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On 18 September 2025, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania, in cooperation with the EJN Secretariat, organised a national meeting of EJN Contact Points in Vilnius under the theme “The Role of the EJN in Legal Cooperation: Turning Awareness into Action.”

On 18 September 2025, the EJN Secretariat received at Eurojust and online the newly appointed EJN Contact Points in view of preparing them in-dept for their new role.

From the 17 to 19 September 2025, the EJN Regional Meeting of the Slovenian authorities took place in Novo Mesto. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Marjeta Švab Širok, Deputy Chief Justice, Supreme Court Judge and National Correspondent for EJN in Slovenia.

On 16 and 17 September 2025, Belgian colleagues invited Spanish colleagues to their national EJN meeting, thanks to an EJN grant and the Belgian Institute for Judicial Training.

With the participation of the EJN Contact Points of Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Austria, Germany and Poland, the EJN Czech Regional meeting took place in Prague on 16 September 2025.

On 10–11 September 2025, the European Judicial Network Secretariat participated in the Expert Workshop organised by the Confederation of European Probation (CEP) in Brussels which focused on enhancing the implementation of Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA and Framework Decision 2009/829/JHA.

The day of the Induction meeting is approaching fast and the EJN Secretariat has sent out the Webex link for online participation to the National Correspondents. Any newly nominated EJN Contact Point is still welcome to attend! Spread the news!

On 6 June 2025, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia, with the support of the EJN Secretariat, hosted the fourth EJN Regional Contact Point meeting in Riga. The event focused on "Current Challenges in the Application of the Mutual Recognition Principle in Financial Penalties and Probation Measures: Assessing the Effectiveness of Decentralization in Latvia."

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On 26 June, the first inaugural meeting of the Irish EJN Contact Points took place in Dublin, Ireland.

Graz, 25 June 2025 – Judicial representatives from ten European countries met in Graz from 25 to 27 June 2025 to discuss cross-border cooperation in the fight against cybercrime.

From 16 to 19 June 2025, the Annual meeting of EL PAcCTO 2.0 took place in Lima, Peru, dedicated to the challenges, opportunities and achievements of the project.

On 19 June 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered a judgment in the case C-219/25 (Kamekris), concerning the applicability of the principle of mutual recognition.

On 12th June 2025 the EJN held the annual meeting of the EJN Contact Points of the EU Member States and the Western Balkans. The meeting took place in Budva (Montenegro) and brought together 40 EJN Contact Points.

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted a Third Additional Protocol to the 1959 European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, marking a major step in modernising judicial cooperation.

On 28-30 May 2025, the 32nd General Assembly of the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors (AIAMP) was held at the headquarters of the Cervantes Institute in Madrid with the financial assistance of the EL PACCTO 2.0 program and the FIAP