Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice is set to rule on a crucial case concerning €2 billion in arrears and record penalties that the government was ordered to pay magistrates.

Ministerul Public își exprimă solidaritatea instituțională cu Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție și susține fără rezerve apărarea independenței autorității judecătorești, „ca valoare fundamentală a…

Ilie Bolojan, a Romanian official, criticized the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ÎCCJ) for demanding full salary arrears for magistrates, stating it's abnormal for a body to set its own salaries and approve its own sentences.

The Prosecutor General of the Court of Cassation has requested the rejection of all appeals and the confirmation of convictions for all defendants in the Viareggio train disaster trial.

The Paris Court of Appeal has confirmed the dismissal of the chlordécone health scandal case, with lawyers for civil parties considering an appeal to the Court of Cassation.

Several prominent voices within the USR party have conveyed messages of support for party leader Dominic Fritz following a definitive court decision by the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ÎCCJ) rejecting his appeal in a case with the National Integrity Agency.

Dominic Fritz, the Mayor of Timișoara, has definitively lost his legal battle against the National Integrity Agency (ANI), as the High Court of Cassation and Justice ruled against him. This final decision has implications for his mandate as mayor.

France's Court of Cassation has annulled the requalification of facts for the police officer involved in Nahel's death, thereby reopening the possibility of a murder trial, stating that the lower court did not justify its decision.

France's Court of Cassation is reviewing appeals related to the decision not to prosecute a police officer for the murder of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk, whose death sparked widespread riots in June 2023.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice has unified judicial practice, clarifying that accumulated negative VAT balances can be carried forward without prescription, with direct implications for taxpayers and fiscal authorities.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice has approved the General Prosecutor's Office's request to extend the preventive arrest of prosecutors Ştefan Gigi Valentin and Niţă Teodor from the Constanța Court of Appeal, who have been in custody since May 14.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) has criticized a new public sector salary law as 'deeply flawed' and advocates for a special law for magistrates' salaries. This comes as financial-fiscal system employees continue protests against the same salary law.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice issued a strong reaction to government accusations, warning that the executive is 'systematically demonizing the justice system and turning magistrates into targets' over data requests regarding billions owed to magistrates.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) has referred changes to the penal legislation concerning the preliminary chamber procedure to the Constitutional Court (CCR). This decision follows a meeting of all High Court judges to challenge a recently passed parliamentary law.

Bulgaria's Supreme Court of Cassation has definitively ruled that Asen Vasilev was responsible for the bankruptcy of "STV Consulting," setting the insolvency date as December 31, 2020.

France's Court of Cassation has rejected appeals filed by relatives of Dany Leprince, who sought to have his ex-wife formally charged, meaning she will retain her status as an assisted witness in the case.

Italy's Court of Cassation has confirmed the convictions for five defendants involved in the Corinaldo tragedy. The court rejected or declared inadmissible the appeals that were presented.

Former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu appeared at the High Court of Cassation and Justice, which is expected to decide whether his second case returns to the Prosecutor's Office or proceeds to trial on the merits regarding an alleged coup attempt.

Romanian MP Andrei Csillag has been sentenced to 8 months in prison with suspension after being caught driving under the influence. The decision by the High Court of Cassation and Justice is not yet final.

Romanian mercenary Horaţiu Potra will remain in preventive arrest after the High Court of Cassation and Justice definitively rejected his appeal against the preventive measure.

Cristina Chiriac has taken office as Prosecutor General of the Public Ministry attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice for a three-year term, stating her priority is to consolidate public trust.

France's Court of Cassation has issued a significant decision clarifying the legal status of 'salaried spouses' working within the same company, a common arrangement in France.

Preşedintele Nicuşor Dan a declarant, luni seară, că nu este normal ca statul să datoreze bani unor categorii sociale sau unor companii, dar „tot timpul e o balanţă între ce trebuie să faci şi câţi…

Alexandru Balan, former deputy director of Moldova's Information and Security Service (SIS), who is under investigation in Romania for treason, has been placed under house arrest by a decision of the High Court of Cassation and Justice in Bucharest.

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ÎCCJ) rejected, on Tuesday, as unfounded, the cassation appeal filed by manele singer Dani Mocanu and his brother, an extraordinary legal remedy through which the two have...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg has issued a landmark decision for Bulgaria, ruling that the retrograde practice of the Bulgarian Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Cassation, which prevents legal gender change, is inconsistent with EU law.

Galina Zaharova, President of the Supreme Court of Cassation, cited a Constitutional Court decision from July 26, 2024, which annulled changes to the Constitution regarding the judiciary. She stated that the Prosecutor's College, not the Plenum, should decide on Sarafoff.

The Supreme Court of Cassation ruled that the three-year statute of limitations for claiming compensation for unlawful dismissal runs from the date of dismissal, not from the date the decision recognizing the dismissal as unlawful becomes final.

Two prosecutors from the Constanța Court of Appeal, Gigi Valentin Ştefan and Teodor Niţă, who are under investigation for influence peddling and incitement to abuse of office, will remain in pre-trial detention for another 30 days, a decision by the High Court of Cassation and Justice that can be appealed.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) has accused the government of 'pressure on justice' after interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan announced a referral to the Constitutional Court to resolve a legal conflict, calling the move 'unprecedented'.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice has decided to postpone preliminary chamber debates until August 5 in the case involving former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu, mercenary Horațiu Potra, and 20 others accused in a coup attempt.

The French Court of Cassation has overturned the conviction of Grand Corps Malade in the legal dispute with journalist Fabien Lecœuvre over the unauthorized use of his voice in a song.

Romania's PSD party has called on USR leadership to suspend Timișoara mayor Dominic Fritz from all party functions and withdraw political support following a decision by the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ).

Journalist Emilia Șercan criticized the communication of Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice (ÎCCJ) after it announced a decision on Facebook confirming a ruling in the case of Dominic Fritz, suggesting the court has become a political actor.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice (ÎCCJ) has ruled that a taxable person's right to carry forward a negative VAT balance to subsequent fiscal periods is not subject to prescription, with a tax expert providing explanations.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice has decided to move the case of a well-known Timișoara doctor, Dorel Săndesc, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a fatal accident. The decision to transfer the case to another court is described as uncommon in legal practice.

The French Court of Cassation has issued decisions clarifying crucial details regarding compensation following work accidents. The rulings highlighted the importance of specific 'concrete work situations' in determining outcomes, after previous similar cases had yielded inverse decisions.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) is anticipated to make a decision on Friday regarding the case involving Dominic Fritz and the National Integrity Agency, which Fritz lost based on integrity inspectors' reports.

The High Court of Cassation and Justice in Romania has decided to maintain the preventive arrest of prosecutors Gigi Ștefan and Teodor Niță from the Constanța Court of Appeal, who are accused of corruption.

The Romanian government has accused the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the Bucharest Court of Appeal of refusing to provide data on billions of lei owed to magistrates in salary lawsuits, information requested for Romania's defense in a case before the ECHR.

Belgium's Court of Cassation rejected the state's appeal, making the decision to compensate five victims of the colonial period final.

Two prosecutors from the Constanța Court of Appeal, Gigi Ștefan and Teodor Niță, have been detained for 24 hours in a corruption case involving abuse of office, with their lawyer announcing an appeal to the High Court of Cassation and Justice.

Following a Court of Appeal ruling in Reggio Calabria, Mimmo Lucano's removal as mayor of Riace has become a legal matter, with an appeal to the Court of Cassation and a request for suspension of the appellate judgment pending.

The Bucharest Court of Appeal has ruled, admitting an action by the High Court of Cassation and Justice, that the Romanian government and Ministry of Finance must pay outstanding salary rights to magistrates, including through budget rectification, with daily penalties of 1% for delay.

France's Court of Cassation has ruled that only an employee, not an employer, can request the requalification of a fixed-term employment contract (CDD) into a permanent one (CDI).

Ivo Prokopiev, co-publisher of "Dnevnik" and "Kapital," has definitively won a case at the Supreme Court of Cassation, which ordered the prosecution to pay him nearly 150,000 BGN in damages for illegal charges in the "EVN" case.

Italy's Court of Cassation upheld a 30-year prison sentence for 42-year-old Albanian Elona Kalesha, who was accused of murdering her ex-partner's parents in 2015 and dismembering their bodies.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice is hearing appeals today in a coup attempt case involving Călin Georgescu, Horațiu Potra, and others accused of actions against the constitutional order.

An Orthodox church in Nice is awaiting a decision from the French Court of Cassation in its ongoing property dispute with Moscow, as a lower court has deferred to the highest French jurisdiction on the complex ownership question.

Lia Savonea and the High Court of Cassation and Justice have sent a preliminary complaint to the Romanian government, demanding the immediate unblocking of salary arrears owed to magistrates, threatening legal action if the request is refused.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice (ÎCCJ) has criticized the government's decision to cut funds allocated for financial rights won by magistrates in court, emphasizing that the execution of judicial decisions is not optional.

The Genoa Public Prosecutor's Office has filed an appeal with the Court of Cassation, arguing that Israeli documents should be admissible in the investigation into alleged Hamas funding, following the release of one of the arrested Palestinians.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted an extraordinary appeal by prosecutors, ordering a retrial for Mario Iorgulescu, but only for the offense of driving under the influence of drugs, after the Court of Appeal had ruled the act was prescribed.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice annulled a definitive 6-year corruption conviction for businesswoman Gabriela Ciuburciu, former owner of Vascar, citing the statute of limitations.

Interviews for the position of Prosecutor-General of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice concluded on Monday, with two candidates participating: military prosecutor Bogdan Pîrlog and acting prosecutor.

France's Court of Cassation has ruled that the country must recognize parentage established by a foreign court in cases of surrogacy (GPA), citing the child's best interest despite France's ban on the practice.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice vehemently reacted to interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan's statements regarding magistrates' salary arrears, accusing him of affecting judicial independence.

France's Court of Cassation ruled that it is possible and legal to be required to pay an invoice twice if an imposter usurps a creditor's identity, as the imposter is not considered an 'apparent creditor'.

Timișoara Mayor Dominic Fritz suggests that the Romanian state could be summoned to the European Court of Human Rights (CEDO) to review the sanction against him, after the High Court of Cassation and Justice upheld a conflict of interest ruling.

The High Court of Cassation and Justice in Romania is expected to deliver a verdict today in the alleged coup attempt case involving Călin Georgescu, Horațiu Potra, and other associates accused of actions against the constitutional order.

Dominic Fritz announced his intention to contest the High Court of Cassation and Justice's decision, which prohibits him from running for office until 2030, at the European Court of Human Rights. This comes after the High Court was expected to issue a verdict in his case against the National Integrity Agency.

Rémy Heitz, the Prosecutor General at the Court of Cassation, emphasized the need for resources to accompany new laws, urging against public condemnation of magistrates.

Prosecutors Gigi Valentin Ştefan and Teodor Niţă from the Constanţa Court of Appeal will remain in pre-trial detention. The High Court of Cassation and Justice definitively rejected their appeals against charges of influence peddling and instigation to abuse of office.

Magistrates of the Bucharest Court of Appeal reject the provisions of the draft law on judges' salaries as 'unacceptable,' fully supporting the criticisms from the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the Superior Council of Magistracy.

The article addresses the question of whether individuals working from home, including those with VAT numbers or using a room as a professional studio, are liable for Imu property tax. The Court of Cassation has clarified that if the property remains the primary residence, partial professional use does not alter its tax status.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice is expected to rule today on whether the trial can begin in the coup attempt case involving Călin Georgescu, Horațiu Potra, and other associates accused of actions against the constitutional order.

Liviu Negoiță, the former mayor of Cernavodă, who was sentenced to four years in prison in January for abuse of office involving illegal payments, has been released from penitentiary following a decision by the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ÎCCJ) to admit his appeal.

A decision by Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation has recognized the retroactive right of citizens to claim Italian nationality without the previous time limit, boosting the efforts of Brazilian descendants of Italians seeking citizenship.

Prosecutors Gigi Ștefan and Teodor Niță from the Constanța Court of Appeal have been placed under 30-day preventive arrest by the High Court of Cassation and Justice, accused of promising interventions for favorable outcomes in legal cases and inspections.

Thirteen raids were conducted at the Constanța Court of Appeal Prosecutor's Office as part of an investigation into two prosecutors suspected of influence peddling. The inquiry is coordinated by prosecutors from the High Court of Cassation and Justice.

A popular legislative proposal has been submitted to Italy's Court of Cassation, suggesting a wealth tax of up to 3.5% on assets exceeding two million euros.

One hundred Italian entertainment figures, including Sandrelli and Boldi, have signed an appeal to President Mattarella regarding disputed pension cuts and arrears from the former Enpals fund, affecting 300-400 workers over the years. INPS stated it is complying with the Court of Cassation's rulings.

The French Court of Cassation has ruled that Henryane de Chaponay, known as the "Red Countess" and who died in 2019, can be buried in the royal necropolis, winning her post-mortem funeral lawsuit.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice has ruled that the selective granting of allowances to magistrates is incompatible with the principle of equal treatment enshrined in the EU Treaty.

A French appeals court has not upheld the antisemitic character in a case where a Jewish family was poisoned, prompting the victims to appeal the decision to the Court of Cassation.

Former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu appeared before the High Court of Cassation and Justice, where judges will decide if his case for attempted coup will proceed to trial or be returned to the prosecutor's office.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice has issued a definitive ruling, giving prosecutors a maximum of six months to finalize the 'Colectiv 2' case, an investigation that has been ongoing for ten years.

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice has issued a strong reaction, demanding an end to 'unilateral rescheduling practices' after coalition leaders decided to reallocate funds meant for judges' salary arrears to a PSD solidarity package in the state budget.

The Romanian government faces billions of euros in debt to magistrates due to thousands of lawsuits over salary arrears, with funds originally allocated for the High Court of Cassation and Justice now being diverted to cover social packages.

Egypt's Court of Cassation has upheld the death sentence for the individual known as the 'Tagamoa killer,' confirming the final verdict in the high-profile case.

Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation is facing a significant backlog of tax litigation cases, which still account for 46% of pending disputes despite a reduction in arrears. New tax appeals in 2025 represent 35% of the total, with local tax controversies being the most frequent.

In his justification for requesting the replacement of the acting Prosecutor General, Minister Andrey Yankulov refers to the opinion of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Cassation, which suggests that after July 21, 2025, Bulgaria will not have a legitimately functioning Prosecutor General.