Section: BBC (The United Kingdom)
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcasting statutory corporation. The BBC is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London The BBC is the world’s oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, with about 23,000 staff.
The BBC is a corporation, independent from direct government intervention, with its activities being overseen by the BBC Trust ( formed on 1 January 2007). Trustees are appointed by the British monarch on advice of government ministers.
BBC has an office in Kyiv since 1993.
Ukraine MPs to ratify key EU deal
Ukraine’s lawmakers are set to ratify a landmark EU association agreement, but the implementation of a free trade deal is delayed. …read more Source:...
Can EU-Ukraine trade pact survive Russian pressure?
Why EU-Ukraine trade pact is at risk …read more Source:...
Nato troops begin Ukraine drill
About 1,300 troops from 15 countries – including the US and other Nato members – begin a military exercise near Lviv in western Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Nato members ‘send arms to Ukraine’
Nato countries have started delivering arms to Ukraine to help its soldiers combat pro-Russian separatists in the east, the defence minister says. …read more Source:...
Russia’s goal ‘to eliminate Ukraine’
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says Russia wants to “eliminate” Ukraine as tension continues in the east of the country. …read more Source:...
US strengthens sanctions on Russia
The US imposes new sanctions on major Russian banks, defence and energy firms, hours after a similar move by the European Union. …read more Source:...
Ukraine truce deal: The 12-point plan
What ceasefire plan says – and what has been done …read more Source:...
Malaysia Airlines tragedy avoidable
The boss of Emirates tells the BBC it would have avoided flying over Ukraine if the knowledge there were high altitude missiles in the area had been passed on. …read more Source:...
EU sanctions on Russia ‘on Friday’
The European Union agrees to impose on Friday new sanctions on Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis, diplomatic sources say. …read more Source:...
Russia reduces gas exports to Poland
Russia’s gas supplies to Poland have dropped by 45%, Poland’s state gas firm PGNiG says, amid tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
