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.
‘No survivors’ in Ukraine attack
No-one survived an attack on a convoy of refugees in the Luhansk area of eastern Ukraine on Monday, a rebel source tells the BBC. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Cheesed-off Russia turns to Switzerland
Non EU member Switzerland has not imposed sanctions on Russia – a situation that does not please its biggest trading partner, the European Union. …read more Source:...
‘Refugee convoy hit’ in east Ukraine
Many people died when rockets and mortars hit vehicles moving refugees from the Luhansk area of eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military says. …read more Source:...
Germany: ‘Progress at Ukraine talks’
Germany’s foreign minister says four-way talks he hosted on the Ukraine crisis were difficult, but that some progress was made. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Russia aid convoy at Ukraine border
Lorries from a Russian convoy carrying aid to eastern Ukraine have reached a border post controlled by separatists. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian fighter jet shot down
Ukraine’s military says a fighter jet was shot down near the rebel city of Luhansk, as part of a stalled Russian aid convoy heads for the border. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: ‘Military activity’ near aid convoy
There has been an increased level of military activity in the area near where a controversial humanitarian aid convoy from Russia is stalled on the Russian side of the Ukrainian border. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebel: Russian arms on way
East Ukraine rebels say a military convoy is on its way to the region from Russia, days after Western journalists saw armour crossing the border. …read more Source:...
Russia assures US on Ukraine convoy
Russia’s defence secretary gives a guarantee to his US counterpart there are no military personnel in its aid convoy for Ukraine, the US says. …read more Source:...
Russia’s claim on Crimea’s football clubs
Crimean football clubs switch countries as Ukraine protests …read more Source:...
