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22.10.2020.
The EU-Western Balkans ministerial forum on Justice and Home Affairs was held today as part of the German presidency of the Council of the European Union. The ministers discussed the impact of the urgent measures taken to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic on the functioning of the judiciary. They acknowledged the importance of balancing the need to ensure the continued functioning of the judiciary with the imperative to guarantee respect for fundamental rights...
22.07.2020.
Podgorica, Montenegro (22 July 2020) -- "As the public is already informed, despite the Government's expectations based on reality and the quality of the offer, the expert dialogue between the Government and the Serbian Orthodox Church did not yield the expected result, although the Government expressed patience and competence to present its own arguments, but also the readiness to accept the stances of the opposing side that lead to the agreement...
21.07.2020.
Deputy Prime Minister for Political System, Internal and Foreign Policy and Minister of Justice Zoran Pažin will hold a press conference as the Head of the Government's Expert Team for Negotiations with the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral and the dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro on Wednesday, 22 July 2020, at 09:30 at Villa Gorica...
08.07.2020.
Throughout history, Montenegro has always advanced when its citizens gathered in chivalry and humanity, and never when they were divided by religion or nation, Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Pažin said today...
29.06.2020.
Podgorica, Montenegro (29 June 2020) – During the mandate of the current Government, a significant progress has been made in development of the alternative dispute resolution, thus providing Montenegrin citizens and economy with faster and inexpensive way of resolving disputes, without initiating court proceedings, Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Pažin noted...
15.06.2020.
Podgorica, Montenegro (15 June 2020) -- Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Pažin made a public appeal, at today's session of the Rule of Law Council, to all court presidents who have held their positions for more than two mandates to, acting on their own conscience and respecting the stance of the European Commission, reconsider their determination to act as court presidents in this mandate too...
02.06.2020.
Podgorica, Montenegro (2 June 2020) – The dialogue between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Government of Montenegro will continue once the conditions are met, while the ultimate success of that dialogue depends largely on whether both sides will enter into a renewed dialogue sincerely, in good faith, taking into account arguments of the other point of view and without political ultimatums, said earlier today Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Pažin, responding to parliamentary questions in the Assembly of Montenegro...
20.05.2020.
Podgorica, Montenegro (20 May 2020) – I am glad that the Government had the opportunity to join forces, with the judiciary, local government, trade union and private investor in support of this important project, whose total value exceeds EUR 7 million, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Zoran Pažin on the completed construction of two residential buildings for 130 families of judges and officials of courts in Podgorica.
09.05.2020.
Podgorica, Montenegro (9 May 2020) -- On the occasion of the Day of Victory over Fascism, the delegation of Montenegro consisting of President of the Parliament of Montenegro Ivan Brajović, Deputy Prime Minister for Political System, Interior and Foreign Policy Zoran Pažin and President of SUBNOR Zuvdija Hodžić laid a wreath at the Monument of the Partisan Fighter in Gorica...
11.03.2020.
"A dialogue between the Government and the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, i.e. expert teams of both entities, was held in mutual respect and openness to the arguments of the opposite party," Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Pažin noted, following the first meeting of the expert teams of the Government and the MCP, which took place earlier today at Vila "Gorica."..