We care about
Members Only

  European Alcoho... / Newsroom / Newsletter / May - June 2011  

May - June 2011

News from Eurocare

10/06/2011

Eurocare Annual General Assembly (24th- 25th May, Brussels): New president and Board

13/06/2011

press release: Alcohol and cancer- the forgotten link

15/06/2011

Message from Eurocare's former president: Michel Craplet

News From Eurocare Members

10/06/2011

Interview with Aurelijus Veryga about an alcohol ad ban in Lithuania

10/06/2011

AAI calls for standardised Responsible Serving of Alcohol programmes needed without delay

News From the EU

10/06/2011

8th Committee on National Alcohol Policy and Action (March 2011): report and presentations

10/06/2011

8th plenary meeting of the European Alcohol and health Forum (April 2011): report and presentations

10/06/2011

7th Meeting of the Science Group of the Alcohol and Health Forum (october 2010): summary report

13/06/2011

Mid-term evaluation of the EU Health Programme and the EU Health Strategy

News From the WHO

10/06/2011

Experts agree on new European action plan on alcohol

10/06/2011

WHO: Addressing the challenge of noncommunicable diseases

13/06/2011

Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly closes after passing multiple resolutions

10/06/2011

WHO Civil society online hearing on NCDs on 16 June

News from across Europe

15/06/2011

Europe: Foundation of the European FASD Alliance

16/06/2011

Estonia: Cabinet throws out alcohol marketing ban Bill

10/06/2011

UK supermarkets not complying with agreeement on alcohol promotion

10/06/2011

Alcohol-related hospital admissions reach one million in England

10/06/2011

Alcohol ban threat for Scotland's under 21s

10/06/2011

Scotland: Stores facing drink controls

13/06/2011

Ireland introduces mandatory breath tests of drivers at the scene of road collisions

15/06/2011

Large number of women in Ireland continue to drink during pregnancy

15/06/2011

IE: 70,000 crimes directly linked to alcohol

16/06/2011

IE: Supermarkets and off-licences now account for 33% of all alcohol sales

16/06/2011

FR: French to crack down on drunk driving, speed on roads

15/06/2011

FR: Police unions furious as official decree is passed to prevent CRS officers enjoying their lunchtime wine and beer

13/06/2011

The Swedish people want to stop alcohol advertising

16/06/2011

Sweden: State liquor stores demands higher tax on wine

15/06/2011

Switzerland: "Dialogue-week on Alcohol"

News From Around the World

16/06/2011

Iceland: Call for Stricter Laws on Alcohol and Tobacco

16/06/2011

Turkish court partially suspends new alcohol restrictions

16/06/2011

Thailand: Alcohol-ban to be imposed at Thai factories

New Research and Reports

10/06/2011

News Release - College Students Respond Better to Positive Anti-Binge Drinking Messages

10/06/2011

Binge drinking and its adverse impact on memory

13/06/2011

Latest issue of the Journal Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

15/06/2011

Quality of illegally and informally produced alcohol in Europe: Results from the AMPHORA project

15/06/2011

Some School-Based Programs Curb Alcohol Misuse, Review Finds

Upcoming events

17/06/2011

Under the Influence: Protecting teens from the impact of alcohol marketing, 21 June 2011, European Parliament (Brussels)

17/06/2011

Psychotherapy of Addiction - 11th Annual Conference, 27-28 June 2011, London

17/06/2011

Alcohol and Minors, 4 - 5 July 2011, Cantabria, Spain

17/06/2011

8th annual INEBRIA Conference, 21-23 September 2011, Boston US

17/06/2011

Polish Expert Conference 'Alcohol Policy in Poland and around Europe', 11-12 October 2011, Poznan Poland

17/06/2011

The Tobacco and Alcohol: Learning from Each Other, 12-13 October 2011, Cardiff

17/06/2011

Nordan Conference: Empowerment. Advocacy. NGO´s. 21- 23. October 2011, Vilnius, Lithuania

17/06/2011

1st European network conference on reducing youth drinking by law enforcement, 27-28 October 2011, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

17/06/2011

2011 Global alcohol policy Conference, 28-30 November 2011, Bangkok Thailand

Alcohol Industry News

10/06/2011

The May 2011 Newsletter of the Wine Information Council is now available on line

13/06/2011

Diageo is to fund a training programme for midwives in England and Wales on the dangers of pregnant women consuming alcohol

13/06/2011

XXXIV World Congress of Vine and Wine

Questions from MEPs

10/06/2011

Question to the Commission on Tackling underage alcohol consumption by Nikolaos Salavrakos (EFD)

13/06/2011

Question to the Commission on the Harmful effects of alcohol by Niki Tzavela (EFD) (Greece)

15/06/2011

Question to the Commission on Wine production from grapes grown in Poland and EU by Tomasz Piotr Poręba (ECR)

15/06/2011

Question to the Commission on Eyeballing: the dangerous new craze of young Europeans by Sergio Berlato (PPE)

15/06/2011

Question to the Commission on Alcohol-related harm by Christel Schaldemose (S&D)

16/06/2011

Question to the Commission on the Caribbean rum industry by David Martin (S&D)

16/06/2011

Question to the Commission on Supporting mandatory alcohol testing for crash driversby Nessa Childers (S&D)