16 November 2010, 08:00
To the Workers of Radio and Television
Please accept my sincere greetings on the occasion of your occupational holiday Radio, Television and Communications Workers Day.
Technical capacities jointly with the intellectual and creative potential are associated with accessibility, efficiency and seriousness of influence on the public mind. They enrich and multiple creative possibilities of the branch in its pursuit towards socio-economic reforms, cultural and spiritual enlightenment, facilitation of full-fledged participation of the country in the world community.
The social significance of your work is especially apparent in this aspect, its creative role and public importance being also enhanced. Today, you form the public opinion, mastering the most powerful weapon the Word. Among its priority legislative objectives, The Verkhovna Rada has always emphasized a comprehensive support of the mass media, conduct of an efficient dialogue and provision of freedom of speech.
On the occasion of this holiday, I wish you all the best, creativity and inexhaustible energy. May your thirst for new discoveries and professional achievements be never satisfied.
Volodymyr LYTVYN