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The castle is just a few kilometers from Felcsut, the village where Viktor Orban grew up. This commune of barely 2,000 inhabitants has become the stronghold of the prime minister's relatives, ...
Felcsut is Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s home village. Credit... Akos Stiller for The New York Times. By Andrew Higgins. Reporting from Felcsut, Hungary, and from Budapest. June 17, 2024.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met privately with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh in October 2022, just months after MbS took on the role of prime minister, according to an ...
The trainer’s notes for the Felcsut team read: “Viktor Orban: Forward - quick thinker, fast shooter, dynamic passer - shows potential.” ...
The soccer match hasn’t drawn much of a crowd. It’s being played in tiny Felcsut, Hungary (pop. 1,800), and the teams on the field are ranked 3rd and 10th out of the 16 squads vying for the ...
Viktor Orban, centre, inspects the narrow gauge train that runs from his village to a nearby estate along a 3.5-mile line that was built with the aid of EU money ...
Across the road from Viktor Orban’s modest farmhouse in his childhood village of Felcsut stands a temple to the Hungarian prime minister’s passion: football.
One framed picture inside the stadium dates from the 2001-02 season and shows Orban, then in his late thirties, posing with his Felcsut FC team-mates at a time he was also leading the country.
FELCSUT, Hungary — The Pancho Arena stands about 20 yards from the country home of Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister. The professional soccer stadium has a heated pitch, a museum, a ...
Viktor Orban became Fidesz leader in 1993, and was already pushing it to the centre right by the time the conservative MDF lost power in 1994. Fidesz filled the gap left by the weakened conservatives.
Viktor Orbán is set to appear at CPAC in Dallas. Here's what we can learn from former President Donald Trump and Republicans' embrace of Hungary's leader.