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.
Big polio outbreak feared in Ukraine
Deadly virus could spread in western Ukraine …read more Source:...
Putin and Berlusconi in Crimea wine row
Ukrainian prosecutors draw up charges against the head of a Crimean winery for allegedly opening a vintage bottle for Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi. …read more Source:...
Ukraine takes BBC staff off banned list
Ukraine is to remove the names of three BBC journalists from a list of banned individuals that has been criticised as “absurd” by one rights group. …read more Source:...
Ukraine condemns rebel election move
A move by rebels in Ukraine to hold elections poses a “great danger” to the peace process, President Petro Poroshenko warns, as he announces sanctions. …read more Source:...
Ukraine truce ‘raises hope of talks’
A renewed ceasefire in eastern Ukraine has opened up a window for political talks that could resolve the conflict, a monitoring group says. …read more Source:...
Fighting in Ukraine at lowest level
Fighting in eastern Ukraine falls to its lowest level since the conflict started, according to Ukrainian Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Is conflict fuelling far-right threat?
Is Ukraine conflict fuelling extremist threat? …read more Source:...
French hope to ease Russia sanctions
French President Francois Hollande has said that following recent ceasefire progress in Ukraine, he hoped to see the end of sanctions on Russia. …read more Source:...
Deadly ambush ends lull in Ukraine
Two people are reported killed in an ambush on a Ukrainian army vehicle near Luhansk, in the first major incident since a renewed truce began. …read more Source:...
Second death after Ukraine protests
A second member of Ukraine’s national guard has died from injuries after Monday’s violent anti-autonomy protests outside the parliament in Kiev, officials say. …read more Source:...
