magistracy

The Bucharest Court of Appeals has ruled on Wednesday to force the prosecutors’ section with the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) to recognize the professional status of Laura Codruta Kovesi, i.e. the status with the Prosecutor’s Office…

A 5-judge panel with the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ – Supreme Court) has ruled on Monday to exclude prosecutor Mircea Negulescu from magistracy for several disciplinary misconducts. ICCJ has upheld the decision of the…

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader has answered on Wednesday to the warnings from the European Commission, saying that involvement in the justice system is not allowed, ‘no one can tell us when to open or close an investigation’. “In…

Judge Lucian Netejoru, believed to be close to the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) chief Lia Savonea, has got a new term to lead the Judicial Inspectorate, following the contest organized by CSM. He has been the only candidate for the…

President Klaus Iohannis has said on Thursday that, before making any decision on the revocation of Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar he will reads the reasoning for the negative opinion issued by the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM)…

The Rise Project journalists have published on Monday the first information regarding the Teleorman leaks investigation. A suitcase with documents belonging to Tel Drum company was allegedly found by a villagers on a field in Teleorman…

Justice Minister, Tudorel Toader, announced Wednesday evening he would propose to the Premier to adopt an emergency ordinance whereby the persons who believe have been sentenced on the basis of interceptions or protocols involving the…

Justice Minister, Tudorel Toader (photo 1), said on Tuesday that Prosecutor General, Augustin Lazar (photo 2), ‘had, in time, positions not on the same frequency as the law in force.’ He added that for each one, comes a time of assessment.…

The National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) prosecutors express disagreement with the report presented by the Minister of Justice, which concludes with the decision to start procedures to dismiss Laura Codruta Kovesi. In a message sent…

The Constitutional Court of Romania has dismissed on Wednesday, as inadmissible, the USR challenges on the amendments to the laws of justice. “All three challenges were rejected as inadmissible. The ones concerning the statute of the…