The Embassy of Ukraine in Podgorica allegedly sent remarks to the management of Radio Television of Montenegro (RTCG) regarding the new logo of another television program.
This was confirmed by "News" at the Embassy of Ukraine, while the general director of RTCG Boris Raonic he did not answer questions about the situation.
According to unofficial information, the Embassy had objections to the new logo because the new visual solution of number 2 reminded them of the letter "Z", which is perceived as a war symbol in Ukraine and Russia, which is why they contacted the RTCG management by phone.
Ambassador of Ukraine in Podgorica Oleg Gerasimenko He told "Vijesta" that they had contacted the RTCG, but he did not want to comment further.
At the end of August last year, RTCG announced a competition for the selection of a unique conceptual and visual solution for the logo of the national public broadcaster and organizational units. The conceptual and visual solution for the logo of Radio and Television of Montenegro (TVCG), the Second Program of TVCG, the Third (Parliamentary Program of TVCG) and MNE (Satellite Channel of TVCG) was sought, and the subject of the contest was also the logo of the First Program of the Republic of Montenegro and Radio 98. requested conceptual and visual logo solution for Multimedia Center (MMC) and OTT (Over-the-top) platform RTCG calls Mne play.
6 authors from Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Hungary applied for the contest, which lasted until October 43, with 45 works.
As previously announced by RTCG, the jury evaluated the solutions in two rounds. In the first round held on October 17, the jury formed an unranked list of the most successful solutions that qualified for the second round, while the second round was held on October 24, in which the participants defended their solutions before the jury.
The best solutions were decided by an international, expert committee, and the first-ranked in the competition were the co-authors Orin Ivan Vrkas i Marko Vilipić in front of "Ivorin Atelier" (Zagreb, Croatia). The prize fund amounted to 22.500 euros gross and was divided into three compensations for the three first-ranked places, with 16.000 euros planned for the first.
The Council of RTCG at its session in March gave its consent to change the logo, and the general director presented the new visual identity at the beginning of this month and announced that the new logo, graphics and elements are just an announcement of exciting changes that await the public service on the way to its 80th birthday.
"Vijesti" asked Raonic if it is true that they were contacted by the Embassy of Ukraine in Podgorica regarding the new RTCG2 logo, what it pointed out to them and what RTCG will do about it, but he did not answer.
The letter Z, inscribed on Russian tanks and military trucks on the Ukrainian border in February two years ago, has led to speculation about the meaning of the symbol. In addition to the letter Z, other letters - O, X, A and V - could be seen on military vehicles, usually framed by squares, triangles and other painted shapes.
The British "Guardian" announced in August 2022 that the letters, according to the most popular theory of Western experts, were written according to the areas where Russian troops are usually stationed, with the Z potentially standing for "West".
In the first months of the war in Ukraine, some Western media announced that the letter "Z" was perceived in Russia as "a symbol of the invasion of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to Ukraine" and that then it could be seen en masse on cars, vans, billboards, but also on wardrobes in Russia.
The Russian Ministry of Defense did not comment on any of the theories about the symbolism of the letters, instead announcing on its Instagram channel that the Z stands for "for victory" and the V stands for "the power of truth."
Meeting with predecessors on the eve of the jubilee
Yesterday, as reported by the RTCG portal, Raonic met with the former general directors of the Public Service Bozidar Šundić, Andrijan Kadija, I work in Vojvodić i Zoran Jocović on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Public Service.
"At the meeting, they discussed the jubilee celebration program and ideas for further development of the Public Service. The former general directors toured the RTCG building with the current ones.
Due to obligations outside the country, some of the former leaders did not attend the gathering, but it is planned that they will visit the Public Service in the coming period", according to the RTCG portal.
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