ITALY has become the latest country to oppose the Scottish Government's flagship minimum alcohol price policy.

It has lodged a formal objection with the European Commission (EC) in a bid to overturn the plan, one week after Bulgaria became the first EU state to raise objections.

The EC extended the consulting period on the minimum price to the end of the year, causing a possible delay to the Scottish Government's plan to introduce it as early as next April.

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