Hello, by Kate Adi. Hello. Today a million smartphones mobilised as protesters in Bulgaria call on their government to resign.

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Police are this morning out in force in cities across Bulgaria, where demonstrators say they're stepping up their demands for the government to stand down.

For the past month, thousands have turned out every day in the capital Sophia to protest.

They maintain their politicians are corrupt, in league with dodgy business interests.

But the Prime Minister insists he won't resign. New elections he claims would destabilise the country and ruin its economy.

He says he is listening to the protesters trying to ease poverty and unemployment and boost economic recovery.

But Nick Thorpe, who's in Sofia, tells us the demonstrators are determined to see change.

You could say that we Bulgarians are experts at leapfrogging, says Duryne.

I study the laughter lines around his eyes to find out whether or not he's joking.

This is admittedly a nation of sports women and men, the airport, no matter how many times I arrive here, is always awash with track-suited athletes.

We leapfrogged from slavery to capitalism,

Darian explains, then from cash to credit cards,

missing out checkbooks.

Then again, thanks to our late development,

we went directly from copper lines to fiber optics in communications.

That means we have one of the deepest penetrations of smartphones in the world.

He rapidly checks the latest Eurostat figures on his phone.

1.5 million by the end of this year he announces in a population of just 7.2 million.

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