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.
VIDEO: Russians return to ex-Soviet Crimea camp
Russia is trying to show that it is intends to stay in Crimea, investing heavily in projects such as a huge children’s camp by the sea. …read more Source:...
Putin shows who is boss in Crimea
Russia’s submariner president shows who runs Crimea …read more Source:...
Russians bust illicit cheese gang
Russian police smashed a gang producing contraband cheese – the latest move in retaliation for Western sanctions over Crimea. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Putin dives on shipwreck in minisub
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes in a trip in a minisub to a sunken shipwreck during a visit to Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow last year. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Eastern Ukraine violence mounting
Nine people have died in a surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-supported rebels. …read more Source:...
Shelling in east Ukraine kills nine
At least nine people die in heavy artillery exchanges between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Refugees in their own country
The Ukrainian families displaced from the east …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine refugees makes new life in Kiev
BBC News met two people with very different experiences of leaving their homes in eastern Ukraine, as well as someone who helps other IDPs in need. …read more Source:...
‘Tsarist’ uniforms at Crimea schools
Some students in Sevastopol are wearing 19th-Century-style uniforms to school. …read more Source:...
Ukraine fighting violates truce – EU
The European Union says a surge in attacks on government-held areas in eastern Ukraine violates a February peace deal with pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source:...
