News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports national public service broadcaster by donating mobile journalism equipment
Publishing date: 6 August 2020
As part of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro’s technical support to the media, the Mission donated seven state-of-the-art mobile journalism sets to the public service broadcaster, Radio Television of Montenegro (RTCG), on 6 August 2020 in Podgorica...
OSCE launches project on increasing and supporting participation of women at all levels of policing with pilot activities in Montenegro
Publishing date: 27 July 2020
The OSCE launched a new project on 24 July 2020 aimed at increasing and supporting the participation of women at all levels of policing, with the first pilot activities taking place in Montenegro. The project was developed to raise awareness at policy and police levels about the under-representation of women in the police across the OSCE area...
Youth’s potential in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization discussed at OSCE-supported workshop in Montenegro
Publishing date: 9 July 2020
Young people represent the most vulnerable group exposed to violent extremism and radicalization, but also have the greatest potential to combat and prevent it. This was the conclusion of a two-day workshop on youth engagement to prevent and counter violent extremism (P/CVE) and radicalization, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry of Sports and Youth on 6 and 7 July 2020 in Bečići...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports drafting of the Police Strategy
Publishing date: 3 July 2020
To support the drafting of the new 2021-2024 Police Development Strategy and the 2021-2022 Action Plan, on 2 and 3 July 2020 in Bečići, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro facilitated a series of four working sessions, with 38 officials of the Interior Ministry and Police Directorate, to develop these strategic documents...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro donates forensic equipment to the Police Directorate
Publishing date: 3 July 2020
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro donated forensic equipment valued at €51,982 to the country's Forensic Centre and the Cyber Crime Unit within the Police Directorate on 3 July 2020...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports State Election Commission and Association of Blind discussion on polling station accessibility
Publishing date: 1 July 2020
Ensuring accessibility for all voters at polling stations is essential and the responsibility of election commissions. This was the conclusion of representatives of the Montenegrin State Election Commission at a workshop organized by the Association of the Blind of Montenegro on 30 June in Podgorica...
Montenegro State Election Commission Chair meets municipal electoral commissions
Publishing date: 26 June 2020
A delegation led by Aleksa Ivanović, Chair of the State Election Commission, and including Darko Brajović, National Programme Officer at the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, met with representatives of municipal election commissions. The meetings aimed to review election readiness, voting procedures, accessibility of polling stations, and new challenges in administering elections during the pandemic.