Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:11:35 +0200Spirits producers see slow recovery and mark changes in drinking habits two years on from methanol scandalhttps://english.radio.cz/spirits-producers-see-slow-recovery-and-mark-changes-drinking-habits-two-years-8283936© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThis Sunday, marked two years since prohibition was temporarily introduced in the Czech Republic in reaction to widespread methanol poisoning which eventually claimed almost 50 lives. To stem the deadly tide, the government of Petr Nečas prohibited for a period of two weeks the sale of all alcohol of 20 percent or stronger. But as a result of the measures, legitimate producers were hard hit and it has taken the period since for companies to recover.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/panak.jpg?timestamp=1706186258 Spirits producers see slow recovery and mark changes in drinking habits two years on from methanol scandal https://english.radio.cz/spirits-producers-see-slow-recovery-and-mark-changes-drinking-habits-two-years-8283936 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9