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About 1.6% of Belgians who drink landed in the emergency room last year due to the effects of alcohol abuse, writes De Standaard based on the most recent Global Drug Survey (GDS2016).
During events surrounding the UEFA European Championship (Euro 2016) this summer, Belgium's health ministry will send undercover inspectors to conduct checks on the sale of alcoholic beverages to
A police chief of the Brussels-Capital Region last week showed up drunk to a meeting called immediately after the terror attacks on Tuesday morning.
One out of every 10 people in Belgium struggles with an alcohol addiction, according to a report by the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE), writes Het Laatste Nieuws.
Brussels police stationed at the Heysel Parking A on Monday during the annual Megavino wine fair carried out alcohol checks on departing visitors.
An increasing number of adolescents in Belgium end up in hospital after a bout of excessive alcohol consumption, also known as binge drinking, reports VTM Nieuws.
Christmas markets across Belgium will carry out extra police checks to prevent alcohol abuse among people under the age of 16, said Paul Van den Meerssche of the FPS Public Health.
The manufacture of spirits in Belgium is not exactly widespread enough to be called an industry.
