The Centre for Civic Education (CCE) once again draws attention to the lack of transparency and the substantial fees paid by the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA) to the Working Group for the Initial Phase of the Encyclopaedia of Montenegro (EM). As previously reported by the CCE, a total of EUR 113,664.32 was… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) welcomes the agreement reached between the governing majority and the opposition to initiate the procedure for amending the Constitution in a manner that will strengthen the independence of the judiciary, reduce political influence over Montenegro’s judicial system, and create the conditions for an effective rule of law based on a… »
In its latest review of Prime Minister’s Questions, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) notes that this mechanism should not be assessed solely by the number of sittings held and questions asked, but also by the importance and substance of the issues on which the Prime Minister is expected to account publicly. Alongside politically attractive… »
Parliamentary groups used Prime Minister’s Questions to raise a broad range of issues – from the economy, European integration and public finances to security, the rule of law, identity-related matters, regional development and local problems affecting citizens – according to the second part of an analysis by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) of the… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) points out that Prime Minister Milojko Spajić has so far failed to accord sufficient importance to Prime Minister’s Questions, one of the key mechanisms of parliamentary oversight of the executive. Of the 21 sessions that should have been held under the Rules of Procedure, the Prime Minister attended only 14,… »
Non-governmental organisations active in the fields of media and human rights have submitted an initiative to the Administrative Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro, requesting a reconsideration of the candidacies and the preparation of a new proposed list of candidates for membership of the RTCG Council, after a review of the available documentation revealed numerous… »
Over the past 20 years, the Presidents of Montenegro have conferred a total of 200 state honours. However, there are still no clearly defined rules regarding who may be nominated, the criteria used to decide on recipients, or the merits on the basis of which individuals are awarded these honours, according to the findings of… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) highlights the findings of the EU Matrix – MEP Influence Index 2026, which measures the political influence of all 720 Members of the current European Parliament (EP) from the 27 EU Member States. The Index is based on the analysis of tens of thousands of data points relating to the… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), as part of its continuous monitoring of the Parliament of Montenegro, analysed the number of employees and other persons engaged in the offices of the President and four Vice-Presidents of the Parliament of Montenegro, based on data obtained through requests for free access to information. As of 31 May 2026,… »
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… »