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: National pride in Ukraine school
The BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes visits a high school in Mariupol where students are taking lessons in Ukrainian patriotism. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine’s PM warns of ‘tough reforms’
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk tells the BBC’s David Stern of his intention to press on with ”tough but necessary reforms”. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine MPs to discuss finance reforms
The Ukrainian parliament will meet on Monday to discuss introducing financial reforms which will push up energy prices and cut benefits. …read more Source:...
Kerry to tackle Lavrov on Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart ahead of the release of a UN report on human rights violations in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: YouTube diplomacy and the Ukraine crisis
Could students’ video messages avert all-out war? …read more Source:...
Estonia votes amid Russia fears
Estonians are choosing a new government, in an election dominated by concerns over Russian action in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Mariupol’s volunteer defence force
Fighting has died down in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions in recent days, after a ceasefire agreed between the government and pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source:...
Russian politician Nemtsov shot dead
A leading Russian opposition politician, former deputy PM Boris Nemtsov, is shot dead in Moscow just before a march against the war in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: The men fighting with bullets from 1943
Paul Wood and cameraman Moose Campbell report from the frontline near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Mariupol asks, are we next?
Anxious Mariupol fearful of pro-Russian rebel attack …read more Source:...