A new Norwegian survey finds that most people want the blood alcohol limit for recreational boat operators lowered to the same level as for drivers.

Icelandic prevention organisations have criticised the police response to online alcohol sales after a district court ruled that one retailer’s activities violated ÁTVR’s exclusive right to sell alcohol. Around twenty companies now reportedly offer alcohol for collection or home delivery in Iceland.

A new Blue Cross Denmark survey finds that 62.8 percent of Danes want a drinking culture in which alcohol plays a smaller role, up from 57.9 percent in 2025.

MHF is calling for a legal blood alcohol limit, a minimum age requirement and mandatory helmet use for all e-scooter riders in Sweden, citing rising injuries and the high proportion of alcohol-related deaths.

The Finnish Parliament has approved a law allowing home delivery of alcohol and foreign distance sales. EHYT warns that the decision will increase alcohol availability and marketing, weaken prevention, create major tax losses, and especially affect children, people with substance use problems, and their loved ones.

Finland’s Alcohol Act reform has moved forward in Parliament in a form that would expand alcohol availability through distance sales, home delivery and longer Alko opening hours. EHYT and Juha Mikkonen warn that the key public health and tax control questions remain unresolved.

EHYT welcomes the Finnish Parliament committee’s amendments to the Alcohol Act proposal, but stresses that the changes must be notified to the EU before the bill is brought to the plenary session.

The majority of the Finnish Parliament’s Social Affairs and Health Committee says proposed changes to the Alcohol Act must protect public health, tax revenue and the foundations of Finland’s alcohol system. The committee wants distance sales of alcohol to follow the same strength limits as domestic retail sales and argues that the changes must be notified to the European Commission before final adoption.

Movendi Sweden warns that recent and proposed changes to Swedish alcohol policy, including abolishing the food requirement, extending serving hours and lowering the Systembolaget age limit, will increase alcohol-related harm and deaths.

Recorded alcohol consumption in Finland continued to decline in 2025. According to THL, on-premise and retail consumption fell by 4.5% compared with 2024, but no estimate of total alcohol consumption can be made because of a change in the data collection method for travellers’ imports and online purchases.

Greenland’s parliament has debated whether the country should develop a national alcohol policy guided by children’s rights, with the government now signalling support for a broad political alcohol agreement.

The Icelandic Government has told ESA that online alcohol sales based on domestic warehousing and delivery constitute domestic retail sale, not private importation. Prevention organisations in Iceland welcome the clarification as a reaffirmation of the public health basis of the alcohol monopoly.

Sweden marks Folknykterhetens dag, People’s Sobriety Day, at a time when the country’s temperance movement is renewing its public role and alcohol policy is moving in a more liberal direction.

A new amendment proposal in the Estonian Parliament would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to work in jobs involving the preparation, offering and sale of alcoholic beverages. Public health organisations warn that the proposal would weaken the protection of minors and send a contradictory message about alcohol prevention.

Movendi Sweden is urging the Swedish Parliament to keep the food-service requirement for alcohol serving licences, arguing that the Alcohol Act should continue to protect public health, safety and working conditions.

A new CAN report shows that people who buy alcohol directly from producers in Sweden drink more than both Systembolaget customers and alcohol consumers overall. Younger adults are also more likely to use the new farm sales option.

NordAN has sent a letter to Alþingi’s Judicial Affairs and Education Committee urging it to reject Bill 479, the proposal that would allow private online alcohol sales in Iceland. The letter comes just after the Reykjanes District Court ruled that the business model used by Smáríkið amounted to unlawful domestic retail under current Icelandic law.

Six months after the NordAN conference in Riga, the Riga+6 online meeting will bring participants back together to review recent developments in alcohol and drug policy, revisit key themes from the original conference, and look ahead to the next NordAN gathering in the Faroe Islands.

NordAN’s Open Day in Copenhagen brought together Nordic and Baltic partners to discuss alcohol age limits, youth drinking and local policy action. Presentations from NordAN, WHO Europe, Blue Cross Denmark, Alkohol & Samfund, the Danish Cancer Society, NTAKK and WHO highlighted both the political contest around age limits and the evidence supporting stronger alcohol policy.

What started as a popular Labor Party promise to let the beer flow until 6 AM during the World Cup has turned into a controversial policy fight. Critics call the proposal "idiotic" and dangerous. Despite warnings from health ministry experts about increased violence and crime, political leaders have pushed forward. Resistance is coming from unions concerned for worker safety and NGOs like Ly, which argues that "setting children’s safety aside" for a football tournament is a "