President congratulates Ukrainian journalists on their professional holiday

On Journalists' Day, June 6, Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine congratulated representatives of the mass media with their profession holiday.

"On the day of their professional holiday, I wish Ukrainian journalists new opportunities in the implementation of their tasks – hold the standards of journalism up, always be a reliable communicator of the society, inform people about what is going on in the country and the world objectively and truthfully.

Journalism in Ukraine has become a sensitive barometer of the democratic processes, a sanitary that helps cleansing the society of all the adverse phenomena, a significant tool in the fight against corruption.

I am convinced that journalists will remain on the edge of life and make a significant contribution into the reforming of our country. And the government will do everything for further development of press freedom in Ukraine.

I wish good and sound health to all the journalists of Ukraine," Yanukovych said in his congratulation speech.