Nick Thorpe

Budapest protest against Internet tax proposal

Hungarians take to the streets to force their government to dump plans for an Internet tax

October 31, 2014Global Politics

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban had an idea: tax internet use. His citizens didn’t like the idea, took to the streets by the tens of thousands and forced their leader to back down.

Romania’s loss is China’s gain as Nokia moves manufacturing to Asia

August 15, 2013Environment

Controversial Changes and Protest in Hungary

August 15, 2013

Fears of second toxic sludge spill in Hungary

August 14, 2013Environment

Sludge spill in Hungary

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Geo answer

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

For today’s Geo Quiz, we were looking for the name of Europe’s second-longest river. The answer is the Danube. That grand waterway flows through Hungary’s capital, Budapest. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Nick Thorpe about an anti-graffiti effort in Budapest.