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.
Ukraine ‘cannot start withdrawal’
The Ukrainian military says it cannot start withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in the east until the rebels stop shelling its positions. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: The town that can’t believe in peace
At least two people have been killed by an explosion at a march in Kharkiv – marking the first anniversary of the overthrow of former Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, as Paul Adams reports …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Moment deadly blast hits Ukraine march
A bomb has killed at least two people, including a police officer, and injured 10 other people at a rally in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine prisoners released in darkness
Ukrainian government and rebel forces exchange dozens of prisoners, in the first step successfully carried out under the Minsk agreements. …read more Source:...
Bomb explodes at rally in Ukraine
A bomb kills at least three people and injures 10 at a patriotic march in Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, as the ceasefire in the east takes hold. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels ‘agree’ weapons dates
Rebels in eastern Ukraine agree to begin a pullout of heavy weapons, a Russian general involved in implementing a truce deal says. …read more Source:...
Ukraine prisoner swap boosts truce
Ukrainian government and rebel forces exchange dozens of prisoners, in the first step successfully carried out under the Minsk agreements. …read more Source:...
US and UK discuss Russia sanctions
US Secretary of State John Kerry says he and his UK counterpart are discussing more sanctions on Russia over its “craven” behaviour in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia to remember Ukraine ‘coup’
Russian government supporters are to rally in Moscow to mark the first anniversary of what they view as a “coup” in neighbouring Ukraine. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Rebel-held Debaltseve ‘eerily quiet’
As Ukraine holds a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the fatal clashes in central Kiev’s Maidan Square, Paul Adams reports from the strategically important town of Debaltseve in the east. …read more Source:...
