{"id":201610,"date":"2026-02-16T17:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=201610"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:41:57","slug":"arrested-former-montenegrin-minister-the-special-state-prosecutors-office-is-leading-an-investigation-against-vesna-bratic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/arrested-former-montenegrin-minister-the-special-state-prosecutors-office-is-leading-an-investigation-against-vesna-bratic\/","title":{"rendered":"ARRESTED FORMER MONTENEGRIN MINISTER: The Special State Prosecutor\u2019s Office is leading an investigation against Vesna Brati\u0107!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Montenegro, Vesna Brati\u0107, has been arrested as part of an investigation by the Special State Prosecutor\u2019s Office (SDT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As announced, Brati\u0107 was detained in a separate SDT case, which is not related to the arrest earlier this morning of the former director of the Administration for State Property, Bla\u017eo \u0160aranovi\u0107, Vijesti reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vesna Brati\u0107 served as a minister in the government of Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapi\u0107. During the first half of her mandate, she carried out extensive \u043a\u0430\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0432 changes in the education system, dismissing almost all school principals across Montenegro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ohVa6wmWds\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/kolumna-kovacevic-ima-li-zivota-van-kamionaako-vec-znamo-da-ga-u-njema-nema\/\">KOLUMNA, KOVA\u010cEVI\u0106: Ima li za Srbe i Balkance u Americi \u017eivota van kamiona\u2026Ako ve\u0107 znamo da ga u njemu nema!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#132;KOLUMNA, KOVA\u010cEVI\u0106: Ima li za Srbe i Balkance u Americi \u017eivota van kamiona\u2026Ako ve\u0107 znamo da ga u njemu nema!&#147; &#8212; Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/kolumna-kovacevic-ima-li-zivota-van-kamionaako-vec-znamo-da-ga-u-njema-nema\/embed\/#?secret=WjfYi5I436#?secret=ohVa6wmWds\" data-secret=\"ohVa6wmWds\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sharp controversy over dismissals in education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The dismissals triggered strong political reactions. The opposition, led by the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), accused Brati\u0107 of political revenge and settling scores with officials from the previous government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, Brati\u0107 claimed that the goal of the dismissals was the depoliticization of the education system, stating that certain principals had \u201cabused educational institutions for political purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition parties, however, responded with accusations that individuals close to her ideological views were appointed to the positions of the dismissed principals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Details of the investigation and the reasons for the arrest have not yet been officially announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/pedophile-arrested-in-new-belgrade-he-touched-himself-on-his-private-parts-in-front-of-children-then-beat-a-boy-with-a-pole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">PEDOPHILE ARRESTED IN NEW BELGRADE: He touched himself on his private parts in front of children, then beat a boy with a pole!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/only-seven-days-left-nis-submitted-a-new-request-for-a-special-license-from-the-us-department-of-the-treasury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ONLY SEVEN DAYS LEFT: NIS submitted a new request for a special license from the US Department of the Treasury!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/horror-in-ivanjica-dangerous-poison-scattered-on-the-streets-several-dogs-died-human-health-also-endangered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HORROR IN IVANJICA: Dangerous poison scattered on the streets, several dogs died, human health also endangered!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/miomir-in-the-quarter-finals-kecmanovic-achieved-an-important-victory-in-dallas-over-the-24th-ranked-tennis-player-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MIOMIR IN THE QUARTER-FINALS: Kecmanovi\u0107 achieved an important victory in Dallas over the 24th-ranked tennis player in the world!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-greatest-serbian-diplomat-heres-why-jovan-ristic-is-known-as-the-thomas-jefferson-of-serbia-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE GREATEST SERBIAN DIPLOMAT: Here\u2019s Why Jovan Risti\u0107 Is Known as the Thomas Jefferson of Serbia!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-birth-of-the-nemanjic-dynasty-the-story-of-stefan-the-first-crowned-and-the-creation-of-the-first-serbian-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE BIRTH OF THE NEMANJI\u0106 DYNASTY: The story of Stefan the First-Crowned and the creation of the first Serbian kingdom!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Source<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>: Nova.rs; <strong>Foto<\/strong>: ATA Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Montenegro, Vesna Brati\u0107, has been arrested as part of an investigation by the Special State Prosecutor\u2019s Office (SDT). As announced, Brati\u0107 was detained in a separate SDT case, which is not related to the arrest earlier this morning of the former director of the Administration for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":201611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8482,159,1617,1519,425,11333,6143],"class_list":["post-201610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-balkan","tag-bivsa-ministarka","tag-crna-gora","tag-hapsenje","tag-istraga","tag-prosveta","tag-vesna-bratic","tag-zloupotreba-sluzbenog-polozaja","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201631,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201610\/revisions\/201631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}