Chief customs official of Transcarpathia presented the award to the "Best presenter" of the region (PHOTOS)

Head of the Chop Customs Oleksandr Pohylko took part in the award ceremony of the festival for national minorities "My native land". 

Announcing the best contestants, known Transcarpathian presenter Nataliya Shtefutsa especially noticed her companion, who also competed for the main prize of the festival - "Golden edelweiss." So the title of the "Best presenter" was awarded to a talented journalist of Transcarpathian RSTBC Maxim Melnik. Oleksandr Pohylko solemnly handed the winner a prize and sent a warm greeting to all those present. Later Mr. Maxim was awarded by the head of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration Oleksandr Ledyda for the TV program "Shalanky. In barrel veritas."

The awards ceremony culminated with fireworks on a huge masterpiece cake from the famous pastrycook Stefanyo.

This is the fourteenth festival in Transcarpathia, where journalists from different parts of Ukraine, and also from Romania, Hungary, Slovenia, Macedonia, Slovakia participate. Here they tell and show their films on their native land, history, people of different nationalities - said Victoria Senhetovska, spokeswoman of Chop Customs.