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Announcement: Seminar on police integrity
Announcement: Seminar “Priorities and responsibilities in fostering police integrity in Montenegro” – September 25th 2014 Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Montenegro, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, the Parliament of Montenegro and Institute Alternative, are organising…
Message from the NATO summit: Intensified and focused talks with Montenegro
Commentary for BIRN on prospects of Montenegro’s membership in NATO after the NATO summit in Wales, held on September 4-5, 2014. The burning issues in Montenegro still remain the rule of law and the necessity of building integrity institutions in combating corruption and organized crime. Alongside these issues, the reform of the security and intelligence…
Press release: Deputy chairman of the Committee for Security and Defence must be appointed
Parliamentary opposition does not have a representative in the National Security Council, after having failed to appoint a deputy chairman of the Committee for Security and Defense from its own lines for over five years. The Law on the Basis of the Intelligence and Security Sector prescribes the composition of the National Security Council. Among…
EU Integration and Party Politics in the Balkans
European Policy Centre, a Brussel-based think tank, has just published a study “EU integration and party politics in the Balkans”, with contribution from IA’s Jovana Marović and Marko Sošić (Chapter on Montenegro: “European Integration and Party Politics in Montenegro”). This study highlights the interplay between EU integration and national politics in the region, and that…
Government to get used to a more active role of the Parliament
Taking into account the quantitative indicators on the work of the Parliament during 2014, it could be concluded that its oversight role has improved to certain extent. A number of conducted consultative and control hearings, adopted conclusions, as well as questions asked to the Prime Minister and the members of the Government, confirm this conclusion.…
Estimating the cost of measures from Action plans for Chapters 23 and 24
Implementation of measures from the Action Plans for Chapters 23 and 24 costs money – money that has to be foreseen in the national budget. To ensure that the funds are planned accordingly, it is necessary to revise the Action Plans in the part relating to the deadlines and budgets of specific measures. Action Plans…