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The Association for Assisting Individuals Disabled in Psychophysics Development in Niksic organized a two-day seminar for representatives of 15 local institutions and non-governmental organizations on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (OSI) and their proper implementation. The seminar is part of the seven-month project "Together for the Better Status of Persons with Disabilities", worth around 17,000 euros, and 82% of means are funded by the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights.
According to the Director of the Association, Milusa Zugic the results of the OSI position in Niksic were presented.
"We conducted research with four focus groups - people with disabilities, their parents, non-governmental organizations and institutions. We surveyed over 100 citizens, and the questionnaire was filled out by about 50 people with a disability from Niksic, all in order to get the right picture of the position of people with disabilities," said Zugic.
The project's aim, which ends in late July, is improving the position of people with disabilities, and the Association has also printed a brochure containing information on the research, OSI rights, and good manners. The brochure and the results of the research will be presented next month.
Text by Svetlana Mandic, on June 27th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
The Citizens' Initiative “Let's Save Sinjajevina” invites the Minister of Defense Predrag Boskovic to stand on the side of the people and not go against them and to comply with the recommendation of the Agency for the Protection of Nature and Environment, which gave the green light to declare the mountain Sinjajevina as the regional nature park, said the initiative.
They responded to the statement by Boskovic, who said that there were more political activists than the locals at the protests in Sinjajevina.
"We call on the Minister to support the petition that has been launched and aims to declare this mountain as a protected area (https://www.epeticije.gov.me/). Instead of counting us and seeing who we are and where we are from, what we do and how many times we were in Sinjajevina, perhaps it would be better to talk, to see that we want good for this mountain and for you to finally hear and understand what we have been repeating this whole year. We will say once again that the Citizens' Initiative is asking only one thing, and it is that Sinjajevina becomes a protected area and a nature park, to be used for the development of agriculture and tourism, not a military polygon.
After all, respected minister, there are no hidden intentions, no other motives, and it is not difficult to understand, only if you want to," the statement adds.
They said that they did not want to enter discussions with Boskovic, but as a politician with many years of experience, he should hear the voice of the people rather than come into conflict with them.
"As a politician, you probably know that the main instrument of democracy is dialogue, which brings together common solutions in the public interest, not at the expense of any individual or social group. Therefore, we expect you to speak with the people and not to dismiss them as per the automatism. So far, there has been no single proof that the military polygon will not have a negative impact on the environment, that agriculture will not be endangered, that there will be no contaminated sources from which the citizens of Mojkovac, Kolasin, Savnik, Zabljak drink potable water, in one word - that Sinjajevina will not be destroyed. We have only verbal persuasions, attacks and labeling.
This is neither good nor reasonable; it is even less in line with the democratic principles that we aspire to as a society," they added. They told Boskovic that it was not true that the villagers did not protest in Sinjajevina.
"We do not know how you can say that there were no locals among the assembled people when you were not here to see us, it is difficult to see something that you turn your head away from. Everyone who wants the best for the mountain is welcome to Sinjajevina, who are engaged for its preservation. Therefore we invite everyone to come to Savine vode on July 12th. Also, it is not true that Sinjajevina was used as a military polygon by the Yugoslavian National Army (JNA), not even for a single day, and especially decades, as you are reporting to us from Brussels, for which you have no proof because if you had it you would show it long time ago," the Civic Initiative continued.
They called Boskovic to come to Savine vode on July 12th.
"Finally, we invite you to come to Savine vode with all the other citizens of Montenegro on July 12, to hear how much this mountain means to the people who live there and how much it can be useful to Montenegro. So you can see how Sinjajevina can be much more than a military polygon that it can bring millions to the state and not be destroyed for nothing. To make it easier for you to reach it at the time of arrival, we will give you proper guidance. Savino Lake is located a few hundred meters away from Margita, which you visited in November 2018," concludes the statement by the Civic Initiative “Let’s Save Sinjajevina”.
Text by Vijesti online, on June 27th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
On Monday, June 24, 2019, the Shopping Center “Butiko” opened in Radanovici. Situated on the Adriatic highway near the airport of Tivat, at 6800m2 with 156 parking spaces, the center will enable citizens of the surrounding municipalities of Budva, Tivat and Kotor much easier access to well-known brands from the region, with numerous planned events intended for citizens of Boka bay.
The opening of the mall was enriched with numerous promotions, discounts, and an entertainment program for children and good music.
The project for the construction of the shopping center Butiko was realized by Sun Power d.o.o, in cooperation with Colliers International Montenegro, which carried out all the necessary studies during the planning of the construction and secured the lease of 100% of available business space.
Upon its opening, Colliers International Montenegro will be in charge of managing all operations of Butiko, which will be the third shopping center that Colliers has worked on in developing feasibility studies, market research, renting business premises and providing real estate management services.
SC Butiko will offer a wide range of well-known brands such as New Yorker, Intersport, Idea Super, Kidsland, Bonatti, Dama, Penti, City Mania, Footwear Chic, Fratteli, Bla Bla Shop, Euromobitel, Gradska knjizara (Bookstore), La Mia Casa, Planika and Ciciban, Tobacco Shop, Restaurant Ladovina and Baby Bistro - a children's playroom.
Text by Promo, on June 26th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
This weekend in Kolasin is interesting for all visitors, but also for those who live in this city. Namely, there are three manifestations, by which the organizers want to complete the out-of-season offer in Kolasin.
As the TO Director Aleksandar Vlahovic said, on Saturday, June 29, the traditional International Basketball Camp begins, which will last until 18 July. On the same day at the Square in Kolasin, the participants of the eighth Mountain Bike Ciker marathon will start their race.
"This is a ten-day cycling marathon, which will gather more than 130 participants this year. They left from Kraljevo on June 23 and will finish in Tivat on July 2nd . This event is supported by numerous tourist organizations from Montenegro and Serbia. The participants arrive in Kolasin on Friday, and Saturday morning, from the city square, they go to Podgorica. TO and the Municipality recognized the significance of this event and managed to find a place on the map for this prestigious mountain biking marathon and our city," says Vlahovic.
The Marathon tango Saturday in Kolasin, organized by Podgorica's Tango Schools “Tango and tacka” and Tango Natural Montenegro, with the support of TO, is also planned for the week. A daily milonga will be held at Hotel Bianca from 1 pm to 5 pm and in the evening at Biogradsko lake from 9.30 pm on Saturday to early morning on Sunday. "The entrance to milonga is free of charge, and the transportation to Biogradsko lake will be organized. DJ Mire, DJ Luka and Emir will perform. It will be an opportunity for visitors to enjoy and to remind themselves of the beautiful tango moments that we have spent all the past years in Kolasin," said the Director of TO.
Text by Dragana Scepanovic, on June 26th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
26 June 2019 - Minister of Public Administration Suzana Pribilović participated in the United Nations Public Service Forum (UNPSF) titled "Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through effective Delivery of Services, Innovative Transformation and Accountable Institutions", which recently took place in Baku.
"The priority of the Government of Montenegro is to establish an efficient, rational and transparent public administration. Administrations that will, in accordance with contemporary trends, place the citizen in the first place and establish a high level of openness and transparency of public institutions in the era of modern information technologies," Minister Pribilović said at the United Nations panel debate sponsored by ReSPA.
She pointed out that establishing an efficient, rational and transparent public administration is not an easy task, but it is imperative for our administration and a prerequisite to responding to global challenges, as stated by the Ministry of Public Administration of Montenegro.
"That is why the key to solving this challenge is to join capacities. We can learn a lot from each other in all phases from designing services to measuring the satisfaction of their use," Minister Pribilović noted.
"We are constantly working on improving the work of electronic administration and increasing the number of electronic services. Through the new Law on Electronic Signature and Identification, we have created the conditions for high-quality electronic business, established a new system of protection against cyber attacks and we managed to protect the system from cyber attacks in the previous period. Also, through securing the continuity of the reform processes, we are committed to meeting the standards and values inherent in modern societies," Minister Pribilović stressed.
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25 June 2019 - The Central Bank of Montenegro has already started preparations for introducing the instant payment system which would significantly increase non-cash transactions, as reported by CdM.
Instant payments can be carried out 24 hours, 365 days a year and transactions take only a couple of seconds. The system allows a customer to have money in the account immediately, you can send and receive electronic payments in euros anytime and anywhere. Instant payments can be made via mobile phone, giving you the same experience in terms of speed and convenience as with cash.
Instant payments enable the use of many innovative services, and the Central Bank of Montenegro claims that instant payments would significantly change cash to non-cash ratio.
The Central Bank of Montenegro recently stated that they prepared a working version of the draft law on interbank fees and special operating rules related to payment cards.
"This law regulated interbank fees charged to the payee during national payment transactions by payment cards in Montenegro. This will improve the functioning of the internal market and reduce costs for the payment transactions,” said the representatives of the Central Bank of Montenegro.
Currently, there are 301.597 payment card users: citizens, enterprises, entrepreneurs. The number of issued credit cards is higher by 136.024 or a total of 437.621, which means that somebody has one credit card, or more than one.
Fees, commissions, and terms of use of cards are different in all 13 banks. Credit cards of the clients of Atlas Bank are still on a moratorium; that is, they can not be used. IBM went bankrupt, so practically this bank doesn’t exist anymore. Commissions and fees are likely to be reduced, and that is the common feature of every bank. After the new legislation is adopted, we will see if that will happen.
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The installation of the noise limiters will start in the next few days in Niksic, in 26 restaurants located in the center of the city.
"The installation of the limiters started in 'Njegoseva' street, in the so-called 'Sutomore', where the noise is the highest and it has been reported by the largest number of citizens. Administrative procedures are almost complete, they have all received the solution to install limiters and this will be done gradually. In the catering facilities that do not have built-in limiters, the Municipal Police will regularly control the noise level and the fines will range from two thousand to twenty thousand euros," said Mayor of the Municipal Police, Novica Milovic, adding that in the next ten days the limiters will be placed in the central "Njegoseva" street.
He reminded that the Ordinance on noise, which was prescribed by the Ministry of Tourism, came into force on May 1, and that all catering facilities will have to install the noise limiters. "Limiters define the sound level to the level prescribed by law, which is 65 decibels out of the cafe and 75 decibels in the cafe and if the sound exceeds this, the limiter automatically decreases it to a certain level. This protects the citizen, worker in the catering facility and the environment. The owners of catering facilities have certain prejudices in terms of limiters, as they feel that noise will be reduced, and they are accustomed to higher noise, loud music," Milovic said.
Technical consultant Bosko Perovic from Podgorica recalled that the limit value for night clubs is 90 decibels and that owners of live entertainment facilities will have to have systems that will be limited or the performers will have to limit their system.
"The limiter is a technical electronic device that, in case of exceeding the sound level to which it is fixed, allows for a short time to operate and then returns to the sound level at which it is calibrated, meaning that there is no music restriction or no power cuts, which is advantageous for owners of catering facilities," explained Perovic. Marko Djesnjic, a waiter in the pub "La Trappe" where the first limiter in Niksic was set up, said that they have respected the law on noise levels up to now, that they did not have citizens' complaints about loud music, so limiters would not represent any problem, but they will continue to work as they have been so far. In the narrow part of the city, there are about 80 catering facilities and the installation of noise limiters, except in Niksic, started also in Bar and Herceg Novi.
Text by Svetlana Mandic, on June 25th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
Bar Scout squad "24th November" and the Alliance of Scouts of Montenegro started Scouting School in the barracks "Pero Cetkovic", which gathered more than 30 scouts from all over Montenegro and participated in the Civic Alliance project. Scouts learn orientation, topography, making knots, principles of teamwork, motivation, leadership and communication, and learn about the work of the Police Administration, the Health Center and the Protection and Rescue service in Bar.
Deputy Mayor of Bar Tanja Spicanovic welcomed the participants at the opening and hope they'd apply the acquired knowledge in their units, adding that the youth are the inexhaustible potential of every country.
While emphasizing that this school is being realized within the project "Volunteers in the community" supported by the Municipality Bar, the leader of the squad Miodrag Tanjo Masonicic said to “Vijesti” that the participants were acquainted with the squad system and with the world-wide scouting organizations WOSM and WAGGGS.
"Through the demonstration exercise, the full range of equipment at their disposal has been presented by the Department of Protection and Rescue Services, and in the Health center Bar, there are important lessons from the field of health and health care, they learnt how the Chemical-Epidemiological Service works and how different analyzes are done," said Masonicic.
He thanked the Montenegrin Ministry of Defense and Minister Predrag Boskovic on the allocated space of the barracks for the training.
Text by Radomir Petric, on June 26th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
25 June 2019 - The café gallery Blue Cat Budva located in the Old Town of Budva will host a group exhibition of selected small format artworks, from oil on canvas to drawings, digital prints, and acrylic on canvas and various graphic works. With this exhibition, which will open from June 26 at 8 pm, Blue Cat gallery will present the works of ten artists from the country and abroad who work and create using different techniques.
The small format helps artists reach out to a larger audience, and it was also preferred by many of them given the level of detail it allowed them to reach, which was not possible in larger formats. The focus on small format artwork led to the creation of great works of art in a very limited space, challenging the artists to try new techniques, colours and strokes. The “smaller works” draw the audience to observe the artworks closer and to pay special attention to details.
The exhibition will be open until August 15, 2019.
According to RTV Budva, the exhibition will include works by the following artists: From Turkey - Serpil Yazman (oil on canvas), Serkan Efe (drawings), Estel Bensinyor (combined technique), Ayca Aydogan (digital print), Mustafa Ozay (combined technique), Senay Akkaya (oil on canvas), from the USA - Pelin Deniz Wilson (illustration), from Russia - Sergey Chayko (oil / acrylic on canvas), Olga Fergert (acrylic on canvas and pastel) and from Montenegro - Ivana Babić (combined technique on glass).
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Exercise ADRION LIVEX 19, which is held this year in Montenegro, is another confirmation that NATO allies are working closely, said the Defense Minister Predrag Boskovic. On Tuesday he visited the Croatian coast guard boat OB-31 “Omis” in the Port Bar, together with the Brigadier General of the Army of Montenegro Dragutin Dakic, Commander of the Navy of the Army of Montenegro, Captain Vesko Tomanovic and the Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia in Montenegro, Veselko Grubisic, which participates in the international Maritime Exercise ADRION LIVEX 19.
Boskovic said that this international naval exercise, which will last until June 27, shows the rightness of Montenegro's decision to enter NATO.
"What Montenegro did in 2017 is certainly one of the most successful moves to ensure complete security of citizens and property," Boskovic said.
"During demonstration rehearsals, which was conducted at the aquarium Bar, the commander of the ship, lieutenant of the battleship Ante Silic, presented the possibilities of "Omis", which was built in the shipyard Split half a year ago," the Ministry of Defense said.
There was also a presentation of a boat launch and boarding, with the ship’s crew.
"It was a very useful visit. We learned the common security priorities when the Adriatic Sea is in question, and how can we jointly use forces to prevent any threat to the security in the Adriatic Sea's waters,"Boskovic said.
He said that for this type of vessel there is interest on our side, and that in the following years it may become part of our armed forces.
"But the visit was also used to see what are the capabilities of other naval vessels of countries participating in the rehearsal, Greece, Italy, Albania and Slovenia," emphasized Minister Boskovic, who was welcomed by the commanding officers of all the ships participating in the exercise at the port.
Six members of the Adrion Initiative are participating in the exercise: Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, and Montenegro.
Text by Vijesti online, on June 24th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
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