Practice of law

A move by the Ministry of Justice to evaluate Romanian Attorney General Augustin Lazar's work has raised fears that the dismissal of anti-graft chief prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi in July was a dangerous precedent that exposes any chief prosecutor to political interference.

Romania's Justice Ministry is to renew a call to replace the country's former anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Laura Codruta Kovesi, who was fired on July 9.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader on Friday announced that he had rejected all four candidates who had applied for the post.

The Ministry of Justice announced on Friday having rejected all four bids for the position of chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA), and having decided to restart the selection procedure.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader told AGERPRES on Thursday, in connection with the proposal of the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) to change the procedure for the appointment and dismissal of chief prosecutors, that the Justice laws have already been adopted.

"The laws have already been adopted!," Minister Tudorel Toader said.

Athens International Airport (AIA) has been ranked the world's second best airport in 2018 by AirHelp, a company that helps passengers with compensation claims for delayed, canceled or overbooked flights.

A Greek court on June 1 ordered the extradition of a suspected far-left terrorist to Turkey.

Anti-corruption prosecutors are voicing their concern that the prosecutors' independence status might be affected.

The reaction of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) comes in the context of the decision of the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) concerning the obligation of Romania's President to issue an order removing from office the head of DNA.

The Judicial Inspection (IJ) announced on Wednesday that it was pursuing disciplinary action against chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi over the prosecutor's appointment to a control team of a magistrate in an obvious state of incompatibility.

Chief Prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi told AGERPRES on Tuesday that DNA had co-operated with the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) before 2013 as well, as requests under the protocol between the two bodies were signed by her predecessor Daniel Morar himself.

Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has ordered a check on a signal from the Greens' Political Party, which was received on February 26th. This was announced by the Prosecutor's Office today.