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’s Jamala wins Eurovision 2016
Ukraine’s Jamala is voted winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Stockholm, Sweden, with her song 1944. …read more Source:...
Baby joy for couple who lost kids in MH17
An Australian couple whose three children died when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine have a new daughter. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Stolen paintings ‘found in plastic bags’
The Ukrainian authorities say they have recovered 17 paintings – worth more than €17m (£13m; $18m) – that were stolen from an Italian museum in 2015. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine’s Eurovision entry ‘is family story’
Ukrainian singer Jamala explains why she is performing a song about a painful episode in her family history in the Eurovision Song Contest’s semi-final. …read more Source:...
Ukraine recovers stolen masterpieces
Ukraine says it has recovered 17 paintings – including works by Tintoretto and Rubens – stolen from an Italian museum and worth more than €16m (£13m; $18m). …read more Source:...
Eurovision’s Ukraine singer Jamala pushes boundaries on Crimea
Eurovision artist stretches rules with song from Ukraine …read more Source:...
‘Four civilians killed’ in east Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine say at least four civilians, including a pregnant woman, were killed in a shelling – an attack army chiefs deny. …read more Source:...
Ukraine marks Chernobyl 30th anniversary
Ukraine commemorates the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl – the worst in history – with a series of events. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine cat ‘adopts’ baby squirrels
Cat owner Karina Vengrovska describes how a cat with her own litter of kittens took on an additional labour of love – being a “mother” to two rescued baby squirrels. …read more Source:...
Ukraine bans Russian films in media war
Ukraine bans Russian films, including TV dramas and documentaries, made since 1 January 2014 in what Kiev sees as “an aggressor state”. …read more Source:...
