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.
Opera and tanks on east Ukraine’s frontline
Few in eastern Ukraine believe a fragile ceasefire will hold …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine rebel pullback ‘significant’
The Ukrainian president confirms that pro-Russian rebels in the east have withdrawn a “significant” amount of heavy weapons under a ceasefire plan. …read more Source:...
Ukraine confirms rebel arms pullback
The Ukrainian president confirms that pro-Russian rebels in the east have withdrawn a “significant” amount of heavy weapons under a ceasefire plan. …read more Source:...
Putin reveals secret Crimea takeover
Russian President Vladimir Putin reveals he planned the annexation of Crimea four days before unidentified gunmen appeared in the region. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine’s precarious ceasefire
As the precarious ceasefire in eastern Ukraine remains in place, the BBC’s Tom Burridge reports from the front line by Donetsk airport on the edge of the city. …read more Source:...
AUDIO: Kissinger in new Cold War warning
Russia and Nato must “take a serious look at the diplomatic options” with regard to the Ukraine crisis, or “a return to Cold War condition is very likely”, Henry Kissinger has told the BBC’s World this Weekend. …read more Source:...
Russia relations prickly – Hammond
The UK and Russia will continue to have a “prickly relationship” with no clear change in Vladimir Putin’s intentions towards Ukraine, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels ‘pull heavy weapons’
The pro-Russia separatist leader in Donetsk in east Ukraine says rebels have fully removed heavy arms from the front line as agreed in the ceasefire. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s elderly flee conflict
Ukraine’s elderly flee country’s bitter conflict …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Russian troops ‘rotating’ into Ukraine
Ukrainian government sources tell the BBC that they believe that Russian troops are continually entering and leaving eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
