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 crisis: Hackers claim huge Kremlin email breach
Two Ukrainians tell the BBC how they hacked top Russian officials’ emails revealing Kremlin plans. …read more Source:...
Nadiya Savchenko: Jamie Oliver got me through hunger strike
Freed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko says chef Jamie Oliver got her through her hunger strike. …read more Source:...
Russia puts Ukrainian librarian on trial for ‘inciting hatred’
The head of a Ukrainian library in Moscow goes on trial accused of inciting hatred against Russians. …read more Source:...
Show me the money
Ukraine’s anti-corruption drive reveals that some top politicians, including the prime minister, have huge wealth, Tom Burridge reports. …read more Source:...
Ukraine summit: Berlin talks played down
All sides play down expectations for talks in Berlin between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany over the stalled Ukraine peace deal. …read more Source:...
Bar brawl lands Ukraine archbishop in monastery
Church authorities unimpressed by brawl caught on CCTV. …read more Source:...
Ukraine neo-Nazis say they killed rebel commander ‘Motorola’
A Ukrainian neo-Nazi group says it assassinated a top pro-Russian rebel commander known as “Motorola” in Donetsk. …read more Source:...
Russia detains Ukraine journalist for ‘spying’
Ukrainian journalist Roman Sushchenko is being held in a Moscow prison for “collecting state secrets”, Russia’s FSB security service says. …read more Source:...
New gulag?
Human rights activists in eastern Ukraine say there is evidence that 10,000 prisoners are being used as slave labour in camps reminiscent of the Soviet gulags. …read more Source:...
Buk missile cot design raises eyebrows in Russia
A children’s cot in the form of a Buk missile – the weapon that downed an airliner over Ukraine in 2014 – goes on sale in Russia, raising eyebrows on social media. …read more Source:...
