THAILAND - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is concerned about the drinking habits of the Thai people, especially among young people aged 15-19, government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said on Sunday.
A Saskatoon lawyer says Saskatchewan Government Insurance could help reduce the temptation for impaired drivers to get behind the wheel by making it easier for ride-booking services like Uber to operate in the province.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has introduced an order banning the sale and consumption of alcohol in public places at night in an attempt to curb anti-social behaviour in the capital.
The Public Alcohol Bill will cost Irish media €20m annually in lost advertising revenue, an industry-commissioned study has claimed.
An additional 7.8 percent special consumption tax has been added for alcoholic beverages in July, automatically in line with Turkey's producer price index in the first half of the year.
4th July 2017 — British people who have an average of 2.1 alcoholic drinks a day are putting themselves at a higher risk of developing a range of cancers, say health experts.
The combination of Brexit and the unintended economic consequences of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill will only serve to exacerbate pressure on the sector, the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland (ABFI) suggested today.
More than three-quarters of court cases where local communities are against big alcohol stores being built are being thrown out because judges do not have to consider the health impacts of planning decisions.
The China Alcoholic Drinks Association, the country's alcoholic beverage trade organization, is set to award the trademark designation of "estate wine" to some 16 Chinese wine producers, most of them in the Xinjiang, Hebei, and Ningxia regions of northern China.
ONTARIO - Union negotiators and the management of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario have reached a tentative deal to avoid a strike by workers.