Article 57 of the Constitution of Ukraine provides, that “the right to know the rights and duties is guaranteed to everyone. Laws and other legal acts, which determine rights and duties of citizens, should be given to the population in the order established by the law. Laws and other legal acts, which determine rights and the duties of the citizens which have been not given of the population in the order, established by the law, are invalid”.

The Constitution of Ukraine establishes also, that regular reports on incomes and charges of the State budget of Ukraine, and also submitted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the Verhovna Rada of Ukraine the report on performance of the State budget of Ukraine necessarily should be disclosed.

In many cases the legislation of Ukraine makes a duty to bodies of the government, institutions of local government announcement of another, not the legal information.

So, the Law of Ukraine “About the information” defines, that “bodies of legislative, executive and judicial authority of Ukraine, their officials are obliged to give the information which concerns their activity, in writing, orally, by phone or using public statements of the officials”.

According to the Law of Ukraine “About the order of illumination of activity of bodies of the government and institutions of local government in Ukraine by mass media” the information of activity of bodies of the government and institutions of local government can turn out mass media from these bodies directly or through their information services or can be collected by workers of mass media.

For illumination of activity of bodies of the government and institutions of local government their information services have the right to use such forms of preparation and announcement of the information:

Release and distribution of bulletins (special bulletins), press releases, reviews, information collections, the express information etc.;

ѕ      Carrying out of press conferences, briefings, the organization of interview to heads of bodies of the government and institutions of local government for workers of domestic and foreign mass media;

ѕ      Preparation and carrying out a body and radio programmes;

ѕ      Maintenance of publications (statements) in mass media of heads or other ranking officers of bodies of the government and institutions of local government;

ѕ      Creation of archives of the information on activity of bodies of the government and institutions of local government;

ѕ      Other forms of distribution of the official information which do not contradict the legislation of Ukraine.