ATTENTION! Days of Sobriety are being held in the Verkhnedvinsk district

The Department of Economics of the Verkhnedvinsk District Executive Committee hereby informs about the holding of "Sobriety Day" events in the district in 2023.

Based on the decision of the Verkhnedvinsk District Executive Committee dated April 27, 2023, No. 472 "On restricting the sale of alcoholic beverages in the Verkhnedvinsk District," the sale of alcoholic beverages in the district is restricted, with the exception of retail sales in catering establishments for consumption on the premises:
from 08:00 to 11:00 on May 25, 2023 – in connection with events aimed at promoting (popularizing) a healthy lifestyle, preventing drunkenness and alcoholism, and combating them, timed to coincide with the "Last Bell" holiday;
from 16:00 to 24:00 on June 10, 2023 – in connection with graduation ceremonies in general secondary education institutions;
from 00:00 to 24:00 on September 1, 2023 – in connection with events aimed at promoting (popularizing) a healthy lifestyle, preventing drunkenness and alcoholism, and combating them, timed to coincide with Knowledge Day;
from 00:00 to 24:00 on October 3, 2023 – in connection with events aimed at promoting (popularizing) a healthy lifestyle, preventing drunkenness and alcoholism, and combating them, timed to coincide with the World Day of Sobriety and the Fight against Alcoholism. The restrictions specified in these points do not apply to the sale of alcoholic beverages by retail outlets engaged in retail trade in connection with ceremonial, anniversary, or wedding events. Furthermore, we inform you that by the decision of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee dated September 27, 2021, No. 495 "On the sale of beer and low-alcohol beverages in the Vitebsk region," the following is established: retail sale of beer and low-alcohol beverages with an ethyl alcohol content of not more than 7 percent in the Vitebsk region is not carried out in retail outlets on days of events dedicated to the end of the academic year, as well as graduation ceremonies in general secondary education institutions, from 08:00 on the day of the respective events until 08:00 on the following day.