Many citizens are furious because N1 and Nova S are no longer available, so they are besieging SBB branches. It's a bizarre thing, people who earn 500 euros a month are grabbing each other by the throat while Telekom buys a monopoly over the media with state billions from White World funds.
"I signed with you! You owe me what is written in the contract," a middle-aged man yells at the worker.
"Sir, and on the stall it says..."
"Ma'am, let's not talk about the stall," replies the angry gentleman and turns to someone, looking for confirmation. "So am I right or wrong?"
Such and similar dialogues have been coming from the office for days cable operator SBB in Požarevac, which the "Vremena" reporter passes several times a day.
The reason? First, the fund BC Partners, the owner of the media group United, is for sold SBB to the e&PPF Telecom group for big money, created by the merger of the Czech PPF Group, which is the owner of Jetel in Serbia, and the Emirates Telecommunications Group from Abu Dhabi.
At the same time, all sports rights were sold to Serbian Telekom, which closed the Sport Club, a Net TV Plus was also sold to them., known as guest worker television.
It doesn't end there - e&PPF seems to be right after sold Total TV to Serbian Telekom, and they excluded N1 and Nova S from the offer.
Fantastically fast consequences
Apart from the billion and a half euros that flowed there, the fantastically quick consequence of the deals was the disappearance of the N1 and Nova S from hundreds of thousands of households.
Which ones are and promptly received the Informer television, Kurir, Blic, Tanjug, Juronujz, a range of media more or less sympathetic to the regime, some of which are in a constant blitzkrieg against common sense and better customs.
According to the claims of the United Group, their two televisions were not included in the offer of Jetel, a smaller cable operator, even though the agreement existed.
And so a good part of SBB's customers resent it, try to terminate their contracts, and in the call center and who knows how many branches of SBB, the employees are going through hell.
As a worker in Požarevac, who in a business white shirt has no peace even during a cigarette break, and can't even fully explain what, how and why. It is especially not her fault that the big bosses sold parts of the corporation so now Telekom Maltene is a monopolist.
It's a bizarre thing, people who earn 500 euros a month are at each other's throats while Telekom buys a monopoly over the media with state billions from white world funds.
The journalists of two television stations, which many in Serbia see as important critical voices, are also at a loss. Their work is now seen by far fewer people.
They are still offered by SBB. As "Vreme" previously learned from a source, the United Group has a contract under which SBB must broadcast this program for another five years. And after that, who knows?.
Games without bread
But hey, everyone has all the sports to watch! Bread and games may work without bread.
That is not enough for many. A man asks the reporter where the SBB branch is. He says he has Total TV and wants to cancel the contract.
“Why, sir?” I ask.
"Ma je*em mater," he says. And everything is clear.
The request for disqualification of the prosecutor delayed the implementation of the order for the arrest of the legal representatives of the "Millennium Team". The case has now been taken over by the First Basic Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, which should continue the proceedings urgently
The tender for the construction of the mast at Ušće was suspended because no offer was received. In the city budget, only 5,4 million dinars are planned for this purpose, while no funds are planned for the next two years.
For 75 months of living in a 36-square-meter apartment in Dorćol, I spent 21.600 euros. For that money, I could buy five square meters in the Old Town at the moment, which has risen on average from 2.129 to 3.958 euros for old buildings.
Poštanska štedionica takes over the payment of insured deposits to clients of Alta Bank, whose license was revoked by the NBS, and individuals and certain legal entities will be able to withdraw money, up to a limit of EUR 50.000 per depositor.
On the EON platform, Informer TV was moved from the previous 11th place to the 402nd position, while at Telekom Srbija it is in the 130th place.
At the moment when the institutions of the Republic are destroyed, when Vučić's octopus is still alive, when people are disgusted by the injustice and the stench left behind by the Essenes regime, we have, as Machiavelli said, only civic virtue as the fuel with which we can return to the beginning
The four independent members of REM are an example of perseverance and civic responsibility. Rodoljub Šabić even, upon leaving the premises of REM, after the sentencing of the Informer, experienced that the Essenes insulted him, hit him with their hands and feet. But that too will soon be over
Vučić pardoned the batterers and Dijana Hrkalović. The election winners should abolish the sultan's power that allows one man to run afoul of the entire judicial system
Interview: Branko Stamenković, public prosecutor of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office
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