Civil society organisations and individuals from across the region strongly condemn the physical attack on writer and activist Vladimir Arsenijević, founder and Programme Director of Association KROKODIL, which took place this morning beneath Branko’s Bridge in Belgrade and prevented a memorial gathering from being held to mark the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) has submitted an initiative to the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation proposing amendments to the Rulebook on the Assessment of Primary School Students, with the aim of addressing identified abuses in its implementation and ensuring fairer student assessment. In recent months, a significant number of parents have contacted CCE… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) once again draws attention to the troubling ties maintained by certain members of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA) with structures closely associated with the regime of Vladimir Putin. Such activities undermine Montenegro’s international reputation and are inconsistent with the country’s foreign policy, which is aligned with the… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) welcomes the fact that the majority of our comments and suggestions on the Draft Code of Ethics for Journalists of Montenegro have been incorporated into the final version of the document, which was presented today. Our recommendations primarily concerned the clearly defined obligation to respect the presumption of innocence, strengthened… »
Non-governmental organisations point out that the Committee on Elections and Appointments of the Assembly of the Capital City of Podgorica yesterday, for the second time, contrary to the Decision on the Establishment of the Limited Liability Company Local Public Broadcaster “Radio Television Podgorica”, halted the procedure for appointing a new member of the RTV Podgorica… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) warns that the increasingly pronounced lack of public trust in the independence and professionalism of the media is encouraging citizens to turn to alternative sources of information, primarily social media, despite the fact that these are precisely the sources citizens trust the least when it comes to the accuracy and… »
The Centre for Civic Education (CCE) reminds the public that tomorrow, 6 July, marks the 34th anniversary of the murder of three members of the Klapuh family from Foča, for which, despite a final judgment delivered almost three decades ago, almost none of the perpetrators has served a prison sentence. When they decided to flee… »
By: Mélodie Tran Thuan When I arrived in Podgorica on Sunday, 31 May 2026, on the eve of the start of my internship at the Centre for Civic Education, one thing immediately struck me: the prominent place the European Union occupies in Montenegrin political life. In the media, in the speeches of political leaders, and… »
Political corruption is the abuse of entrusted public authority by political officeholders or institutions for the purpose of obtaining unlawful private or partisan gain. It undermines democracy, weakens the rule of law, and leads to an unfair distribution of resources in society. We are witnessing precisely this form of political corruption in the Parliament of… »
Montenegro has once again failed to officially designate 11 July as the Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Srebrenica genocide, thereby ensuring its regular institutional commemoration. Although the Parliament of Montenegro recognized the importance of and the need to designate 11 July as the Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Srebrenica… »