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.
Russia boycotts European rights body
The Russian delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe resumes its boycott in protest at Ukraine sanctions. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine hospitals ‘under attack’
The BBC’s Sarah Rainsford meets Andreas Koutepas, the local Medecins Sans Frontieres co-ordinator in Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, who says that hospitals in the region have come under attack. …read more Source:...
US warns of more sanctions on Russia
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew threatens a possible extension of sanctions on Russia because of the escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
EU weighs more sanctions on Russia
EU leaders ask their foreign ministers to consider imposing further sanctions on Russia in response to the continued fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine civilians ‘caught in firing line’
NATO has dismissed as “nonsense” claims by Vladimir Putin that NATO soldiers are fighting alongside Ukrainian government troops in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
‘Soldiers killed’ in Ukraine clashes
Intense fighting with between Russian-backed rebels and army units in eastern Ukraine sees seven soldiers killed in 24 hours, the military says. …read more Source:...
Ukraine vows to ‘calm’ fighting
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vows to “calm” fighting with pro-Russia rebels in east Ukraine, a day after 30 people were killed in Mariupol. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels in Mariupol ‘attack’
East Ukraine rebels have launched an offensive on the city of Mariupol, one of their leaders says, as rockets kill and injure dozens in the port city. …read more Source:...
Rockets ‘kill 10’ in Ukraine port
Rockets fired by pro-Russian rebels have killed at least 10 people in Ukraine’s government-held port city of Mariupol, police say. …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebels ‘reject truce talks’
The main pro-Russian rebel leader in eastern Ukraine says his troops are on the offensive and he does not want truce talks. …read more Source:...
