SOFIA: Bulgarian parliament has approved the resignation of the coalition government of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov amid nationwide anti-corruption protests, and weeks ahead of the country’s scheduled euro zone entry. Protesters, many of them young Bulgarians, have been protesting in the tens of thousands across the nation for weeks. The direct trigger was a proposed budget for next year that would have increased taxes and social security contributions to finance more state spending.

Bulgaria’s center-right minority government resigned Thursday under the weight of weeks-long anti-corruption protests, plunging the nation into political...

Rosen Zhelyazkov said that the government must "give in" to the demands of citizens