But according to investigative journalists, who have flown drones over the estate, Orban, who turned 61 on Friday, is himself the de facto owner, overseeing a €30 million renovation despite his official salary of €180,000. The amenities are said to include a palm house and it is claimed that wild animals graze the grounds.

9 hours ago · FELCSÚT – V maďarskej obci západne od Budapešti obklopenej pastvinami a poliami leží niekdajšia pýcha vládnucej dynastie Habsburgovcov. V súčasnej dobe už tento palác využíva ako svoje sídlo maďarský premiér Viktor Orbán. Ten ho mení na modernú vilu s bazénmi. Opozícia toto sídlo označila za malý Versailles.

Mar 26, 2022 · Viktor Orban is transforming Budapest’s most touristy district to create a government stronghold, and his political opponents don’t like it. Above the Danube River bisecting Hungary’s capital is a...

Nov 1, 2024 · In this pretty corner of rolling countryside some 30 kilometers west of Budapest, Gyozo Orban, father of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, is about to finish erecting a huge, luxurious...

Mar 9, 2016 · The Hungarian leader, Viktor Orban, is backing two big projects, for both economic and political reasons, to restore key buildings to their pre-World War II glory.

Dec 19, 2024 · The old Palace of the Republic in Berlin, a genuinely popular place in pure 1970s socialist style, was destroyed to make way for a clunking replica of a very different palace that previously ...

Dec 10, 2024 · Witness the Hungarian capital of Budapest, where since 2010 Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz government has been carrying out ambitious renovations. At several symbolic points in the city, architectural changes that took place during the Communist period, from the late-Forties until 1989, are being erased.

3 days ago · Dlouholetý vládce Maďarska Viktor Orbán (61) se prezentuje coby střídmý, neokázalý politik, jednou za rok se předvede, jak ve skromné chalupě vlastnoručně udí šunku – a přitom si nedaleko renovuje a vylepšuje opulentní palác, někdejší pýchu habsburského arcivévody, císařova syna.

Apr 4, 2022 · Visited before the Covid-19 pandemic by more than 700,000 international visitors, this gigantic neo-Gothic building on the banks of the Danube is the main tourist attraction in the...

5 days ago · Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) ... Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday. Orbán, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, said in statements on state radio that his government was going “line by line” through ...