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Posted on 11.29.09 by Mary Lou Seymour
“Bulgarian villagers have named their home-made rakia brandy ‘Borisovka,’ playing on the name of Prime Minister Boiko Borisov to thank him for stopping parliament from raising taxes on alcohol. Last month, the Balkan country’s new center-right government abandoned plans to raise alcohol taxes after public anger that this would threaten a centuries-old tradition of making wine and rakia at home.” (11/27/09) Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091127/od_nm/us_bulgaria_alcohol_taxes Filed under: LAND News and RRND News | Report Bad Link Bookmark this post in Furl or Del.icio.us | |









