Workshop on COVID-19 Pandemic in the Western Balkans: Effects on Democracy, Rule of Law, and Civil Society

09. 06. 2020.

TEN members took part at the closed-door workshop „The COVID-19 Pandemic in the Western Balkans: Effects on Democracy, Rule of Law, and Civil Society“ organised by the Aspen Institute Germany. The workshop gathered an expert community from the EU and the region, along with the officials from the EU and its member states. As a…

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CSOs from Montenegro and Serbia call for the lowering of tensions

29. 05. 2020.

Candidates for the membership in the European Union should resolve the disputed issues in the spirit of regional cooperation, stated ten civil society organisations from Montenegro and Serbia, adding that it is necessary to urgently calm the tensions between the two countries. In a joint statement, CSOs pointed out that, at a time when leading…

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Public Call for the Abolition or Reduction of the Measure which Bans Public Assemblies

22. 05. 2020.

Human Rights Action (HRA) and Institute Alternative (IA) call on the National Coordination Body (NKT) and the respected minister of health to abolish the ban on public assemblies in Montenegro. We think that amid abolishing many measures for suppression and prevention of spread of the new coronavirus, the need for banning public assemblies has ceased…

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Who paid EUR12,935 to Zoran Jelić?

20. 05. 2020.

Below you can take a look at the infographic on the mysterious income of one of the members of the Senate of the State Audit Institution:

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Joint Forces for Public Assemblies

18. 05. 2020.

Within the project ‘’Voice Your Rights! – Expanding Space for Free Assemblies” Institute Alternative (IA) supported four civil society organisations. Together with IA and Human Rights Action (HRA) they will monitor public assemblies in the next six months and work on expanding the space for activism. “At the time when we applied for the project,…

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Four Mini Grants within the ‘’Voice Your Rights! – Expanding Space for Free Assemblies” project

18. 05. 2020.

International Women’s Day March, International Workers’ Day March, Pride Parade, environmental protests, political demonstrations, religious protests– are examples of public assemblies where citizens want to express their beliefs and demands to public authorities. Four more organisations have joined our efforts to improve freedom of public assembly in the upcoming period, with the support of the…

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