judicial reform

2012-12-27According to the Pristina UN women's office, the status of sexual violence survivors in Kosovo is part of the post-armed conflict challenges in the country.

2012-12-14Resolving litigation quickly is a condition that regional countries have to meet for EU integration.

2012-07-23Bulgaria and Romania have made progress in the areas of judicial reform and the fight against corruption over the past five years, but need to do more, the European Commission said.

2011-11-18Analysts caution that the rapid creation of laws without proper implementation will not meet EC Progress Report requirements.

2011-05-25BUCHAREST, Romania -- UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, urged Romanian authorities Tuesday (May 24th)...

2011-05-19SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Transport Minister Alexander Tsvetkov tendered his resignation during a regular cabinet meeting, local media reported on Wednesday...

2011-05-11Bulgaria must introduce legal remedies for victims of unreasonably long proceedings.

2011-05-11SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- The EU would be willing to discuss judicial reforms in BiH if Republika Srpska (RS) postpones or revokes it...

2011-05-09ZAGREB, Croatia -- Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor met on Sunday (May 8th) with Justice Minister Drazen Bosnjakovic to discuss the latest details in a...

2011-05-01PODGORICA, Montenegro -- European Commission (EC) Director for the Western Balkans Pierre Mirel says he is impressed by judicial reforms Montenegro h...

2011-04-06Kosovo needs more prosecutors according to the state prosecutor.

2011-02-20BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Commission (EC) published interim progress reports Friday (February 18th) on Bulgaria and Romania in the field of j...

2010-12-22TIRANA, Albania -- The USAID office in Albania launched a five-year project Tuesday (December 21st) that aims to improve judicial transparency, indep...

2010-12-14BUCHAREST, Romania -- President Traian Basescu warned on Monday (December 13th) that the next report by the European Commission (EC) on Romania's pro...

2010-10-20BUCHAREST, Romania -- The Chamber of Deputies adopted a bill Tuesday (October 19th) that redistributes the workload of senior courts in order to spee...

2010-10-12ANKARA, Turkey -- Four regular and three reserve members of the 11-seat Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) resigned on Monday (October 11...

2010-09-22TIRANA, Albania -- President Bamir Topi signed a decree Tuesday (September 21st) to appoint Judge Bashkim Dedja as the new head of the Constitutional...

2010-07-25BUCHAREST, Romania -- The government adopted a bill Friday (July 23rd) on judicial reform in response to criticism by the European Commission (EC) in...

2010-07-20ZAGREB, Croatia -- The country must fulfil a total of 21 conditions to conclude the judiciary chapter of its accession talks with the EU, Zagreb-base...

2010-07-08ZAGREB, Croatia -- Parliament approved the nomination Wednesday (July 7th) of Drazen Bosnjakovic as the new justice minister. The vote was 80-21, wit...