Supreme Court of Israel

The only other Muslim to have sat on the Supreme Court was given a temporary one-year term

Ioannis Sarmas, 62, until now vice president at the supreme financial court of Greece, has been chosen as the new head of the Court of Audit for the next four years.
The decision was announced during a meeting of the cabinet on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Altana Kokkovou, Ioannis Maginas, Georgios Kontos, Aspasia Mayiakou and Avrokomi Thoua were appointed Supreme Court vice presidents.

Dissatisfied with the election of Ivan Geshev as the new Chief Prosecutor, representatives of the civilian ''Boets'' movement gathered today before the presidency, demanding that the head of state not sign the decree appointing Sotir Tsatsarov's successor to the post.

A five-judge panel of the Supreme Court of Justice on Monday denied an appeal filed by the Judicial Inspection, ruling that former head of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi did not commit a disciplinary offence when appointing her adviser, judge Dana Titian, to carry out an inspection at the DNA offices in Suceava and Iasi. The court's decision is final.

Crowds protesting the forced retirement of the Supreme Court head, Małgorzata Gersdorf, and of some of its judges as part of a judicial overhaul implemented by Poland's right-wing ruling party, that has put it at odds with the European Union, before the Supreme Court building in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 3, 2018. AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski

A delegation representing 393 Finance Ministry cleaners who were placed in a civil service mobility scheme last year, were in the second day of a three-day visit to Strasbourg on Tuesday, where they are holding meetings with unionists and members of the European Parliament.

Turkey’s top government officials will be absent at the opening of the judicial year, in protest at the scheduled speech of the Union of Bar Associations head The opening of the judicial year on Sept.

The appeal process in the marathon Ergenekon coup plot case has begun, as the colossal detailed ruling running some 16,600 pages has been sent to the top prosecutor of the country.

The file was sent to the Chief Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals last week, state-run Anadolu Agency reported late on Aug. 13.

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected Fenerbahçe chairman Aziz Yıldırım’s individual appeal on a “rights violation.” The decision was released in the Official Gazette July 2, making the ruling official.

Former chief of the Turkish General Staff retired Gen Hilmi Özkök has expressed readiness to testify if summoned in the retrial of the Balyoz coup plot case after Turkey’s top court’s ruling