Centre for Civic Education (CCE) assesses that the subsequently published programmes by municipalities, institutions and other actors marking the 20th anniversary of the restoration of Montenegro’s independence confirm that public pressure was crucial in ensuring this jubilee was not met with institutional silence and improvisation. The CCE welcomes every activity that contributes to a dignified… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) welcomes the decision of the Faculty of Philology of the University of Montenegro, which upheld CCE’s appeal and finally submitted complete data on the salaries of academic staff, including the names and surnames of employees. In doing so, the Faculty of Philology joins those faculties that have already acted in… »
Non-governmental organisations and activists which recently called for the prohibition of Baja Mali Knindža’s performance in Pljevlja welcome the decision of the Police Directorate to ban the concert scheduled for 21 May at the 13 July town square. We consider this to be a responsible and lawful decision, confirming that institutions have an obligation to… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) points to a significant disparity between the salaries of employees at the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU) and the fees received by CANU academicians. The CCE previously submitted a request to CANU for free access to information, seeking a list of employees within the CANU service, their educational… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) points to a concerning pattern of coordinated obstruction by organisational units of the University of Montenegro (UoM) and the UoM Rectorate in responding to requests for free access to information concerning the salaries of academic staff, which constitutes a serious violation of the Law on Free Access to Information and… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), as part of its monitoring of the work of the Parliament of Montenegro, analysed the relationship between the plenary activity of MPs and parliamentary groups, measured by the duration of their speeches, and official travel financed from public funds. The data show that the most active MPs in plenary sessions… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), in analyzing the annual reports of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro, notes that a significant number of recommendations issued by this institution remain unimplemented – between 20% and 25% annually – often without any clear explanation as to why the competent authorities ignore them. This raises… »
On the occasion of 17 May, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT 2026), which is being marked this year under the slogan “At the Heart of Democracy”, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) points out that the treatment of LGBTIQ+ persons remains one of the clearest reflections of Montenegro’s democratic maturity. That… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) points out that, in addition to parliamentary trips costing citizens almost €800 thousand over two and a half years, they are also characterised by a wide variety of destinations – from regional and European centres to distant destinations on other continents. At the same time, in most cases, the public… »
Our non-governmental organisations and activists are protesting against the public performances and promotion of the singer Mirko Pajčin, alias Baja Mali Knindža, whose songs contain nationalist, chauvinistic and war-mongering messages that glorify war crimes and war criminals and incite ethnic and religious hatred. His performances have been banned in Croatia and the Federation of Bosnia… »