ICELAND: Drivers’ Blood Alcohol Limit Lowered
A bill amending the Traffic Act with extensive changes was passed unanimously by the Icelandic parliament yesterday, RÚV reports. A…
June 14, 2019NEWS
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Estonia: Riigikogu passes bill lowering alcohol excise duty rate by 25 percent
At its third and final reading on Thursday, the Riigikogu voted 70-9 in favor of a bill that will lower…
June 13, 2019
Estonia: Restrictions on alcohol point of sale displays came into force last Saturday
Starting Saturday, June 1, restrictions are in place on displaying alcoholic drinks in Estonian stores, which will both separate them…
June 06, 2019
Spirits industry afraid of their own ingredients?
The public health community is greatly disappointed about the SpiritsEurope approach[1] to label their products. In our view, the European spirits…
June 05, 2019
Lithuania: Alcohol consumption and consequences thereof, 2018
Statistics Lithuania informs that in 2018, based on provisional data, absolute (100%) alcohol consumption per resident aged 15 and older…
May 31, 2019
NordAN urge governments to cooperate on alcohol policy
The situation around cross-border trade in the Nordic and Baltic region is creating worrying developments which caused NordAN to send…
May 30, 2019 -
GAPA: promoting the idea of the Framework Convention on Alcohol Control
The Global Alcohol Strategy is getting close to its end and next steps and developments are currently discussed in different…
May 29, 2019
Norway´s investment funds are cleaning house
The Norwegian Oil Fund will no longer invest in companies that are directly involved in Cannabis. It was revealed in March that…
May 28, 2019
Systembolaget awarded NordAN´s president Peter Allebeck with The Knowledge award
Professor Peter Allebeck was awarded the Systembolaget´s Knowledge Award. He is awarded the prize for his significant efforts in alcohol…
May 22, 2019
NordAN raised cross-border issues at EHYT´s conference in Helsinki
NordAN had a workshop on cross-border issues at the Annual Conference for Substance Abuse Prevention ‘Päihdepäivät’ last week in Helsinki….
May 15, 2019
10 questions to RIO ReStart
RIO ReStart is a project of RIO, NordAN´s member organisation in Norway, focusing on substance use and users. Following 10 questions…
May 13, 2019
The Lancet: Targets to reduce harmful alcohol use are likely to be missed as global alcohol intake increases
Increasing rates of alcohol use suggest that the world is not on track to achieve targets against harmful alcohol use,…
May 10, 2019
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GAPA: promoting the idea of the Framework Convention on Alcohol Control
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