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.
Ukrainian gay pride marchers enjoy peaceful event
A gay pride event passes off peacefully in Kiev as thousands of police officers are deployed to stop far-right extremists from targeting it. …read more Source:...
Pride and prejudice
As Kiev hosts Gay Pride, Tom Burridge considers how gay rights in Ukraine mirrors the country’s turbulent politics. …read more Source:...
Nadia Savchenko: ‘They tried to break me’
Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian fighter pilot sentenced to 22 years in a Russian jail, returned home to Ukraine just over two weeks ago after a pardon from President Putin. …read more Source:...
Russian TV host mocked for Crimea gaffe
Social media users quick to poke fun at remark on the disputed peninsula’s status. …read more Source:...
MH17 crash site yields big missile part
Investigators publish a photo of a large Buk missile fragment found at the MH17 airliner crash site in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Frenchman ‘planned Euro 2016 attacks’
Ukraine’s security agency says a Frenchman detained with a large cache of arms was planning mass attacks on the Euro 2016 tournament in France. …read more Source:...
Egypt receives first of French warships
France hands Egypt the first of two advanced Mistral warships, which were originally being built for Russia until the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
In pictures: Ukraine removes communist-era symbols
Goodbye Lenin: Ukraine rids itself of Soviet symbols …read more Source:...
Five Ukrainian troops killed by rebels
The Ukrainian military loses five soldiers in fighting with rebels near Donetsk – the second-highest death toll in one day this year. …read more Source:...
Ukraine fire kills 16 in care home
Sixteen people killed in fire at old people’s home near Ukrainian capital Kiev, emergency officials say …read more Source:...