Arseniy Yatseniuk, Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, congratulated the Winner of the National Competition of School Newspapers the editorial staff of Dniprodzerzhyns´k (Dnipropetrovsk Region) secondary school #44 newspaper "Vitamin 44". In addition to personal congratulations young journalists received a graphical plane-table as a present from the Head of Ukrainian Parliament.
Also Igor Lubchenko, Chairman of the National Journalists Union, congratulated the winners.
About 2000 newspapers from 24 Ukraine´s regions participated in this year´s competition and more than 400 secondary schools competed this year for the first place in the National Competition of School Newspapers.
The organizers of the National Competition of School Newspapers were traditionally the National Journalists Union, the Association of the Youth Press of Ukraine, The College of press and TV. Pedagogical Sciences Academy of Ukraine has also joined the organizers of this year´s event.