The Centre for Monitoring and Research CeMI calls on the Ministry of Interior to consistently respect political and legal obligations on effective control of the voters' list, and to immediately conduct procedures to verify and possibly revoke citizenship and delete all illegally registered voters from the Montenegrin voters' list.Određenjem da ne mogu nastaviti postupanje u predmetu brisanja duplo upisanih birača, MUP ne ispunjava jasan zahtjev Evropske komisije iz ovogodišnjeg Izvještaja za Cr

Within the project "Combating gendered disinformation and online violence against women in politics in Montenegro by educating women and advocating campaign", Centre for Monitoring and Research (CeMI), with the support of the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives CFLI, has established a system of monitoring social networks from the aspect of gender-based disinformation and online violence against women. The system enables the collection and processing of data indicating elements of digital gender-ba

There is a strong debate in the media these days about the dates of the local elections in the three Montenegrin municipalities in which they have already been called, in accordance with the Constitution and the election law. A proposal for amendments to the Law on Local Self-Government was submitted in the procedure, which is an attempt to stop the holding of already announced elections.CeMI strongly supports the idea of uniting the holding of local elections in all municipalities in one day, b

Centre for Monitoring and Research (CeMI) is implementing a project entitled ‘’ Combating gendered disinformation and online violence against women in politics in Montenegro by educating women and advocating campaign’’.The overall project goal is to raise public awareness on the phenomena of gendered disinformation and the spread of online harmful content against women in politics in Montenegro. Project activities are aimed in increasing the level of awareness of women in politics about their di

Law on Prevention of Corruption needs to be revised to provide adequate protection for whistleblowers, and there is a good legal framework when it comes to conflict of interest, but certain provisions need to be improved to facilitate its practical implementation. This was announced at the panel discussion "Prevention of conflicts of interest and protection of whistleblowers in Montenegro", organized by the Centre for Monitoring and Research (CeMI). The President of Governing Board of CeMI, Zlat

The President of the Governing Board of the Centre for Monitoring and Research (CeMI), Zlatko Vujovic, who is also the Secretary General of the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO), talked in Belgrade with German Chancellor Angela Merkel."It was a great opportunity to present the political situation in Montenegro and the main challenges that Montenegrin society is facing. It was a very open and dynamic meeting", Vujovic pointed out.Vujovic was the only representative of

Zlatko Vujović, President of the Governing Board of the Centre for Monitoring and Research (CeMI), says that critics of the current regime are exposed to discrimination, intimidation and stigmatization. "The government may have changed, but its behavior has remained the same. CeMI goes on regardless of the pressures we are exposed to", Vujović told "Vijesti".He said they were disappointed with the attitude of the ruling parliamentary majority, which unanimously prevented them from being an assoc

A total of 2,691 voters with residence in foreign countries have been registered in the Herceg Novi electoral roll, which represents more than 10% of the electorate of this municipality, the research carried out by CEMI demonstrate.CeMI filed on 18 March a request to the Ministry of Interior to be granted access to the electoral roll, but, since the electoral roll for the forthcoming elections in Herceg Novi will not be final until ten days before the elections, they were granted access to

The rule of law, strong institutions and good legislation is the foundation for adequate and humane management of migration, and in Montenegro half of the citizens have a neutral stance on the increasing number of migrants who enter the country, and two-thirds of them are not sure that the state is able to adequately take care of migrants. This was announced at the conference " Migration, Human Rights and Social Inclusion ", which was organized by the Centre for Monitoring and Research ( CE

An exhibition of art works and drawings by children from the Center for Admission in Spuz was organized by the Centre for Monitoring and Research (CeMI) within the project "Society without Prejudice: Solidarity to Equality and Inclusion", which was held at the National Library. Radosav Ljumovic ".The Executive Director of CeMI, Teodora Gilic, said that with the project we wanted to try to point out the contribution that migrants can give to our communities, as well as to influence the reduction

The voting process during election day in Niksic was conducted in accordance with domestic legislation and in addition to the challenges posed by pressure on the work of polling stations, verbal conflicts between their members at polling stations, as well as in their immediate vicinity.The election campaign was marked by strong tension, cases of violence, widespread disrespect for epidemiological measures, violation of election silence, participation of foreign actors from the Republic of Serbia

Results from polling stations, based on 100% of the processed electorate. CeMI accredited 182 observers to monitor the local elections in Niksic, who were deployed at all polling stations. The Civic Monitoring of Local Elections in Niksic project was supported by the British Embassy in Podgorica.

In the local elections held in Niksic, the European team for Niksic won 18 seats, For the future of Niksic 11, Peace is our nation 10, Black and White one, the People's Movement one seat, and the Social Democratic Party did not pass the census. At the final press conference, the President of the Steering Board of CeMI, Zlatko Vujovic, said that based on 140 processed polling stations, it is no longer known whether the SDP will enter the parliament. "The possibility for the SDP to pass the three

In local elections happening in Niksic today, 81.2% of voters exercised their voting right by 7 PM.CeMI accredited 182 observers for monitoring the local elections in Niksic and assigned them to all polling stations.Local elections are happening in Niksic today, imply 58,833 citizens that have the right to vote, and 138 polling stations designated for such a purpose.Four coalitions and two parties are participating: Coalition “The European Team for Niksic”, People’s Movement “For the Resurrectio

In local elections happening in Niksic today, 77.8% of voters exercised their voting right by 5 PM.CeMI accredited 182 observers for monitoring the local elections in Niksic and assigned them to all polling stations.Local elections are happening in Niksic today, imply 58,833 citizens that have the right to vote, and 138 polling stations designated for such a purpose.Four coalitions and two parties are participating: Coalition “The European Team for Niksic”, People’s Movement “For the Resurrectio

In local elections in Niksic 61.2% of voters exercised their voting right by 1 PM.CeMI accredited 182 observers for monitoring the local elections in Niksic and assigned them to all polling stations.Local elections are happening in Niksic today, imply 58,833 citizens that have the right to vote, and 138 polling stations designated for such a purpose.Four coalitions and two parties are participating: Coalition “The European Team for Niksic”, People’s Movement “For the Resurrection of Niksic”, Soc

With regard to false information placed by some of the meme and facebook pages, which claim are publishing the results of exit polls conducted by CeMI, it is our duty to deny it and inform the media and the public that exit polls are not allowed in Montenegro. CeMI has never done them, and is not doing them in this election either. Nobody is allowed to perform such an activity. If there is knowledge of these being done, it is necessary to report it to the authorities. Otherwise, its misinformati

In local elections in Niksic 38% of voters exercised their voting right by 11AM.CeMI accredited 182 observers for monitoring the local elections in Niksic and assigned them to all polling stations.Local elections are happening in Niksic today, imply 58,833 citizens that have the right to vote, and 138 polling stations designated for such a purpose.Four coalitions and two parties are participating: Coalition “The European Team for Niksic”, People’s Movement “For the Resurrection of Niksic”, Socia

In local elections in Niksic 15.6% of voters exercised their voting right by 9AM.CeMI accredited 182 observers for monitoring the local elections in Niksic and assigned them to all polling stations.Local elections are happening in Niksic today, imply 58,833 citizens that have the right to vote, and 138 polling stations designated for such a purpose.Four coalitions and two parties are participating: Coalition “The European Team for Niksic”, People’s Movement “For the Resurrection of Niksic”, Soci

Almost half of citizens believe that there is discrimination against national minorities in Montenegro, close to two thirds of those aged 18 to 29 believe that this form of discrimination exists in society, and only one third of citizens over 60 share such an opinion.This was shown by the research within the project "Contribution to the development and improvement of the rights of minority peoples and other minority national communities in Montenegro", which was conducted by CeMI from February 2