Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘health’ Category

In bed by two

Posted in Norway, beer, health, pubs, tagged on June 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The current red/green government hereabouts is a majority government. which we haven’t had for a long time. But it’s not necessarily a good idea.
It means that decisions are made behind closed doors, when the leadership of the three parties have made up their minds, the debate is over. Even some of their own members of parliament [...]

Read Full Post »

Border trade

Posted in European Union, Norway, Sweden, beer, beer marketing, food, health on April 11, 2008 | 7 Comments »

The inventiveness of merchants and governments across Europe has led to many strange price differences between neighbouring countries. Sugar, petrol, vodka, wine – the list is endless. The European Union has led to some harmonisation, but you still have lots of Danes going to Germany to shop, not to mention Brits going across to France.
National [...]

Read Full Post »

One more year to go..

Posted in European Union, Norway, beer, health on February 16, 2008 | 12 Comments »

The Norwegian Royal Ministry of Health and Care Services has, after dragging its feet for some time, sent a letter to the EFTA Surveillance Authority informing them that the ban on private import of alcohol should be repealed and replaced by an alternative control system. The Norwegian Government will therefore immediately initiate work on drafting alternative [...]

Read Full Post »

Next winter could be cold

Posted in UK, beer, health, pubs, smoking, travel on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We have discussed this before:
Euro MPs will debate whether or not to phase out the use of patio heaters today.
A ban on patio heaters would upset thousands of pubs which have invested heavily in heaters for outdoor smoking areas since the ban.
Lib Dem MEP Fiona Hall has compiled a report on energy efficiency which “urges [...]

Read Full Post »

The other side of the smoking ban

Posted in France, beer, health, pubs, smoking, travel on January 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I am not going to bore you with lots of posts about the smoking ban, but I’d like to mention that the Economist Certain ideas of Europe blog covers the issue. Their focus is on all the outdoor heating systems being installed to accommodate the smokers (which I have blogged about before).
What none of these [...]

Read Full Post »

Smoke free pubs across Europe

Posted in Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, UK, health, pubs, travel, tagged , , on January 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Those who want a beer without having to dry clean their clothes and wash their hair the next day have an increasing list of countries to choose from in Europe. Both France and Portugal have banned smoking in bars and cafes from January first.
The list now includes Belgium,  Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, [...]

Read Full Post »

Go for cask beer,

Posted in UK, beer, health on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

keg beer may kill you.
An inquest into the death of a Darlaston father who died when a keg of beer exploded in his face killing him instantly has concluded a verdict of accidental death.
Ricky Bunn, aged 32, of Lodge Road, was killed when he was loading kegs of beer at the Gateway To India Pub [...]

Read Full Post »

Beer cuts risk for Alzheimer’s

Posted in Spain, beer, brewing, health on December 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »

This is not by any means a peer reviewed journal, most of you cannot even be bothered to use the comments function on the blog. I am not even competent to judge the quality of scientific journals (or I cannot be bothered to look them up. Or something.)
But I can pass on good news, even if [...]

Read Full Post »