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Joint efforts to combat alcohol-related harm. On Tuesday, 7 July, the health ministers will focus on the prevention of alcohol-related harm.

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) has just published a survey carried out among European sports and cultural rights holders to explore attitudes towards alcohol sponsorship.

Extremist and fringe parties were the beneficiaries as voters across Europe deserted mainstream parties or stayed at home in protest at the state of their economies.

Eurocare will be holding its Annual General Assembly on 10 June in Stockholm. Please note that this meeting is open only to Eurocare members.

The Stakeholder Dialogue Group was created as a direct result of the DG SANCO 2006 Peer Review Group on Stakeholder Involvement, in September 2007. The objective of the Stakeholder Dialogue Group is to advise the Directorate General and the European Commission on different process issues that will facilitate stakeholder involvement in DG Health & Consumer Protection work.

The summary report and presentations from the 2nd Open Forum that took place on 30 April in Brussels are now available

As its commitment to the European Commission Alcohol and Health Forum, IAS (Institute of Alcohol Studies) has created a Data Map of English language, trans-European surveys that include questions about alcohol consumption and related matters.

As some companies continue to see stagnation and fall in sales in Western Europe, their main focus has now shifted to the emerging markets – in particular Asia and Russia but also Eastern Europe.

20 April 2009. Researchers from the Curtin University of Technology in Australia have uncovered some of the secret workings and concerns of the international alcohol industry.