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In sheer numbers and through savvy social media campaigns, including on TikTok and Instagram, the generation of Bulgarians who were born around the turn of the century has been credited as a driving force behind the mass protests that prompted Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov to step down. Parliament officially accepted his resignation on Friday.
“I was very excited to see that a lot of Gen Z-ers took to the streets in big numbers,” Konstantin Tuzharov, a 24-year-old marketing specialist based in the capital of Sofia, said Friday. The movement marked the first time he had joined anti-government protests, which provided a sort of political baptism for him and others around the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/world/europe/bulgaria-young-protesters-gen-z.html?smid=url-share