Serhii Korobchuk

The Donetsk police have prevented yet another attempt to ship local girls abroad to force them into prostitution. They apprehended a 42-year-old recruiter, who turned out to be a Russian citizen from Rostov-on-Don. The criminal tried to smuggle two young girls to the neighboring country, his...

The first to win were the parents of the pupils of school №No. 111, located in one of the remote suburbs of Donetsk. They picketed the premises of the Petrovska district council which, according to the information received by the parents, was going to consider closing down this popular school.The...

Donetsk – Last weekend Donetsk hosted the 22-nd International Pole Vault Stars Competition.Serhii Bubka, one of Ukraine’s most famous sportsmen, was the person who initiated this prestigious competition. He also set the indoor world record of 6.15 meters in 1993, which has not been broken yet. This...

Let us give a short review of the events that have been shaking the biggest higher educational establishment in Ukraine’s east for half a year already. On July 29 Minister of Education Dmytro Tabachnyk, having received from the rector of the university Volodymyr Shev­chen­ko (according to the...

When talking about the natural resources of Do­netsk region, the first thing that comes to mind is, of course, coal. Not everyone knows that the industrial land is also abundant in fields of kaolin, salt, mercury ore, zircon, and graphite. And quite a few geologists and regional ethno­g­raphers are...

A cruel surprise awaits travelers who come to the “miners’ capital” with the purpose to learn about Donetsk’s cultural potential: the city of almost a million people has all in all a mere two museums, a local history museum and a museum of arts. Besides, the latter...

Three very similar events concurred — a rarity in the business world. Firstly, French entrepreneurs offered a number of big Ukrainian coalmines to cooperate in mine gas utilization within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol. French Ambassador to Ukraine Jacques Faure confirmed the se­...

Ukraine’s coal industry has once again suffered a terrible accident. This regular occurrence is “distinguished” by one feature — the number of victims since the beginning of this year closely approached a round figure: 988 miners were seriously injured in an shaft collapse. 47 of them (as reported...

This fall the residents of the Donbas have failed to enjoy the traditional sea fish delights from the Sea of Azov. The fish stalls are virtually empty. Incidental fish sellers charge exorbitant prices: 15 hryvnias per kilo of fine gobies, all heads and bones, and up to 30 hryvnias per kilo of...

A group of Carpathian artists — soloists of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Philharmonic Society, the Chamber Orchestra “Harmonia Nobile,” and amateur performers — visited the “miners’ capital.” This was a response to the recent visit to western Ukraine of...