Laura Codruţa Kövesi

The negative opinion given by the prosecutors' Section with the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) on the Justice minister's proposal to remove from office the Chief Prosecutor of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) confirms the point of view constantly expressed by the leadership of the Prosecutor's office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice

Former head of Romania's Intelligence Service (SRI) George Maior confirmed in a testimony on Tuesday before Parliament's SRI Oversight Committee the parties that took place at the SRI headquarters of Romania's National Day, the SRI Day, birthdays, including Victor Ponta, Liviu Dragnea, Laura Codruta Kovesi, Livia Stanciu, says committee chairman Claudiu Manda.

The Prosecution Section of the Supreme Council of Magistracy (CSM) issued a negative opinion on Tuesday in respect to Justice Minister Tudorel Toader's proposal to remove from office prosecutor-in-chief of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi, vice-chairman of the CSM Prosecutor Codrut Olaru announced.

National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi told a meeting on Tuesday of the Supreme Council of Magistrates (CSM) that she did not know how Minister of Justice Tudorel Toader measured the extent to which Romania's image was seriously affected by interviews she gave abroad.

Thousands of protesters went to the streets of Romanian cities yesterday with appeals for the resignation of the Justice Minister, who wants to dismiss the head of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate, DPA and Associated Press reported.

As many as 135 prosecutors with the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) have decided to initiate and convey to the Supreme Council of Magistracy (CSM) a petition requesting the defence of the prosecutors' professional reputation and independence, following the affirmations made in the public sphere by people holding public or political positions which sustain the idea that anti-c

Prosecutor-in-chief of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi mentions that she will follow the legal procedure and will respond point by point to all the statements that have been presented by Justice Minister Tudorel Toader, who proposed her removal from office.

Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar will present point of view about the proposal of Justice Minister Tudorel Toader to dismiss from office National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) prosecutor-in-chief Laura Codruta Kovesi, after the Justice Ministry publishes the report.

A few hundreds of persons gathered on Thursday evening in Victoriei Square, in order to protest against the initiation of the procedure for removing from office Chief Prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi, that was announced by Justice Minister Tudorel Toader.

Romania's Justice Minister, Tudorel Toader, on Thursday, said he had started the procedure to dismiss the country's anti-graft chief prosecutor, Laura Codruta Kovesi, for alleged mismanagement of the National Anticorruption Directorate, DNA.