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 clashes hamper MH17 probe
Fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine forces a forensics team to halt operations in part of the vast crash site of Malaysian flight MH17. …read more Source:...
Ukraine leaks Stalin’s ‘KGB secrets’
The chief archivist in Kiev says the files now have only “historical value”. …read more Source:...
Rebels ambush convoy in east Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine kill at least 10 soldiers in an ambush near where flight MH17 crashed, as forensic experts get to work. …read more Source:...
Russia bans Polish fruit and veg
Russia imposes a sweeping ban on imports of fruit and vegetables from Poland, as EU sanctions on Russia over Ukraine start to bite. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Civilians in Ukraine flee fighting
Civilians from towns around the area of Eastern Ukraine where flight MH17 was shot down are continuing to flee heavy fighting. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis creates UK tensions
Ukraine crisis creating high-level UK tensions …read more Source:...
Forensic scientists reach MH17 site
International forensic scientists reach the site of the flight MH17 crash in east Ukraine after the government halts military operations for a day. …read more Source:...
New EU sanctions hit top Putin aides
A former judo sparring partner of Vladimir Putin is among three of the Russian president’s close aides on a new EU sanctions list. …read more Source:...
Leaders meet to discuss MH17 access
Malaysian and Dutch leaders to meet later to discuss securing full access to the crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine, two weeks after the plane went down. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Fighting hampers MH17 investigation
Heavy fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia rebels around Donetsk has prevented international experts from reaching the MH17 plane crash site. …read more Source:...
