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Online Media in Balkans ‘Need Regulation, Not Censorship’
Experts told an online debate hosted by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network on Tuesday that the current regulation systems for online media in the Western Balkans are not good enough, but efforts to curb the publication of hate speech and defamatory comments must not tip over into censorship.
Montenegro Alters Contentious Religion Law, Satisfies Serbian Church
Montenegrin Justice, Human and Minority Rights Minister Vladimir Leposavic at a press conference. Photo: Government of Montenegro
On Friday, the new government proposed changes erasing the main bone of contention - an obligation on religious communities to provide clear evidence of ownership in order to retain their properties.
Montenegrin Majority Announces Agreement Ahead of Vote on New Govt
Ruling majority MPs at a parliamentary session in Cetinje, Montenegro. Photo: Parliament of Montenegro
On Thursday, media published that the leader of the liberal Black-on-White coalition, Dritan Abazovic, had proposed an agreement asking the future government to pass a Law of on the Examination of the Origin of Property and a Law on Lustration.
Serbia and Montenegro’s Strongman Leaders United in Self-Interest
Since December last year, when Montenegro adopted its controversial law regulating freedom of religion, the country has been caught up in an ongoing crisis that has sparked street protests and caused serious tensions between the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro and its supporters on one side and the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists led by President Milo Djukanovic on the other.
Montenegro - the Second Country in Europe to Report a Win Over the Coronavirus
Last night, Montenegro became the second country in Europe to officially report they are free of active COVID-19 cases.
Montenegro has now joined the Faroe Islands the only two European countries to have zero active cases of the coronavirus.
The government of Montenegro made the announcement publicly last night on their official Twitter account.