On May 14, 2025, in Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium), an international conference titled “Ukraine on the Path to EU Accession: Enlargement Policy and the Impact of the Rule of Law” was held with the participation of Deputy Chairman of the Commission Oleksiy Omelyan and Commission Member Vitaliy Gatseliuk. The event was organized by representatives of the European Parliament.

On May 14, 2025, the plenary session of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine considered the issue of recommending candidates for the positions of judges.

The judges passed qualification evaluation and were recognized by the Commission as suitable for their positions held.

Taking into account the results of the qualification evaluation, the Commission decided to recommend the following candidates:

On May 13, 2025, at the session of the First Chamber of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, the dossiers were examined, interviews were held, and the results of the qualification evaluation of three candidates for the positions of judges of administrative courts of appeal were determined.

Based on the results of the qualification evaluation, the Commission made the following decisions:

On May 16, 2025, at 15:00, the official YouTube channel of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine will host a live broadcast of the online meeting of the Commission members Nadiia Kobetska and Roman Sabodash with candidates participating in the selection for the position of a local court judge and judges who intend to be transferred to another local court.

They will discuss the  peculiarities of the qualification exam.

On May 13, 2025, the Panel of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine held an interview and determined the result of the qualification evaluation of a judge of the Novoukrainskyi Raion Court of Kirovohrad Oblast Olena Muzyka, for her suitability for the position held.

On May 09, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, sitting in Panels, reviewed the materials of 119 judges who intend to be transferred to another local court upon their applications for admission to the qualification exam.

Based on the results of the session, the Commission decided to admit 118 judges to the completion of qualification exam:

On May 12, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine established the results of a special vetting of 49 candidates for the positions of judges in administrative courts of appeal and 82 candidates for the positions of judges in commercial courts of appeal within the competition announced by the Commission on September 14, 2023.

In accordance with the requirements of the Law of Ukraine “On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges” and the Regulation on the Procedure of Qualification Exam and the Methodology for Evaluation of Candidates, the Commission has published the list of test question basics on the history of Ukrainian statehood, including references to the sources used for developing the test questions.

On May 12, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine scheduled the qualification exam for candidates for the position of a local court judge, as well as for judges, who expressed their intention to be  transferred to another local court, and established the following sequence of examination stages:

On May 09, 2025, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, sitting in Panels, considered the issue of admission to the selection (for the qualification exam) of 2,761 persons, including: 2,563 - candidates for the position of judge, 198 - judges.