Please note that justice minister nominee Lilijana Kozlovič did not announce a rethink on abolishing the life tenure of judges or introducing a trial period for judges, but only stated that the introduction of a trial period for judges would be conisidered. A corrected copy of the STA's 12 March report follows below.

Ljubljana, 13 March - Justice minister nominee Lilijana Kozlovič advocates considering the introducion of a trial period for judges. Her priorities as minister will be amending legislation on personal data protection and prevention of corruption, she told the parliamentary Justice Committee on Thursday.