Reaction of Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) on our yesterday’s statement indicates that DPS is in a severe discrepancy not only with critically oriented non-governmental organizations that argumentatively point out deviations of the system and advocate for defence of public interest, but also with the European Union, USA and many other actors in the country… »
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Doctors to freely decide on interests of the profession
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Institute Alternative (IA), Centre for Development of Non-Governmental Organizations (CDNGO) and Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro (CIN MNE) appeal for removal of all obstacles as soon as possible and creation of conditions for normal functioning of the Doctors Chamber of Montenegro whose work is being obstructed by the Ministry… »
Last assault of DPS on independency of RTCG
We inform national and international public that Administrative Committee of Parliament of Montenegro continues illegal action in proceedings that are being led towards members of Council of RTCG, exactly in the manner that we warned in our statement from 5 October 2017. Administrative Committee called upon member of the Council, Goran Djurovic, to, in the… »
Media reported the most about local elections in Cetinje, polarization remains
During campaign for local elections in Cetinje, Mojkovac and Petnjica, the Montenegrin media reported the most about Cetinje elections, while the election campaign should be extended in order to enable citizens to get as realistic a picture as possible of the options available to them. This was pointed out by research of the Centre for… »
Western Balkans Leaders Appoint Personal Envoys for Drafting of the Agreement on the Establishment of RECOM
The Presidents of Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Kosovo, and the Bosniak Member of the Presidency of BiH, have appointed Personal Envoys, who will, together with the Coalition for RECOM, prepare a draft Agreement on the Establishment of RECOM. The Envoy of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, is Tanja Jovic, Foreign Affairs Advisor to the President… »
Completed VIII FAST FORWARD Human Rights Film Festival 2017
By screening of films The Unforgiven, of Danish director Lars Feldballe-Petersen and A Man of Integrity, of Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof in Cinema Boka in Kotor, last night was completed eighth edition of FAST FORWARD Human Rights Film Festival 2017, under slogan QUESTIONING BORDERS, that was organized by Centre for Civic Education (CCE), in cooperation… »
European Commission to call Government and Parliament to respect Law on RTCG
We invite the European Commission to, more vigorously than so far, call upon Government of Montenegro and Parliament of Montenegro to respect the letter and spirit of the Law on public broadcasting services of RTCG. Proceedings, from mostly bizarre reasons that are formal in nature, that in urgent procedure lead to resolvement in such a… »
Who and why abolishes public discussions on key regulations
The Government of Montenegro, without public discussion, in a secret process and without any involvement of the public, passed the Amendments to the Law on State Administration. Amendments to the Law were determined at the session of 16 November 2017. Text of the amendments was not submitted for consideration even to the Public Administration Reform… »
15 years of Centre for Civic Education (CCE) – questioning borders
Fifteen years ago, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) was established, ascribing itself a mission of necessary modernization of Montenegrin society, thus becoming a part of relatively small group of non-governmental organizations still struggling for adequate social and political positioning. This was a large, perhaps even venerable, task for at the time being limited capacities,… »
Fight for civic concept of society that will not limit human rights is still ongoing
The mission of a fight for the civic concept of understanding society which will not limit the basic human rights and freedoms with party and other restraints nowadays is even more pivotal, and exclusion towards those who do not think the same limits social and personal potentials. This was bespoken by the Executive Director of… »