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: Ukraine’s deadly mines – in 90 secs
Why Ukraine’s mines are so dangerous – in 90 seconds …read more Source:...
Ukraine hunger strike pilot ‘OK’
Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko says she feels “OK” despite spending 82 days on hunger strike in prison in Russia. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Key role of Ukraine’s ‘steel city’
The BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from the steel works in Mariupol in south-eastern Ukraine, where the owner of the steelworks is supporting the Ukrainian government. …read more Source:...
Ukraine mine blast ‘traps dozens’
Dozens of workers are trapped underground after an explosion in a coal mine in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, reports say. …read more Source:...
Ukraine raises interest rates to 30%
Ukraine’s central bank sharply raises interest rates from 19.5% to 30% in an effort to curb inflation and prop up its beleaguered currency. …read more Source:...
MH17 families view plane wreckage
Families of passengers who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine, view the wreckage of the plane at a Dutch air base. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Grim remains of MH17 shown
All 298 people on board MH17 died when the airliner crashed in eastern Ukraine on 17 July, close to the border with Russia. …read more Source:...
‘Monitoring deal’ on Ukraine truce
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany agree to send OSCE observers to areas of Ukraine where violations of a truce have been reported, Kiev says. …read more Source:...
Police question Nemtsov girlfriend
Russian police are still questioning the Ukrainian girlfriend of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was with him when he was shot dead in Moscow. …read more Source:...
Ukraine MPs in vote to avert meltdown
Ukraine’s MPs are due to vote on reforms that need to be passed before the IMF will unlock desperately-needed assistance, reports the BBC’s David Stern. …read more Source:...
