Supreme Court of Spain
New Supreme Court President, Prosecutor to be picked by 30 June
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.
Iohannis to Tariceanu: The President has no power to dismiss Supreme Court chair, DNA chief
President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday sent a letter to Senate Chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, in which he says he has no constitutional power to dismiss from office the chair of the Supreme Court or the chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA).