Centre for Civic Education (CCE) today filed the Initiative to the Parliamentary Working Group for Drafting the Draft Law of the Parliament to define with that text the legal obligation of a medical examination for members of the Parliament of Montenegro and employees in the administration of the Parliament of Montenegro, which also includes special… »
July 2022
Prime Minister Abazović continues to deny the concept of civil society
The Coalition for the Rights of LGBTIQ+ persons – EQUALLY expresses its disappointment and protests over the support that Prime Minister Dritan Abazović, in today’s published position, expressed to the lawyer Velibor Marković, and thus discrimination against women and the LGBTIQ population, which Marković supports with hate speech. Abazovic’s principle based opposition to Markovic’s standpoints,… »
Health and stability of ministers as prerequisites for good government
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) today filed the Initiative to the Government to define the legal obligation of a medical examination for members of the Government (Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and ministers) and Secretary General in the draft Law on Government, which also includes special testing of mental and psychological ability to perform the… »
Reaction to the repeated publicly stated misogyny of lawyer Velibor Marković
The Coalition for the Rights of LGBTIQ+ Persons – EQUALLY calls on Prime Minister Dritan Abazović to immediately exclude lawyer Velibor Marković from the Commission tasked with examining the conformity of the provisions of the Basic Agreement between the State of Montenegro and the Serbian Orthodox Church with the legal order of Montenegro. We also… »
Financing of media and media services in 2021
In 2021, 192 public bodies spent 3,426,183.33 euros on media, media services and production services. When it comes to print media, Pobjeda, Vijesti and Dan received the most from public funds, out of televisions – RTV Nikšić, TV Vijesti and RTCG, and among radio stations – Radio Tivat, Radio Kotor and Radio Antena M. Within… »
Reaction of the Coalition for the rights of LGBTIQ+ PERSONS – EQUALLY: Velibor Marković can not be in the Commission
Today, several non-governmental organizations have addressed the President of the state and President of the Government regarding the proposal that Velibor Marković, known for his homophobic and misogynist attitudes, becomes a member of the Commission for examination of the compliance of the provisions of fundamental agreement with the legal system of Montenegro. Following is the… »
Juvenile delinquency demands more attention of the society and a systemic response
The growth of the scope of peer violence and juvenile delinquency is also conditioned by the overall environment in which children grow and are formed, and it is necessary to pay more attention to this topic and to provide a more effective systemic response, especially in the part of prevention, it was emphasized at the… »
Politics of remembrance pose insurmountable obstacles
How important art is for the culture of remembrance, and how important it is to draw attention to key social issues through art, which includes remembering the victims, was discussed at the closing panel “Dealing with the past through the culture of remembrance and art” of the Novi Sad Plenum QUO VADIS BALKAN?, organized by… »