NGOs call on the EU to engage regarding the implementation of media laws and the appointment of members to the Council of the Agency for Audiovisual Media Services

Media-focused NGOs submitted an appeal today to the Delegation of the European Union, urging its engagement in the implementation of media laws and the appointment of members to the Council of the Agency for Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS). Specifically, the NGOs called on the Head of the EU Delegation, Johan Sattler, to remind Montenegrin authorities… »

Security guards must be returned to schools immediately – children’s safety is not an issue to be postponed

The non-governmental organizations – Parents’ Association, Human Rights Action (HRA), and the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) – today sent a letter to the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, requesting an urgent public statement on whether the engagement of security guards in primary and secondary schools will continue during the 2025/2026 school year.  This… »

Mandić and the Parliamentary Majority Obstruct Media Reforms – Montenegro’s EU Path at Risk

Non-governmental organizations active in the media sector submitted an initiative today to the President of the Parliament of Montenegro, urging him to contribute to the implementation of media laws and the appointment of members to the Council of the Agency for Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS). The NGOs, engaged in media-related issues, called on the President… »

RTCG and AVM Between Public Interest and Political Calculations

The independence of Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG), local public broadcasters, and the Agency for Audiovisual Media Services (AVM) is essential for safeguarding the public interest, yet political pressures continue to hinder their functioning. This was one of the conclusions of the PRODUCAST by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE), focusing on the media… »

Attacks on Gorjanc Prelević Documented by Columbia University

In the latest edition of its regular review on the state of freedom of expression, Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression has included the case of the smear campaign against Tea Gorjanc Prelević, Executive Director of the Human Rights Action (HRA) and one of the most consistent human rights defenders in Montenegro. In one section… »

Stop Hate!
 Le ta ndalojmë urrejtjen!

We strongly condemn the violent disruption of the screening of the film “Roda” by Albanian director Isa Qosja, which took place last night as part of the Džada Film Festival in Zabjelo, Podgorica. According to eyewitness reports, a group of aggressors stormed the screening and interrupted it simply because the film was in the Albanian language. This act… »

TVCG in the service of revisionism and the relativization of crimes

A group of non-governmental organizations and civic activists today submitted a complaint to the Ombudsman of RTCG regarding the programme “Loudly: The Face and Reverse of Controversial Monuments in Montenegro” broadcast on 1 September. The complaint was submitted by: Media Center, Human Rights Action (HRA), Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Centre for Women’s and Peace Education ANIMA,… »

Courage and Resistance of the Nineties Through an Exhibition in Budva

When speaking about the nineties, we most often recall crimes, sanctions, poverty, and destruction, and rarely those who opposed such politics – those who raised their voices, wrote, protested, and saved others because they believed things had to be different. This exhibition is an attempt to express gratitude to them, it was said at the… »

Stop the Glorification of the Wars of the 1990s

Civil society organizations and civic activists express strong opposition to the decision of the Council for Naming Neighbourhoods, Streets, and Squares of the Capital City of Podgorica to name a street after Darko Vlahović, a junior sergeant of the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), who was killed on 28 December 1991 on the territory of the… »