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Magistrates must retire at the age of 65, just like doctors and teachers, UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor tells RFI. The coalition has decided to submit a bill to this effect, the president of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania declares.

The deputy-chief inspector of Romania’s Judicial Inspectorate, Gheorghe Stan, obtained the highest score in Thursday’s interviews for the office of chief of the recently-founded magistrate investigation section, with top judicial watchdog CSM set to vote on confirming his appointment.

Constanta prosecutor Adina Florea, the current nominee for chief prosecutor of Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), was appointed deputy-chief prosecutor of the newly-established section for investigating judicial offences.