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 rebels advance in south
Pro-Russian rebels open up a new front in south-eastern Ukraine, and are reportedly advancing towards the key port city of Mariupol. …read more Source:...
Russia pressed over Ukraine fighting
Germany demands an explanation from Russia’s Vladimir Putin amid reports that Russian troops launched an incursion into south-east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Tank sighting shoots hole in Russian denial
New video suggests Russia could be sending tanks into Ukraine …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Experts identify 173 MH17 victims
Forensics teams from the Netherlands say they have so far positively identified 173 victims of flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Experts identify 173 MH17 victims
Forensics officers have so far identified 173 victims of flight MH17, shot down over Ukraine, but say the process is getting more difficult. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels target coastal town
Pro-Russian separatists battle Ukrainian troops and shell the coastal town of Novoazovsk, after President Poroshenko promises a “roadmap” for peace. …read more Source:...
Ukraine and Russia hold direct talks
The Ukrainian and Russian presidents hold their first direct talks on the crisis in eastern Ukraine, but there appears to be no breakthrough. …read more Source:...
Russians in Ukraine ‘by accident’
A group of Russian soldiers captured in eastern Ukraine had crossed the border “by accident”, Russian military sources are quoted as saying. …read more Source:...
Leaders to hold Ukraine-Russia talks
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, hours after Kiev said it captured 10 Russian soldiers. …read more Source:...
Ukraine president calls snap vote
Ukraine’s president dissolves parliament and calls a snap election for October, as his forces continue to fight pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source:...
