Luhansk Oblast (Ukraine)

Alchevsk

wordpress.com     Jul 23, 2008          

The town of Alchevsk is located in the Luhansk Oblast in south-eastern Ukraine. It has a population of roughly 120,000 and is one of the major industrial centres in the Donets Basin. It is a fairly young town, founded in 1895...                

FACTBOX: The worst mine explosions in Ukraine

eitb24.com     Jun 8, 2008   291 related          

The worst mine explosions in Ukraine Gas explosions are frequent in Ukraine's outdated mines. The Karl Marx mine in Yenakiyevo northeast of Donetsk, where the latest blast occurred, has been in operation for 110 years. A gas...                

2 dead, 8 injured in amusement park accident in Ukraine

iht.com     May 10, 2008   24 related          

Emergency officials say two people died and eight were injured when a carousel broke down in an amusement park in Ukraine. ... Channel 5 television reports that the centrifugue-style carousel slammed into its supporting pole in a park in the eastern city of Luhansk on...                

Yanukovych to hold protest actions against NATO

for-ua.com     Apr 2, 2008   1 related          

On April 3 the Party of Regions will hold protest actions against NATO in a row of cites of Ukraine. As the press service of the party informs, on April 3 at 5 p.m. the protest actions will take place in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrivsk, Donetsk, ... Luhansk, Odesa,...                

A photographer for street people

kiev.ua     Mar 25, 2008          

The current glamour boom in Ukraine means that many unappealing aspects of our life are literally off the radar. But photographer Oleksandr Chekmeniov, who is well known to the readers of The Day through his participation in our photography competitions, has always said that people who end up on...