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OSCE-supported guidelines for moderating readers’ comments on internet portals presented in Podgorica
Publishing date: 4 March 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Media freedom and development
A set of guidelines, developed with OSCE support, that elaborates rules, ethical standards and guidance on how to moderate readers’ comments on internet portals was presented to the Montenegrin public on 4 March 2019 in Podgorica...
Roundtable discussion on draft law on media organized with the support of OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 22 February 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Media freedom and development
Free and independent media are a cornerstone of every democratic society, said Head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro Maryse Daviet, opening a roundtable discussion on the country’s draft law on media on 22 February 2019 in Podgorica...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative commends arrests in investigation of attack on Olivera Lakić in Montenegro, calls for justice to be served
Publishing date: 19 February 2019
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 19 February 2019- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir today commended the arrest of nine persons in Montenegro who the police say are part of a criminal gang that is responsible for a series of crimes including the attack on journalist Olivera Lakić on 8 May last year...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro donates servers and software for electoral data processing to State Election Commission
Publishing date: 19 February 2019
On 18 February 2019 in Podgorica, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro handed over to the State Election Commission software developed to process electoral data along with IT equipment. This marks the completion of a two year project, providing technical assistance to the State Election Commission (SEC)...
In letter to Foreign Minister of Montenegro, OSCE Representative expressed concern on prison sentence decision against journalist Jovo Martinović
Publishing date: 16 January 2019
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 16 January 2019- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir yesterday sent a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro, Srđan Darmanović, regarding the recent court sentence against investigative journalist Jovo Martinović...
OSCE trains Montenegrin airport border and customs officers on behavioural analysis and identification of foreign terrorist fighters and criminals at airports
Publishing date: 17 December 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
A national training course on behavioural analysis and identification of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) and criminals at airports for 24 border and customs officers from Montenegro’s Podgorica and Tivat airports, the Civil Aviation Agency and the Intelligence Agency of Montenegro was held from 11 to 14 December 2018 in Podgorica...
Montenegro’s national platform for suppressing VERLT, developed with support from OSCE Mission, presented in Podgorica
Publishing date: 14 December 2018
The Government of Montenegro presented its national platform for suppressing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) in Podgorica on 14 December 2018. It was developed by the Montenegrin Ministry of the Interior and the Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro.