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: Demonstrations on streets of Kiev
Demonstrations are taking place in Kiev as attempts are made to clear Independence Square of protesters. …read more Source:...
Russia bans food imports from West
Russia’s PM Medvedev announces a total embargo on food imports from Western countries in response to sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Germany factory output in small rise
German industrial output rose by just 0.3% in June from May, official figures show, as concerns over the Ukraine crisis weighed on the economy. …read more Source:...
The mystery of a missing Crimean Tatar
The mystery of a missing man puts Crimean Tatars on edge …read more Source:...
Putin orders retaliatory sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin bans or limits agricultural imports from countries imposing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Crimea ditches Ukrainian mobile network
MTS-Ukraina leaves amid a row over whether it is being forced of the region. …read more Source:...
East Ukraine dangers increasing – UN
Civilians in eastern Ukraine are facing increasing danger as the conflict continues, the UN warns, hours after heavy fighting erupted in Donetsk. …read more Source:...
‘Heavy fighting’ erupts in Donetsk
Heavy fighting has erupted in a suburb of the eastern Ukraine rebel bastion of Donetsk, local officials say. …read more Source:...
Switzerland adopts Russia blacklist
Switzerland is blacklisting dozens of influential Russians and pro-Russian separatists in line with EU sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian refugee numbers soar
The number of people fleeing the war in eastern Ukraine to other parts of the country has jumped from 2,600 to 102,600 inside two months, the UN reports. …read more Source:...
