After Inspira Group publicly supported the general strike, it came under fire from a pro-government tabloid. Serbian telegraph accused them of hypocrisy, while the company points out that their support is motivated by social responsibility
The blocked students called for a general strike on January 24, and apart from faculties in the whole country and a part of primary and secondary schools, there are also many companies, cultural institutions, restaurants, small businesses, organizations... Some trade unionists within state enterprises and city administrations also responded to the strike.
Most of those who decided to go on a general strike made it public through announcements or posts on social media.
One of those companies is the Inspira Group from Subotica, which includes the websites Used cars, 4zida and Infostud.
"The Inspira Group will not work on Friday." The site will be blacked out and unavailable from 11:52 AM to 12:07 PM. There will be no business activities on that day either. We support students and citizens in striving for a better society! We started as a student site and we know that students are the future of our country. At this moment, we feel it is our duty to be with them," the company's announcement stated.
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This decision obviously struck a chord with someone from the top of the government, so on Friday the front page of the tabloid "Srpski telegraf" found an article with the headline: "Unprecedented hypocrisy of the owners of the website Used cars: They made millions during the SNS, but they support the general strike."
The parent company, however, was created long before the Serbian Progressive Party came to power, and the owners of private corporations can "for their own money" decide on the working and non-working days of their companies. It is indicative of how this company came under fire from the state tabloid for its decision.
The Inspira gang and one of its owners, Branimir Gajić, thus ended up on the list of ineligibles that were targeted by the media machinery of the current government.
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Aleksandar Vučić now has only the old, proven methods of classic dictatorships left, because these modern methods of insanity and poisoning the public are failing. And that, however, goes against his head
Vučić is not defending the state, but himself from the state. With a drum on his back and a guitar in his hands, this man-orchestra performs two or three of the same songs without hearing, with falsifications and falling out of rhythm. His government and politics are like that. In short - dangerous for the environment
Arrests of professors, punishment of people, firing of journalists... The regime of Aleksandar Vučić is shining and is yet to shine. It is the decadent phase of the regime, the one towards the end
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