In the present paper a review on the photonic structures based on chalcogenide glasses are presented. The photonic crystals (also known as photonic band-gap materials) present the periodic dielectric structures that have a band gap that forbids propagation of a certain frequency range of light. However, by introducing defects into photonic crystals it is possible to build "waveguides" that can channel light along certain paths. In the last ears a considerable number of publications are devoted to fabrication of different photonic structures and devices based on chalcogenide glasses. The chalcogenide glasses can be formed over a wide range of compositions by conventional methods with fine-tuning of optical parameters such as their band-gap and refractive index. The high values of the refractive index of 2.4-2.8 allow to make it suitable to fabricate planar and fiber optic waveguides as well as planar photonic crystals. Chalcogenide glasses have low absorption losses in the visible and mid infra-red region of the spectrum. Other important proprety is their relatively large third-order optical non-linearity and low two-photon absorption that makes it appropriate for fabrication of all-optical ultra-fast switching devices.