor's Office, is favorite to take over the helm of the French National Prosecutor's Office, Romanian DNA's counterpart, according to TV5Monde. That…

The Vice-President of the EPP group in the European Parliament, Siegfried Mureșan, has said that Laura Codruta Kovesi's chances to become European Chief Prosecutor had increased after the agreement for the new EU top positions. "I have…

"Yellow Vests" movement from France has voiced endorsement for Romanian ex-anticorruption head Laura Codruta Kovesi, running for the European chief prosecutor seat, although her counterpart is a French prosecutor. "We need Laura Codruţa…

The family members of Ján Kuciak and Daphne Caruana Galizia, the journalists assassinated in Slovakia and Malta for their journalistic inquiries have sent a letter to the Council of European Union on Thursday, asking them to choose Laura…

The current investigation of Laura Codruta Kovesi is an obvious way to obstruct her from running for the European Chief Prosecutor position, European Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection Vera Jourova said on Thursday in…