The demonstration, one of the biggest in years, is part of wider protests that have taken place across the country after a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station last November, killing 15 people.
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00:00Thousands of protesters have rallied outside Serbia's state television building in Belgrade
00:06to protest against what they call the broadcaster's pro-government bias.
00:10The demonstration is part of wider protests across the country since a concrete canopy
00:15collapsed at Novi Sad railway station last November, killing 15 people.
00:20Protesters say they're angry that RTS is reporting President Aleksandar Vucic's claims that they
00:25were paid by foreign agents to overthrow his government.
00:29The protesters were silent for 15 minutes in memory of each of the canopy collapse victims.
00:35Many in Serbia blame the collapse on government corruption that led to sloppy renovation work
00:39at the station building.
00:41The incident has become a flashpoint for broader dissatisfaction with what the protesters see
00:46as Vucic's increasingly autocratic rule.
00:49Friday's rally comes a day after a student was seriously injured when a driver rammed
00:54his car into a crowd of protesters in Belgrade.