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.
Merkel in Moscow for WWII ceremony
The German chancellor attends a ceremony in Moscow to commemorate Russia’s WW2 victims, after skipping a military parade over tensions with Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia to stage massive WW2 parade
Russia prepares for a big WW2 Victory Day military parade, but many Western leaders are boycotting the event because of the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Ukraine separatists free aid workers
Two aid workers seized by pro-Russian separatist rebels in Ukraine are released after being held for 10 days. …read more Source:...
Russia’s WW2 parades overshadowed by Ukraine crisis
Russia’s WW2 parades overshadowed by Ukraine crisis …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Shells rip through homes in Ukraine
Heavy shelling took place overnight in Donetsk. One Ukrainian soldier and two civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours. …read more Source:...
Lethal divisions persist in Ukraine’s Odessa
Deep divisions persist in Ukraine’s Odessa …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Children living with Ukraine conflict
As the conflict in Ukraine continues, Tom Burridge visits a school in Donetsk which is still open, despite being very close to front line and being hit by shelling. …read more Source:...
Oligarch avoids extradition to US
A judge in Austria turns down a US bid to extradite Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash, ruling that not enough evidence has been presented. …read more Source:...
Search for MH17 crash bodies ends
Investigators say they have finished recovering human remains and wreckage from the site of the MH17 plane crash in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels shut down aid agency
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine close down the office of the International Rescue Committee, accusing the aid agency of spying. …read more Source:...