“Stay Away” in English, or “Don’t come” in French: the message deserves to be clear. This advertising campaign launched this week targets those who go back and forth to Amsterdam, the Netherlands not to appreciate its museums or its heritage, but for touring the beer bars, smoking to excess just about anything and everything, those … Read more
It will no longer be authorized to sell strong alcohol to 16-18 year olds. Only beer and wine can still be sold to this age group, communicates the Minister of Health, Frank Vandenbroucke. You will have to wait 18 years to buy other drinks, such as spirits or “fortified wines”. At night, between 10 p.m. … Read more
So here it is, the first “big” interfederal plan against the overconsumption of alcohol for 15 years. It excels on a single point: to smoke out the citizen behind the large number (75) of measures that it includes, while it does not take the slightest really impacting turn in the fight against this scourge. Basically, … Read more
The Federal Public Service (FPS) Public Health will have a look at the advertising, the messages transmitted in the slogans. Another measure, it will no longer be authorized to sell strong alcohol to 16-18 year olds. Only beer and wine can still be sold to this age group. Catherine Fonck recalls that for advertising, there … Read more
The major Belgian interfederal alcohol plan, awaited for 15 years, has just been presented. It provides for 75 measures to be implemented by the end of 2025 in order to limit alcohol consumption and advertising (especially among young people) and also to better support those who suffer from an alcohol problem. Several associations are already … Read more
At least three officers from the Federal Police’s Directorate of Special Units (DSU) have been suspended following two ‘parties’ in which alcohol was consumed and sexual acts were allegedly committed, newspapers report on Tuesday Het Nieuwsblad and Gazet van Antwerpen. The first party would have taken place a week after the celebrations of the 50 … Read more
On the side of the federal police, we do not make too many comments and we only report that the prosecution has been informed and that “the appropriate internal measures have been taken”. The first party would have taken place a week after the DSU’s 50th anniversary celebrations. After a staff party, some members of … Read more
At least three officers from the Federal Police’s Directorate of Special Units (DSU) have been suspended after two “parties” involving alcohol consumption and alleged sexual acts, Het Nieuwsblad and Gazet van Antwerpen report on Tuesday. On the side of the federal police, we do not make too many comments and we only report that the … Read more
At least three officers from the Federal Police’s Directorate of Special Units (DSU) have been suspended after two “parties” involving alcohol consumption and alleged sexual acts, Het Nieuwsblad and Gazet van Antwerpen report on Tuesday. On the side of the federal police, we do not make too many comments and we only report that the … Read more
The event, which has been a two-day event since 2018 and whose fast and high-quality course is ensured behind the scenes by more than 20 people, traditionally took place in the main hall of the Zvíkov Brewery under the patronage of the Czech-Moravian Association of Microbreweries. This year, 94 tasters evaluated the beers in ten … Read more