Drinking culture

A Walking Dead fan in Albuguergue, New Mexico, budgeoned his friend to death after a marathon viewing of the Walking Dead. Damon Perry, aged 23, states he attacked his friend Christopher Paquin, aged 23, with kicks and shap objects including items such as a guitar and a microwave oven.

Starbucks does not plan to sell alcoholic beverages in Turkey, its country business director Tunç Tunaveli has said, as reported by Turkish daily Dünya. 

Starbucks has been testing alcohol sales at select stores in the Chicago area since 2012, and it has recently begun selling beer and wine at a number of other locations throughout the U.S. 

Infuriated by the Turkish government's ban on sale of alcoholic drinks after 10 p.m., a former liquor store owner in the southern province of Antalya has made a call to the army -but could only find a statue to support his cause.

Over the course of 2014 Bulgarian households have decreased the consumption of bread and bakery products but have increased the consumption of alcohol and cigarettes.

The data has been reveled through a research conducted by the National Statistical Institute in 2014.

Fruit and meat purchasing, on the other hand has been on the increase.

Believe it or not, excluding teetotallers the world's biggest drinkers are in Chad and the united Arab Emirates, consuming 33.9 and 32.8 liters of alcohol annually, according to the Lancet. This puts Brits far behind with just an average of 13.8 liters per year. Greeks just make it into the 10-15 litre category, drinking 10.3 liters of alcohol.

Latest data on alchohol addiction from the Montenegrin Ministry of Health on Wednesday showed 30,000 registered alcoholics in the country, about 5 per cent of the total population. Around 120,000 people in total were affected by alcohol abuse, the ministry noted.
 

For decades, there have been research papers upon research papers that point to one fact: Moderate drinking is good for your health. However, a new survey might put an end to that myth.

According to the British Medical Journal, earlier studies supporting health benefits of alcohol consumption may have exaggerated the effects.

It's true: working too hard can drive you to drink, said researchers Jan. 14 who warned of the health risks of such dual excess.

An overview of studies covering more than 400,000 people showed that individuals who exceed 48 working hours per week - the European Union's suggested maximum - are likelier to consume "risky" quantities of alcohol, they said.

Winter sales will begin throughout Greece on Monday and will run through February 28, the Hellenic Retail Business Association (SELPE) said on Thursday.

SELPE also said that store owners will have the option to stay open for business on the first Sunday of the sales period, January 18, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The operator of Turkey’s high-speed railways has stopped serving alcoholic drinks citing a lack of demand.