On August 31, in Kyiv, the general director of the Volyn Regional State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company was presented with a Certificate recognizing him as a full member of the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio. Sviatoslav Pyrozhko became the first journalist-academician in Western Ukraine, reported the Western Information Corporation's own correspondent.
The long-serving head of the Volyn Regional State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company also received the Honorary Badge of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine, 2nd degree, for merits in the development of the information sphere.