Despite promises by European governments and the Obama administration to conclude a global climate agreement later this year, the odds of a major breakthrough in December at the Copenhagen climate conference appear to be shrinking.   The official negotiating text for the envisioned Copenhagen agreement is hopelessly complex and riddled with brackets nations have inserted [...]

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(Note: Dr. Ognyan Minchev is the Executive Director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies in Sofia, Bulgaria.) SOFIA — Elitist socialists and liberal intellectuals look down upon GERB leader Boyko Borisov with ill contained condescension or even derisive contempt. The Sofia mayor demonstrates a folksy style of unpretentious vanity, which could be compared [...]

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