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Agency will not act against Bošković: Law does not apply when money comes from abroad
Agency rejected a IA’s request to initiate the procedure against the Minister of Defence Predrag Bošković, suspecting that he had an illegal income of at least 62 000 euro as an official of international handball organisations. Agency rejected the request as unfounded, claiming that the Law on Prevention of Corruption does not apply to international…
Video: Why are we against proposed changes of the Law on Free Access to Information
Institute Alternative is one of 44 organisations demanded that Government give up on proposed Law on Amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information We demand from Government and Ministry of Public Administration to give up on proposed changes of the Law on Free Access to Information. Proposed changes introduce new restrictions and drastically…
EU accession negotiations, Other
You4EU Debate in Zagreb
The international conference “Technology for Transparency and Citizen Participation” was held on Friday, September 27th in Zagreb. The conference was organised within the project “YOU4EU – Citizen Participation 2.0”, that Institute Alternative implements with the partners. In the introductory part, the You4EU project and and the publication “50 Questions from YOU to the EU” were…
Dina Bajramspahić in TV show ‘’Načisto’’ broadcasted on TV Vijesti
In an ocean of insolent, arbitrary and ignorant decisions, the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information prepared by the Ministry of Public Administration especially stood out, which was quite difficult in the Montenegrin public life. Reading in disbelief from one article to another, we who have been working in…
Open letter from 44 NGOs ahead of the International Day for Universal Access to Information
In the eve of International Day for Universal Access to Information, 44 NGOs signed an open letter to the Prime Minister of Montenegro and the Minister of Public Administration, requesting that they abandon the proposed amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information that introduce new restrictions and drastically reduce the transparency of institutions,…
Anti – Corruption Agency’s Council to open its door for the NGOs
We submitted the initiative to the Council of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption to enable NGO representatives to monitor its sessions without obligation to participate. We also urged the Council to publish its working materials before sessions, rather than after, as is does now. Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Council, adopted…