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EU Justice Commissioner: “If there are views that the vetting process is too strict, we are open to listen to these criticisms from judges, but we need to make sure that we have real change in the justice system”
The quality of justice reforms is more important than speed, EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders told a press conference during his visit to Chisinau. “We are trying to help the Moldovan authorities i…
04 March 2023
Searches in Causeni. Dozens of ammunition and weapons seized by lawmen
Officers of the Organized Crime Investigation Directorate and the Analytical Directorate of the National Investigation Inspectorate (INI), together with policemen of the Causeni Police Inspectorate under the di…
04 March 2023
How can the deadlock in the judiciary be overcome after 20 judges of the CSJ resigned? Solutions proposed by three justice experts, a judge, the chairwoman of the Legal Affairs, Appointments and Immunities Committee and the Judges’ Association
During February, 20 judges at the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) resigned. Their resignations, approved by the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM), are very close to creating a deadlock in the judiciary: the C…
03 March 2023
Why has the evaluation process for judges been slow? Explanations from the President of the Pre-Vetting Committee
The chairman of the Pre-Vetting Commission, Herman von Hebel, on Thursday evening, 2 March, came up with more details about the evaluation process for judges, which has been slower than anticipated by the Minis…
03 March 2023
Parliament voted in first reading on a draft regulation on the procedure for electing the members of the Superior Council of Magistracy and the Superior Council of Prosecutors
A draft law regulating some aspects of the election of members to the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) and the Superior Council of Prosecutors (CSP) has been voted in first reading by 52 MPs. “The do…
03 March 2023
More than 20 raids and arrests in Moldova and Romania in a cryptocurrency fraud with damages of over 6 million lei
Officers of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Investigations Directorate of the National Investigation Inspectorate (INI), prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime…
03 March 2023
The Pre-Vetting Committee heard the first two non-judicial candidates put forward by Parliament for positions in the Superior Council of Magistracy
The Pre-Vetting Commission heard on 1 March 2023 the first two non-judicial candidates put forward by the Parliament for positions in the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM). They are former lawyer and judge T…
03 March 2023
European Commissioner for Justice pays official visit to Moldova
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders was in the Republic of Moldova on 1 and 2 March to discuss “rule of law issues in the context of Moldova’s candidate status for EU membership”, accordin…
03 March 2023
New interim chief prosecutors appointed in Bender, Dubasari and Riscani. The CSP rejected several interim prosecutors, including the one for the position of deputy chief prosecutor of the PCCOCS
The Superior Council of Prosecutors (CSP) rejected on Thursday, 2 March, the appointment of several interim and deputy heads. However, the CSP approved the appointment of the interim heads of the Bender Municip…
03 March 2023
Superior Council of Prosecutors decided to end the competition for the position of Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organised Crime and Special Cases
The Superior Council of Prosecutors (CSP) approved on Thursday, March 2, the decision on the termination of the competition for the position of chief prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Or…
03 March 2023
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