Nick Thorpe

Nick Thorpe is a British journalist and documentary filmmaker who is the Central Europe Correspondent for BBC News, the main newsgathering department of the BBC, and its 24-hour television news channels BBC World News and BBC News Channel, as well as the BBC's domestic television and radio channels and the BBC World Service. He is based in Budapest and has over 30 years' experience of reporting for the BBC and United Kingdom newspapers, becoming BBC Budapest Correspondent in 1986. He became BBC Central Europe Correspondent in 1996.

• •Nick Thorpe reported from Central Europe for the BBC for over 30 years, becoming a recognized expert on the region.
• •Thorpe's reporting covered significant historical events including the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent changes in Eastern Europe.
• •He authored the book "The New Old Europe: An Atlas of Reconstruction Since 1989," providing insights into post-communist Europe.
• •Thorpe received a Bayeux-Calvados Award for war correspondents for his reporting on the Kosovo conflict in 1999.