Judiciary of Russia

President Rumen Radev will talk to the representative of the Supreme Judicial Council Boyan Magdalinchev.

The conversation is part of a series of meetings that the head of state has initiated in connection with the selection criteria and the powers of the next Chief Prosecutor.

The judiciary and the government are poised to pick the new Supreme Court Chief Justice and Prosecutor after the terms of Vasileios Peppas and Xeni Dimitriou, respectively, end on 30 June, at the end of the judicial year.

Peppas, age 71, whose term began in September, 2017, is retiring due to the age limit.

The two will discuss the criteria for choosing the next head of state prosecution and its future powers. 

The term of office of the current Chief Prosecutor expires in January 2020, and the procedure for choosing his successor is open between 4 and 6 months earlier.

Whether they wanted it or not, our judicial officials today find themselves at the center of political life. They share a lot of responsibility for what is happening and will have to play a leading role in fixing the situation.

Romania's Attorney General Augustin Lazar had a meeting with visiting State Minister for European Affairs of the German Federal Foreign Office Michael Roth, who voiced concern over recent amendments to Romania's criminal legislation.

President Klaus Iohannis on Friday sent Parliament for re-examination a piece of legislation amending and supplementing Law 303/2004 on the statutes of judges and prosecutors.

The Consultative Council of European Judges, CCJE, a Council of Europe advisory body on issues relating to the independence and competence of judges, has supported Serbian judges in their criticisms of proposed changes to the constitution, the head of the Serbian judges' association, Dragana Boljevic, noted on Monday.

The Judicial Council of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) failed to elect  the chairman of the Sofia City Court (SCC), as neither of the two candidates gathered the minimum needed 8 votes.

High Representative Valentin Inzko, Bosnia and Herzegovina's top international official, warned of possible legal chaos late Wednesday after the Bosnian state parliament failed to adopt important amendments to criminal law procedures on issues like surveillance and the status of protected witness.

Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar on Wednesday, at the presentation of the 2017 activity report of the Public Ministry, said that the constitutional and legal provisions currently ensure the operational independence of prosecutors in making decisions and prevent interferences or interventions of other authorities from outside judiciary power.