Centre for Civic Education (CCE) once again points to the concerning continuity of cooperation between the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU) and academic circles and international associations close to the regime of Vladimir Putin, despite Montenegro’s clearly declared foreign policy orientation and its support for Ukraine. CCE recalls that even after Russia’s invasion… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) points out that the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU), despite the publicly expressed support of Montenegro for Ukraine following the Russian aggression, continued cooperation with structures close to regimes participating in that aggression, and that the President of CANU officially visited Moscow in 2024. The Russian aggression against… »
State institutions are responsible for preventing the relativisation and denial of war crimes, and they are not doing so effectively in the region. Confronting the past has never been on the agenda of political parties, and formal education fails to fill that space because it is sparse and often biased. These are the key assessments… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), in response to the statement by the Deputy Prime Minister for Education, Science and Relations with Religious Communities, Budimir Aleksić, that the Church has no influence over the Government, as well as his claim that religious education would have long since been introduced in schools “if the Church had any… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) notes that the latest edition of the Media Literacy Index, published by the Open Society Institute, records some progress for Montenegro. However, this improvement remains far from sufficient given the challenges the society faces. Despite its formal advancement in the ranking, Montenegro remains among countries with limited resilience to disinformation,… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) calls on the Acting Director of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (APC), Dušan Drakić, to, before announcing new rules under which the APC could, without the consent of public officials, inspect their bank accounts and possible hidden assets through related persons, first ensure the basic prerequisite – trust… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) welcomes the ruling of the Minor Offences Court in Bijelo Polje, Pljevlja Division, by which the Mayor of the Municipality of Pljevlja, Dario Vraneš, was found guilty over a post published on the social network Instagram targeting journalist and Director of the Center for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro (CIN-CG), Milka… »
“The state has not done nearly enough to achieve even a minimum level of justice. When it comes to war crimes, Montenegro is characterised by the fact that it does not deny crimes and is willing to pay compensation, yet there are no convictions for those crimes. The situation is similar in the case of… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) notes that the work on Encyclopedia of Montenegro, a capital project of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU), has been marked by a series of controversies, both regarding financial projections, which are continuously increasing, and the selection of collaborators. The project officially began on 1 September 2024, and… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), regarding the response by Vedran Vujisić carried by some media outlets, points out that Vujisić did not refute any of CCE’s claims. On the contrary, his interpretation essentially confirms our key thesis – that the absence of a normative prohibition may exist, but that is precisely the problem, not an… »