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.
Russia spends ‘fortune’ on bridge to Crimea
A massive construction project has begun in Russia to build a 19km bridge to its newest region, Crimea, after it was annexed from Ukraine. …read more Source:...
MH17 missile ‘came from Russia’
Missile which shot down flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 was brought in from Russian territory – investigators …read more Source:...
How does a BUK missile system work?
The Ukrainian military has given BBC News access to one of its BUKs, to show how sophisticated a piece of military equipment it is. …read more Source:...
Russia heads into parliamentary election with firm Putin grip
Early voting is under way in Russia’s parliamentary election, dominated by Putin supporters, amid protests by Ukraine over the inclusion of Crimea in the poll. …read more Source:...
Secret of success
Despite a war and deep economic crisis, Ukraine’s Paralympians have stunned the world, the BBC’s Ben Sutherland reports. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian siege of ‘pro-Russian’ Inter TV studios ends
Protesters in Ukraine lift their blockade of Inter TV, a news channel attacked for being allegedly pro-Russian, after international condemnation. …read more Source:...
Ukrainians besiege ‘pro-Russian’ Inter TV building
Protesters in Ukraine are blockading the studios of Inter TV, a news channel already attacked by arsonists for being allegedly pro-Russian. …read more Source:...
Cluster bombs killed over 400 people in 2015, campaigners say
More than 400 people, most of them civilians, were killed by cluster bombs in 2015 in war-torn countries such as Syria, Yemen and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: New ceasefire ‘holding with eastern rebels’
Ukraine says a new ceasefire has been holding in eastern Ukraine since midnight, despite recent heavy shelling. …read more Source:...
Ukraine moves Roma families amid village’s rage at murder
Ukraine moves dozens of Roma (Gypsies) out of a village after ethnic Ukrainians attack their homes following the discovery of a girl’s body. …read more Source:...
