Murder of CeO and Editor-in-Chief of daily ‘Dan’ Dusko Jovanovic even after 14 years was not entirely resolved. This crime remains also as warning of the extent of capture of state institutions by political influence which limits their professional and responsible work in the public interest. Unfortunately, journalists are even in 2018 targets of brutal… »
May 2018
NGOs marked 26 years since unpunished war crime of deportation of Bosnia-Herzegovinian refugees
Twenty-six years since the war crime of deportation of Bosnia-Herzegovinian refugees was marked via memorial gathering in front of Police Station of Herceg Novi, still without criminal justice for victims, without monument, without a remembrance day or the apology of police for unlawful arrest of civilians and their extradition in a manner of hostages to… »
Reduced space for evasion of responsibility in the negotiation with the EU process
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) commends the decision of Government of Montenegro which changed the negotiation framework and established European Integration Office within the Cabinet of Prime Minister of Montenegro with Chief Negotiator in the status of ambassador as its Head. This model, that CCE too has proposed heretofore pointing out to systemic mismatch of… »
Marking of 26 years since crime ‘Deportation of refugees’
26 years from a crime committed against refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Montenegro, known as ‘Deportation of refugees’ came to pass this May. On Friday, 25 May, in the noon, in front of Police Station of Herceg Novi, wherefrom the majority of victims have been deported to their deaths on 25 and 27 May… »
Stronger monitoring of institutions for fights against corruption ensues
Representatives of 14 non-governmental organisations (NGO) have signed a Memorandum on establishment of the Coalition for Transparency and Fight against Corruption at the Local Level, with an objective of, as it was stated, strengthening of transparency and responsibility of institutions in areas of particular risk for this negative occurrence.
There is no processing of war crimes, but there are statistics for EC
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), on the occasion of publishing of results of screening by Special State Prosecution in cases of war crimes, elaborated in Report on work of State Prosecution, draws attention of the public to the fact that during 2017 all criminal charges related to cases of war crimes were rejected. CCE assesses… »
CCE monitors media campaign for local elections in Podgorica
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) will conduct a qualitative and quantitative monitoring of media campaign for local elections that are to be held on 27 May, 2018 in Podgorica. Project ‘SPINoFACT 3 – Political advertising between spin and facts’ represents a continuation of homonymous projects SPINoFACT 1 (carried out during November and December 2017 for… »
MPs of rulling and opposition parties with MPs from Netherlands
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), in cooperation with Embassy of Kingdom of Netherlands, has organised today an informal meeting within the framework of European Café with MPs of Parliament of Montenegro, from various MP clubs, and members of Committee for European Affairs of House of Representatives of the Parliament of Kingdom of Netherlands.
The media mostly reported on the campaign of Djukanovic, Bojanic and Vuksanovic
Authorities are responsible for erosion of media freedoms in Montenegro
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) congratulates 3 May – World Press Freedom Day – to all media and media workers in Montenegro. Unfortunately, there are no reasons for celebration this year as well. Still, this is an opportunity to point to complex position of media in Montenegro and to underline the importance of involvement of… »