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.
VIDEO: Heavy shelling reported near Mariupol
There has been heavy shelling on Saturday night on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian port of Mariupol, raising concerns over whether the ceasefire is holding. …read more Source:...
Ukraine truce shaken by new shelling
There is fresh shelling near Donetsk airport, after overnight attacks in Mariupol, raising fears that Ukraine’s ceasefire is near to collapse. …read more Source:...
Ukraine shelling rattles ceasefire
Explosions are heard near the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol after the leaders of Ukraine and Russia say a ceasefire is largely holding. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire ‘largely holding’
The Ukrainian and Russian presidents have spoken by phone and agreed that Ukraine’s ceasefire is largely holding. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Renewed MH17 search to begin
With the ceasefire in place in eastern Ukraine, Malaysia and Australia say they plan to send investigators back to the MH17 crash site to gather evidence. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ceasefire holding but ‘very fragile’
There is uncertainty over whether a ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine is holding. …read more Source:...
Russia ‘will react’ to EU sanctions
Russia vows “there will be a reaction” if new EU sanctions are imposed over its actions in Ukraine, where a ceasefire appears to be holding. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ceasefire with rebels holds
A truce agreed between Ukraine’s government and rebels in the east appears to be holding, as President Poroshenko calls for full peace talks. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Poroshenko on ceasefire deal
The Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, says he has ordered the military to declare a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Heavy shelling before Ukraine ceasefire
The BBC’s Fergal Keane reports on the hours before the Ukrainian ceasefire in Mariupol. …read more Source:...
