I was in Bavaria(Bayern) in the mid 80s when I was living in Germany. Beautiful place. I can't imagine the Brewery Bavaria - which is Dutch not German - changing its name since it was founded in the 1700s wasn't it?


>>>It all feels like a sneeky takeover. You give them one finger and they take your whole hand.
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>>Speaking of "hand", I wonder how many millions were wasted trying to regulate the curvature of bananas, and cucumbers: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2002/06/29/do2902.xml
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>>If you have EUrocrats doing stuff like that, the end must be near ... ;)
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>We have a beer company Bavaria. This is also the Latin name of Bayern, de county near Munchen. EU regulations state that regional names are protected and that the compnay must change the name. Bavaria uses the name since 1925. In the mean time the name is still used, so I'm not sure what the current status is.
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>This is only one example.