Posts Tagged ‘Borisov’

Bulgaria vs Ukraine: Don’t blink By Eric Walberg

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Obama’s geopolitical demarche in Russia’s backyard is moving ahead nicely — for the present, notes Eric WalbergFirst there was the election in Bulgaria 5 July which brought a new party to power — Boyko Borisov’s Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria. Borisov, or Batman, as he is affectionately called, was a Communist-era policeman who subsequently established a prosperous private security business and has been the mayor of Sofia since 2005. He campaigned on the usual — to fight corruptio