President appoints eight new judges of ordinary courts

President Zuzana Caputova appointed eight new judges of standard courts with full-life tenures on Tuesday, TASR has learned. The head of state in her speech spoke words of encouragement to the newly appointed judges, who, according to her, have become "part of a new generation of judges linked to positive expectations". "We need high-quality and honest judicial figures. Take your appointment as judges as my expression of confidence in you, confidence that you will be such figures in the judiciary," she said.