Crimea

Crimea, Ukraine’s Odd Beach Paradise

BBC Travel | Yuliya Popova | Posted 04.13.2012

"Shrimp, sunflower seeds, baklava!" That odd beach vendor chant is the sound of summer in the Crimea, a small Ukrainian peninsula that juts into the B...

Solar Goes Big In Ukraine

Posted 10.29.2011

From EarthTechling's Lauren Craig: In a country with an energy legacy tainted by the Chernobyl disaster and a dependence on Russian gas pipelines, ...

Amazing Photographs Of Crimea, The 'Jewel Of Two Crowns'

Posted 05.25.2011

The April issue of National Geographic takes an in-depth look at Crimea. As writer Cathy Newman discovers, the beautiful peninsula may be a tourists' ...