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 halts Russia debt repayments
Ukraine has put a moratorium on $3bn debt owed to Russia, claiming the country has refused to accept repayment terms already offered to other international creditors. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Water thrown in Ukrainian government row
Ukraine’s interior minister publishes video of a spat with former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili …read more Source:...
Russia to suspend Ukraine trade pact
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that will exclude Ukraine from a free trade zone that includes former Soviet countries from 1 January. …read more Source:...
Ukraine restores some power to Crimea
Ukraine says it has partially restored electricity to Crimea, more than two weeks after power lines to the territory were blown up. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Militia wants £36m for return of Dutch art
A museum in The Netherlands says an ultra-nationalist militia group in Ukraine has asked to be paid 50m euros (£36m) for the return of a collection of paintings stolen a decade ago. …read more Source:...
Crimea blackout ‘sabotage by Ukraine’
Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev accuses Ukraine of “sabotage” after damage to key electricity pylons deprived Crimea of power. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s police say ‘goodbye’ to Russian social networks
Ukraine’s police warned off the Russian internet …read more Source:...
Crimea in the dark in Ukraine power row
Crimea in the dark in sabotage row …read more Source:...
Ukraine bans all Russian planes
Ukraine bans all Russian planes from using its airspace after Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom said it had halted gas deliveries to its neighbour. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: How is blackout affecting Crimea?
Ukraine suspends trade with Crimea, where a power blackout has caused major disruption. …read more Source:...
