A luxury villa in the Croatian seaside town of Ražanj – repeatedly linked to Prime Minister Robert Fico – has once again stirred media attention. While no official ownership has been confirmed, a trail of frontmen, shifting land records, and holiday snapshots continues to spark public speculation in Slovakia.
The villa in question, a striking two-storey property with a pool and sea view, has been spotted in Croatian real estate listings for €1.15 to €1.19 million. The listing, which includes only visual renderings and no photographs, appeared earlier this year, according to Aktuality.sk. Although Fico has denied any ownership of the property, he wrote in March that he planned to rent it for his summer holiday – a statement that raised further questions, especially after local authorities confirmed the villa is not registered as a legal rental.
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The ownership story is anything but straightforward. Initially, the property was registered to two Slovaks: Matej Gocník, 24, and Matúš Moravčík, both with ties to Fico’s Smer party. Gocník is related to a former customs officer connected to oligarch Norbert Bödör. Moravčík is the son of former Slovak footballer Ľubomír Moravčík and the nephew of Smer MP Anton Stredák. Both owners have since claimed to have sold their shares to an unnamed Croatian buyer – later identified as Željan Bego – who himself now says he has sold it on.
Yet the Croatian land registry has not fully reflected these changes. In March 2025, Slovak media reported that Fico had personally phoned the “real owner” to apologise for the media circus and to agree a holiday rental. But when asked, Bego denied ever speaking to Fico or owning the villa at all. He later admitted selling his stake to “a state agency”, claiming the paperwork was delayed.
Adding to the intrigue, the location on Google Maps was labelled “Apartmani Roberto Fico” a few months ago, a nod to the rumoured connection. The villa stands next to homes owned by other Slovak elites, including the former head of Slovak Railways (Alexander Sako) and former customs officials. Footage from 2022 showed the property still under construction; today, it is fully complete.
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Opposition leader and Slovensko movement chair Igor Matovič alleges that the villa has belonged to Fico all along, despite being registered under others’ names. He claims Fico stayed there in 2024, with holidaymakers snapping pictures of the premier and his partner in the nearby town of Rogoznica. One video even shows Fico sipping wine in a local restaurant – though he has denied being in the region at the time, later admitting the footage was real but “taken a month earlier”.
Whether or not Fico truly owns the villa, the optics are damning: millionaire property, obscure ownership, political ties, and now a holiday booking to cap it off.