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: ‘Beams of dignity’ light up Kiev
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has paid tribute to the ”courageous and wonderful citizens” of Ukraine at a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of fatal clashes in central Kiev’s Maidan Square. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Town with no power since New Year
The BBC’s Paul Adams reports from the key Ukrainian town of Debaltseve, where pro-Russian rebels have pushed the army back from this week. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko bruised by army retreat
Rebel advance puts Ukraine leader on the ropes …read more Source:...
Ukraine marks Maidan 2014 uprising
Ukraine marks the anniversary of clashes between protesters and police which left more than 100 people dead and ousted ex-President Yanukovych. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: ‘I was injured in the battle of Maidan’
One year on from the violent protests on Maidan square in Kiev, Ukraine, Denys Zemlyanov remembers what it was like to be there. …read more Source:...
UK and Europe ‘badly misread Russia’
Britain and European diplomats are accused of a “catastrophic misreading” of the mood in the Kremlin in the run-up to the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine clashes ‘deeply trouble’ US
The US expresses deep concern at reports of fighting in eastern Ukraine and calls on all sides to abide by the terms of an agreed ceasefire. …read more Source:...
Ukraine firing spreads despite truce
Shelling is reported a number of places in eastern Ukraine as leaders hold talks on how to enforce the ceasefire officially in place since Sunday. …read more Source:...
Russia denounces ‘peacekeeper’ call
Ukraine’s call for the deployment of UN-mandated peacekeepers “aims to destroy” the Minsk accords, Russia’s UN ambassador says. …read more Source:...
Ukraine calls for UN peacekeepers
President Petro Poroshenko calls for UN peacekeepers to be sent to east Ukraine after his forces withdraw from the city of Debaltseve. …read more Source:...
