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During 16 - 17 July 2009 European Ministers have come to Stockholm to the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs which was led for the first time by the Swedish Minister of Justice. The delegation of the Czech Ministry of Justice is headed by Daniela Kovářová.

The half year of the Presidency in the justice area brought everything what the Ministry of Justice determined at its beginning. At the Justice and Home Affairs Councils, the Presidency team succeeded not only in ratifying and adopting legislation which will speed up justice operationing and affect lives of citizens in the entire Europe, but also in significantly moving forward instruments which will be ratified during the upcoming Swedish Presidency.

At the close of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Ministry of Justice in the cooperation with the Secretary of the European Judicial Network and with a significant contribution of the Supreme General Prosecution held the 32nd Plenary Meeting of the European Judicial Network in criminal matters. Between 24 - 26 June 2009, specialists on cooperation in criminal matters from the whole European Union met in the Prague Congress Centre.