Centre for Civic Education (CCE) has, in recent months, analysed the work of certain members of the Government – primarily the Minister without Portfolio and the Deputy Prime Ministers of Montenegro – in the context of the inflation of functions within the Government’s structure, often with overlapping or unclear competences, as well as pronounced non-transparency.… »
Press release 2025
For a Safer Montenegro – Support for the Families of Mass Shooting Victims
Non-governmental organizations and civic activists express their support for the protest organized by the families of those killed and injured in two mass shootings in Cetinje. The protest will be held on Tuesday, 12 August, at 3:00 PM, at the Lovćenska Vila monument in Cetinje, marking the third anniversary of the first mass shooting. In the crime… »
It is Not a Youth Crisis – It is a Crisis of Youth Policy
On the occasion of 12 August – International Youth Day – the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) draws attention to the multifaceted challenges that young people in Montenegro face, and which often leave them without adequate support, perspective, or opportunities for active participation in society. Instead of celebrating their potential, this date increasingly serves as… »
A Liturgy for a Crime: The Serbian Orthodox Church and Institutions in the Service of Ideological Revisionism
Non-governmental organizations and civic activists warn that today’s “consecration” of a monument to Pavle Đurišić, erected on private property in the village of Gornje Zaostro near Berane, constitutes a trampling of the institutional order of Montenegro. The blessing of this moral downfall was given by the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC), through a liturgy led by… »
Urgently remove the illegal monument to Pavle Đurišić as it is a monument to atrocity, not heroism
Non-governmental organisations and civic activists strongly condemn the erection of a monument to Pavle Đurišić in Gornje Zaostro near Berane – a war criminal, Chetnik commander, Nazi collaborator, and ally of the Ustaše, who was decorated by Adolf Hitler himself. This act is not merely historical revisionism – it is the open glorification of evil.… »
Thirty Years Since “Operation Storm” – Victims Still Denied Justice and Dignity
On the 30th marking of the military-police operation “Storm” (Oluja), the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) expresses deep concern over the fact that justice for the victims of this operation has never been achieved. The four-day action, which began on 4 August 1995, not only marked the end of the Republic of Serbian Krajina but… »
Naming a street after Pavle Bulatović would mean Montenegro today is endorsing the war crime of deportation
Civil society organizations strongly oppose the possibility that a street in the Capital city of Podgorica be named after Pavle Bulatović, a man directly responsible for the war crime of deporting Bosnian refugees. We regret that our previous arguments against this initiative, raised already last year, have not been taken into account. We warn that… »
21 NGOs: Use this opportunity to reform the Agency for National Security
Once again, we urge Members of Parliament to halt further decision-making on the Draft Law on the Agency for National Security (NSA), to open space for a broad and inclusive public debate, and to take into account the views of relevant experts, organizations, and institutions, as without democratic oversight of the security services, there can… »
Parliamentary majority continues to undermine the independence of the media regulator and Montenegro’s EU path
Yesterday’s vote in the Parliament of Montenegro on the appointment of members to the Council of the Agency for Audiovisual Media Services revealed the true nature of the ruling majority’s actions – the systemic dismantling of European integration efforts and the imposition of party control over institutions that, under EU rules, must be independent and… »
Parents Recognize Civic Education as Key to a Better Society and Less Violence
Most parents in Montenegro did not have Civic Education as a subject during their schooling, but today they see it as an important tool for shaping children’s character and combating violence, hatred, and intolerance, while strengthening democratic values among youth, this was revealed through focus group findings within the project “Enhancing Education for Civic and… »