Alcohol prices in Iceland still climbing
In Iceland there is a state monopoly of all alcoholic beverages and in the New Year a further price raise has been announced. With that raise the pric...
Parliament speaker calls for an end to boozing MPs
Finland’s Speaker of Parliament has denounced MPs drinking on the job in the wake of several alcohol-related scandals.
‘Drunkoreoxia’ on the rise in Sweden
Young Swedes are increasingly starving themselves by day so they can binge drink by night, in a phenomenon dubbed “drunkorexia”, experts say.
Police struggle to stop teenage dial-a-drink service
Stockholm police have admitted they are making little progress in quelling the phenomenon known as “vodka-mobile”, which sees teens ordering alcohol d...
Mother ‘gave beer and cigarettes to toddler’
A Swedish mother has been charged with child abuse after films emerged of her apparently forcing beer and cigarettes on her three year-old son.
Police suicide after drink drive arrest
A Danish policeman committed suicide in his patrol car last week shortly after being arrested for drunk driving.
Two pints of lager and a blood pressure test
Barflies in Helsinki are benefiting from a little extra customer care, as the city’s health services descend into uncharted territory.
Study: indicators of alcoholism present at birth
It is possible to identify young boys who will become alcoholics in later life, according to a Danish study.