Strange Times
Bulgar brandy
'Borisovka' is a new brand of plum brandy in Bulgaria. It is named after the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov who stopped parliament raising taxes on alcohol.
The villagers of Kapatovo, in the south Bulgaria, named the 2009 batch of grape brandy - locally known as -after their Prime Minister.
'Better slightly tipsy than robbed,' said parliamentarian Krasimir \felchev, who is in Borisov's party. Finally, politicians express some sense on tax.
Vegetarian civil war imminent
There is a new, clean, green meat being developed by scientists in the Netherlands. They have come up with an ingenious way to produce meat in the lab - without …
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Article title: Strange Times.
Contributors: Not available.
Magazine title: Review - Institute of Public Affairs.
Volume: 61.
Issue: 3
Publication date: December 2009.
Page number: 64.
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