The Victor Pinchuk Foundation held “Pride Of The Country 2010” Award Ceremony on April 14

On Thursday, April 14, 2011, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in partnership with Novy Kanal TV Channel and the Fakty newspaper held the 8th annual award ceremony to honour laureates of the national Prize “Pride Of The Country 2010”. This year’s award ceremony was held on the stage of the National Taras Shevchenko Opera House of Ukraine in Kyiv.

A recorded TV version of the event will be broadcasted on April 23 at 22:10 on Novy Kanal TV Channel.

The “Pride Of The Country Prize” is established to celebrate uncommon deeds of common people whose strength of spirit and big heart can make the impossible possible, giving us reasons to feel proud of living in the same country with them. This event sets a positive example for the society, making Ukrainians believe in their own strength, respect themselves and feel proud for their homeland.

For the first time in the history of the “Pride Of The Country” Prize one of the laureates will also be awarded title of the “National Hero”. The winner is selected via online nationwide voting on official website of the Prize.