The Foundation “Be Human” from Montenegro, which is raising funds to help treat sick children, has organized a campaign called "Superheroes".

Children from the Foundation who have gone for treatment are assisting children in need of treatment and for whom funds are currently being raised. The Foundation's desire is to provide the brave kids and their parents a special experience, and in this way support their fight for healing.

Adea

For the seven toddlers, who were able to accept the proposal, the Foundation organized a studio photoshoot in the costumes they chose. Enjoying being in front of the lens of the famous Montenegrin photographer Aleksandar Jaredic, significant support was provided by the artist called “Cedoviste”.

Ilina

The whole action is designed to help children from the Foundation who need treatment and for whom money is being raised. They made a very human gesture and with their support became the Foundation’s Superheroes. These little ones are not only ours, they are also the Superheroes of their families, and they will soon become Superheroes of the whole Montenegro and beyond,” emphasized Goran Jovanovic, director of the Foundation “Be Human”.

Anesa

"In the past, we have managed to raise money for the treatment of 16 toddlers, amounting to almost 538,000 euros. This is certainly not just a credit to the Foundation, but also to the citizens who donate and help those who need it most, and these are the sick children we unfortunately have in Montenegro, ” it was added from the Foundation.

Iva

Be a part of this humane action, share toddler photos on social networks, take a stroll at the Superhero Boulevard of the Foundation “Be Human”, and support the Foundation's children with making a payment.

Kristijan

Bank account number: 520-14624-47: Foreign currency account: 520042000000849635, Iban number: ME25520042000000849635, Swift: HBBAMEPGXXX

Sofija

Girls in urgent need of treatment are:

Adea Dervisaga: Bank Account Number: 520-14644-84, Foreign Currency Account: 520042000000861081, Iban Number: ME25520042000000861081, Swift: HBBAMEPGXXX

Luka

Anesa Pejcinovic: Bank account number: 520-14715-65 foreign currency account: 520042-8755-34, Iban number: ME25520042000000875534, Swift: HBBAMEPGXXXBAMEPGXXX The Foundation is currently raising money for seven children, and more information can be found at: http://www.budihuman.me

Text by Vijesti online, on August 1st 2019, read more at Vijesti

Tivat will soon receive new tourist information signage with a total of 440 information boards on semi-portable posts at a total of 85 locations throughout the municipality. The call for tenders in the open public procurement procedure, for the procurement and installation of tourist signage, was announced on 23 July and the opening of bids is scheduled for 14 August. The estimated value of the work is 40 thousand euros – as announced yesterday from the municipality of Tivat that is financing this project.

The Contractor is obliged to provide, supply and install tourist information boards with Class 2 retroreflective foil on an aluminum base. New tourist information boards in Tivat have been designed in accordance with the Rulebook on the content and manner of highlighting tourist signage on roads, and examples of good practice from the environment have been used as a reference.

One example of signage (Photo: Siniša Luković)

The existing tourist information signage in the territory of the Municipality Tivat was established in 2005 based on the Tourist Information Signaling Project developed by MonteCEP. A total of 324 signposts were designed then.

The existing tourist information signage is in a relatively poor condition, some of the signs of tourist signalization are unusable and do not function, some signs are missing, some are damaged, some are hidden, some are designed beyond the standard and been set up as such. In addition, there has been a change in content, as well as a change in the traffic regime in some parts of the street network, which has all necessitated the need for a detailed restoration of tourist signage throughout the entire Boka Bay.

Text by Sinisa Lukovic, on August 1st 2019, read more at Vijesti

To make your stay in Montenegro completely carefree, and to get to know our country and its cultural and historical values, enjoy gastronomy, entertainment, and make it even more accessible to tourists, UNIQA launched a new product on the Montenegrin insurance market last year - UNIQA Montenegro Holiday Card.

By purchasing this tourist card, depending on the chosen package, tourists receive various insurance coverage during their stay in Montenegro (health care, 24/7 tourist assistance, travel assistance), as well as discounts from a wide network of partners: in hotels and restaurants, shops, pharmacies, tickets to museums, theaters, but also discounts on other facilities: kite-surfing school, zip line, rafting, tickets to aqua and adventure parks, etc.

The tourist card can be purchased online at the UNIQA webshop: https://holidaycard.uniqa.me/ and has recently been activated via Telekom tourist prepaid card.

Namely, in cooperation with its strategic partners - S&T and Montenegrin Telekom, UNIQA has developed the first digital solution that enables tourists in Montenegro to easily activate their mobile insurance policy. Users of the Telekom Travel Prepaid Package have the opportunity to activate the UNIQA Montenegro Holiday Card, Standard Package for 5 and 10 days respectively, by sending an SMS to 14606, after which the user receives a personalized UNIQA insurance policy on the mobile phone. In addition to being able to buy insurance, Telekom travel prepaid packages bring users up to 1,500 GB of internet valid for up to 35 days for surfing in the fastest proven network in Montenegro. At the same time, with the activation of the UNIQA Montenegro Holiday Card, Telekom tourist prepaid users have the opportunity to receive health care in case of need for medical assistance, up to EUR 1,000 in the best private clinics in Montenegro, as well as 24-hour tourist assistance, which includes tourist information, booking of air tickets, tickets, organization of rent-a-car services, organization of translation and legal services in emergency situations. This non-standard insurance policy is also a ticket to the world of convenience, so customers are looking for discounts on a wide network of UNIQA partners.

UNIQA Montenegro Holiday Card (Photo: Uniqa)

To make the card even more accessible to tourists today, the UNIQA Montenegro Holiday Card can also be purchased at border crossings. UNIQA Montenegro created a slightly different offer for this sales channel. It is a seven-day insurance package priced at € 7.43, along which tourists, in addition to insurance and discounts already mentioned, receive as a gift Telekom prepaid SIM card.

Text by Promo, on August 2nd 2019, read more at Vijesti

Tivat will soon have a total of 440 new tourist information signs, in 85 different locations.

The call for tenders in an open public procurement procedure to purchase and install the signage was announced on 23rd July, and the opening of tenders is scheduled for 14th August. The estimated value of the work stands at 40,000 euros.

The new tourist information signs in Tivat have been designed in line with the standard rules on the content and style of tourist signs on the roads, with examples of good practice from the area also being used.

The existing tourist information signs in the Tivat Municipality date from 2005, on the basis of the Tourist Information Signaling Project developed by MonteCEP. Within this project, a total of 324 signs were designed.

The existing tourist information signs are in relatively poor condition, with some being unusable and non-operational. Further signs are missing, damaged, covered over, or are of non-standard design and installation. Besides which, in the interim, there have been changes to the tourist objects themselves as well as changes to traffic regimes on certain parts of the street network.

Breastfeeding is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August during World Breastfeeding Week to encourage it and improve the health of babies around the world. It commemorates the Innocenti Declaration signed in August 1990 by government policymakers, WHO, UNICEF and other organizations to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.                                                                                                                           

Teresa Kis from Tivat NGO "I Support Breastfeeding" says for TMN that this is a very important item in the health chain, for both the child and the mother. NGO “Center for Counseling and Personal Development” received €15,665 for the project “Breastfeeding School - Tivat” after the competition under the Regional Program of Local Democracy in the Western Balkans (ReLOaD), funded by the European Union (EU), implemented by the Municipality of Tivat and UNDP.

As "My Support for Breastfeeding" deals with the child and the mother, this is how the cooperation with the NGO Center for Counseling and Personal Development was organized, which for the past three years conducted workshops for parents "Parenting School", where they were supported by experts in several cycles from psychotherapy how to cope with the parenting situation as easily as possible. The goal is to empower families.

Teresa Kish announced a series of workshops for pregnant women and mothers to promote breastfeeding as a basis for lifelong health.

"We will try our best to get all pregnant women and mothers from Tivat to breastfeed, to simply wait for that moment of feeding their baby as readily as possible and of course to persist in it. The health center gave us support. The whole school will be held on their premises and in cooperation with their doctors," she pointed out.

"The plan is for the project to last for ten months, with one cycle per workshop for each group, meaning four workshops per month. Groups will change every month, but whoever wants to repeat it is not a problem.

In the first workshop, we will talk about the importance of breastfeeding and other general things and guidelines, the practical part and the like.  We expect a gynecologist to attend, who will explain how breastfeeding works in the maternity ward,” Kish pointed out.

A public debate marking World Breastfeeding Week will be held on August 7th at noon in the Tivat Health Center. Introductory presentations will be given by Tereza Kiš, who is a lecturer at the Tivat Breastfeeding School, Dr. Danica Stevovic, a pediatrician at the Tivat Health Center and Vera Janjatovic a visiting nurse at the Health Center.

"During World Breastfeeding Week, the theme is 'Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding.' Our workshops are open not only to pregnant women but also to their partners, future grandmothers, sisters, girlfriends and all those who want to get to know each other and be the first support when the mother leaves the maternity ward.

It often happens that the mother makes the initial mistakes just under the influence of an environment that is not competent to give advice and does not know how to support the mother. It is also crucial for us to empower mothers after childbirth, so we will also have a Support Phone that will be active every day from 11 am to 5 pm. Everyone will get the best answer,” Kish said.

She said that progress was made by the increasing number of dads asking about certain situations and problems.

The school is also active on social networks, so anyone interested can find it under the name "My breastfeeding support Teresa Kish", and the support phone number is 068 / 502-972.

At the third meeting of partners in the project CoCo Tour, held in Herceg Novi, it was announced that the reconstruction of Ivo Andric's house will be completed by the end of November, followed by the equipping of the facility and defining program contents. The reconstruction of the Nobel prize writer’s house is being funded through CoCoTour.

The leading partner in the project is the Albanian Development Fund, while the other partners are Local Democracy Agencies Niksic, Herceg Novi Municipality, Trikaze Municipality (Italy), Magna Grecia Mare Organization (Italy), Himara Municipality (Albania) and Associate Partner Environmental Protection Agency (Albania). The event is organized by the Local Democracy Agency of Niksic in partnership with the Municipality of Herceg Novi.

Each partner develops project activities related to the formation of the so-called eco museum, and the head of the Herceg Novi office for international cooperation, Simonida Kordic, said that the reconstruction of Andric's house in Herceg Novi is one of the most significant projects in the municipality.

Andrew Teta, a member of the Lead Team in charge of technical project issues, said the project aims to preserve, enhance and promote the natural and cultural heritage of coastal areas through the development of a trans-Atlantic model of cooperation and an eco-network through smart and sustainable tourism management involving three countries – Albania, Italy and Montenegro.

Mayor of Herceg Novi Stevan Katic emphasized that Co.Co. tour project enables the affirmation of universal cultural values. In addition, it introduces various innovative, creative, and modern ways of communicating and involving members of the local community in the creation of new tourism and cultural offering.

Thanks to the Co.Co. Tour, Ivo Andric's house is turning into a place of communication of cultural values, Katic said.

For us, as a Municipality focused on strengthening cooperation with other cities and connecting with them through projects, it is of great importance to be a part of this story - said the Mayor.

Text by Slavica Kosic, on July 31st, 2019, read more at Vijesti

Failure to adopt the Law on the Life Partnership of Persons of the Same-Sex defeated the democratic process in Montenegro and the overall European path was evaluated by the non-governmental organizations LGBT Forum Progress and LGBTIQ Social Center.

The Parliament of Montenegro did not adopt the Law on life partnership of persons of the same sex, because there was no majority in the Parliament. 38 DPS, SD and Liberal Party MPs voted in favor, while minority MPs Ervin Ibrahimovic (BS), Nedzad Dresevic (BS), Adrian Vuksanovic (HGI) and Genci Nimanbegu (Forca) voted against.

NGO Queer Montenegro thanked the MPs who supported the law.

"Thank you also to those who put their personal and political petty interests ahead of the basic human rights of citizens of Montenegro and manipulated our basic human rights. History will remember you in that way. A big thank you to everyone who was against this law. Your resistance strengthens us. Your hatred will never discourage us, slow us down or stop us. We will never lower our heads in front of your hatred. Let's move on," said NGO Queer.

They also said that "the law should be adopted".

"By unsuccessful adoption of this law, the Assembly sent a clear message that the representatives of the Legislature are only nominally cherishing the European and Euro-Atlantic values, but that this is not their real and essential commitment," the NGO LGBT Forum Progress and LGBTIQ Social Center said in the statement.

They added that they were deeply disappointed with the "defeat of the Parliament of Montenegro and the great step backward that has been made today".

"I feel defeated. I hoped today that I would be able to stand before the LGBTIQ community and share the joy that this law was adopted. This outcome of the vote is not only a defeat for civil society, but also democracy and the democratic process in Montenegro. It is obvious that Montenegro is not ready to stand in the ranks of developed, democratic countries of Europe, and to prefer the path of discrimination and prejudice, which leads to hatred and intolerance," said Bojana Jokic from the LGBT Progress Forum. She points out that a clear message has been sent from the Assembly that there is no will and desire to become part of the European family of nations essentially. "We are deeply disappointed, and our human dignity has been devalued at the highest institutional level. Our community has also been devalued. Nevertheless, we will not give up the fight for our dignity, our future, and the well-being of our society. Finally, I want to thank all the deputies who have supported this law and sent a clear message that the LGBTIQ community is not alone in its fight for equality," said Jokic. John M. Barac, LGBTIQ Social Center, emphasized that a message was sent from the Assembly to the LGBTIQ community and the general public "that we are not equal citizens of this country, nor will we ever be." 

"As a society, we will not be able to move forward until we are all substantially equal in the eyes of the law. Same-sex communities, which have not yet been recognize will retain the same status because we have been told that we are less valuable and undesirable in our own country. Today is a really sad day for all of us in the LGBTIQ community, but the fight continues, "Barac said.

Text by Vijesti online, on July 31st, 2019, read more at Vijesti

Cervantes Square inside the Venitian Palace in the Old Town will also be a place for tourists to enjoy indigenous okra dishes prepared in Ulcinj's famous cuisine this August. The event “Okra Days”, as announced by the organizer Mersiha Resulbegovic Mavric, will be held on August 18 and 19.

The "Okra Days" were organized for the first time last year and immediately aroused great interest from local and foreign tourists as well as bystanders.

“This year, the event has grown into a traditional one and will be international. This contributes to the sustainable development of tourism by promoting Ulcinj's national cuisine and by pointing out the importance and all the healing properties of okra on human health," Resulbegovic Mavric told “Vijesti”.

She also recalls that okra has a unique taste and has been used for medicinal purposes for centuries.

"The okra tasting is free, and this year the participants from Ulcinj will join and support us," said Resulbegovic Mavric.

Text by Samir Adrovic, on July 31st, 2019, read more at Vijesti

The Prosecutorial Council issued an advertisement for the election of the Supreme State Prosecutor. The current Supreme State Prosecutor Ivica Stankovic’s mandate expires at the beginning of October.

A person who fulfills the general conditions for the election of a state prosecutor has at least 15 years of experience as a public prosecutor or a judge or at least 20 years in other legal affairs may apply for the Supreme State Prosecutor position.

The Supreme State Prosecutor must be a person with professional impartiality, high professional, and moral qualities.

The candidates submit their applications to the Prosecutorial Council, chaired by current SSP Ivica Stankovic.

The deadline for submission is 15 days from the date of announcement of the advertisement in one of the print media and the Official Gazette of Montenegro.

The Prosecutorial Council, based on the list of candidates it has drawn up, the opinion of the Extended Session of the Supreme State Prosecutor's Office (SSP) on the nominated candidates, and the interview with the candidates determines the proposal for the election of the Chief Prosecutor at a non-public session.

The same prosecutor may be elected up to two times for the position of the Supreme State Prosecutor.

Upon expiration of his term of office and termination of office when he so requests, the Chief State Prosecutor shall remain as State Prosecutor in the SSP.

The Chief State Prosecutor is President of the Prosecutorial Council, by position.

Text by MINA News, on July 31st, 2019, read more at Vijesti

31 July 2019 - The exhibition "Mediterranean in the Works of Montenegrin Painters II" will continue the art program of this year's Theatre City Budva. The show, selected by prof. Dr. Alexander Chilikov, will be opened on Thursday, August 1st, in the Church of Santa Maria in the Old Town, starting at 9 pm, as announced from the Theatre City Press. 

Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Chilikov, says about the exhibition:                                                                                                                                                                                         “The exhibition of works within the art program of the Budva City Theatre, titled “The Mediterranean in the works of Montenegrin painters II”, is a continuation of the project realized in 2018. A chosen selection of works by dozens of Montenegrin and ex-Yugoslav contemporary painting was presented to the audience and the professional public then. In the concept of the current exhibition project, the works of two groups of established painters are predominantly treated. The first is represented by the works of the older generation of Montenegrin artists, which seem to be in a certain way unjustifiably forgotten despite evident artistic qualities.

Their creations range solely in the spheres of subject painting - the realism of Luka Stankovic; expressionistic connotations in the poetics of Ksenija Vujovic Tosic, Danica Danja Djurovic, Miljenko Sindik, and Darko Djurisic; seasonal landscapes of Vojislav Djokic and Mirko Kujacic, and the refined colours of Mario Mascareli and Milo Pavlovic. The second painting group is mostly selected from the ranks of current artists who are existentially and professionally connected with the coastal regions of Montenegro. In the spirit of abstract and semi-abstract tendencies, the works of Budva painters Darko Mandic, Diana Lazovic, Djordje Boljevic, Marica Kuznetsov Boljevic, Jelena Djuraskovic and Vaso Nikcevic were created, while Jelena Papovic and Sandra Durbuzovic are in the center of interest.

The poetics of two young authors from the north of Montenegro - Tijana Gordić and Mirjana Marsenić - join the group of Budva authors of abstract expression. Among living coastal authors, the oldest generation is led by sophisticated landscape painters Savo Pavlovic and Aljo Smailagic with their magical realism. The selection of this year's Budva art manifestations is completed by two figurations from Tivat, drawers and painters of the noblest kind, Ljubomir Popadic and Momcilo Macanovic.

Selected composition, generational and stylistic heterogeneity, very briefly observed in the introductory text, is one of the possible choices within the subject matter dealt with by numerous Montenegrin artists - in this context it may be desirable to present other quality local authors in the future, through treating narrower topics such as the Marina landscape, the Mediterranean genre scene, Marine life... The exhibition will be open to 30 August.