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: Is Russia at risk of a ‘brain drain’?
With tensions over Ukraine rising, and western sanctions beginning to bite, some of Russia’s educated middle-class are opting to move abroad. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Donetsk fighting ‘heaviest in months’
Fierce fighting has broken out between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, officials on both sides say. …read more Source:...
Violence flares up in east Ukraine
Fierce fighting is raging between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine despite a truce deal, officials say. …read more Source:...
Odessa’s new governor Saakashvili splits opinion
Is pick of Ukrainian governor a blunder or stroke of genius? …read more Source:...
Russia says old missile downed MH17
A Russian defence firm says an old Buk missile that it used to manufacture brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ex-Georgia head gives up citizenship
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says he is giving up his country’s citizenship as he becomes governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region. …read more Source:...
Ukraine conflict ‘hurts its economy’
The International Monetary Fund says Ukraine’s economy is likely to shrink by a worse-than-expected 9% in 2015, as the continuing conflict takes its toll. …read more Source:...
Ex-Georgia leader gets Ukraine job
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili – who is wanted in his country – is appointed governor of Ukraine’s southern Odessa region. …read more Source:...
Putin makes troop deaths state secret
President Vladimir Putin declares Russian troop losses in peacetime a state secret as the Kremlin continues to deny sending troops to Ukraine. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine police try to shake off past
David Stern visited the police academy in Ukraine where new police officers are being trained as part of a major programme of reforms to the service. …read more Source:...
