The enlargement of the European Union (EU) has become a reality, and the candidate countries need to strengthen institutions and the rule of law to protect themselves from external malign influences, said EU Ambassador in Montenegro, Oana Cristina Popa, at the panel “Western Balkans, International actors and the Geopolitics of the new era?” during the… »
A stable, European, and civic government in Montenegro can complete all the reforms from the process of accession to the European Union (EU) in four years, but it is questionable whether Montenegro will get such a government, said former Minister of European Affairs of Montenegro and member of the BIEPAG, Jovana Marović, during the panel… »
The region, including Montenegro, 20 years after the summit in Thessaloniki, deservedly stands in the same waiting room, as there has not been concincing display of political will for reforms, as assessed by the Executive Director of the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) Daliborka Uljarević, at the conference “Time to Move on – 20 years… »
The question of Montenegro’s independence is considered closed by the dominant majority of citizens of Serbia, but it is clear that the narratives heard from the authorities keep this topic within a framework that is not conducive for the development of healthy neighbourly relations. This is indicated by responses related to the insufficient degree of… »
Independence of Montenegro is definitive and unquestionable for the vast majority of Montenegrin citizens, relations with Serbia are assessed as the best in comparison to former Yugoslav countries. However, there is a prevailing belief that official Serbia influences internal affairs in Montenegro, and such interference is significantly noticeable even when it comes to the Serbian… »
Despite certain positive developments in addressing hate speech in the public sphere, a more proactive institutional approach is needed, and communication on this issue must be substantive to continuously point out the harmful effects of hate speech and related forms of inappropriate speech, as well as the consequences it has on direct victims and society… »
It is often taken for granted that young people are Euroenthusiastic, and Euroscepticism that is spreading among them is ignored. The factors for this scepticism vary, but mostly include insufficient levels of information young people hold about the benefits provided by EU membership, which is also related to their economic opportunities; we should also not… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) condemns the attacks that took place in the TV show Naglas on the public broadcaster RTCG, where Ivana Vujović and the NGO Juventas, which she leads, were targeted by Milutin Đukanović, the President of the Board of Directors of Electrical Power Company of Montenegro (EPCG) and a representative of the… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) points to the importance of the preliminary observations of Margaret Sattertwaitte, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, who recently visited Montenegro, and on which occasion a representative of the CCE took part in a meeting with non-governmental organizations. These observations provide a very useful cross-section… »
Disinformation has become a powerful weapon, sometimes even stronger than military artillery, used to undermine democratic values. Its most common targets are democratically underdeveloped and insufficiently Europeanized societies. Particularly susceptible to such forms, sometimes overt, but most often through sophisticated media and digital violence, are small states with vulnerable and unprofessionalized media, lacking the strength… »
