Bulgarian Premier Vows to Keep Office Through Euro Adoption

Bulgaria’s prime minister refused to resign despite mass protests, saying that his country needs stable government as it prepares to adopt the euro in less than a month.

“After 20 years of European Union membership, we have the opportunity to complete this process,” Rosen Zhelyazkov, who leads a minority cabinet backed by parties across the political spectrum, told reporters in the capital Sofia. “We shouldn’t fail in this in the next few weeks.”