Although the editor-in-chief of Nemzeti Sport magazine does not travel on behalf of the ministry.
Since his appointment six years ago, he has made 35 foreign trips funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Giorgi ZolosiThe Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Hungarian Football and Puskas Affairs revealed… 444.hu with a request for public interest data. KKM also revealed that although Szöllősi is not traveling on behalf of the ministry, approximately 12 million Hungarian forints have been spent on his travels.
“We confirm that, contrary to the wording in his question, Gyorgy Zolosi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, did not participate in the trips mentioned in his response of 29 September on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. With regard to the trips included in our previous answer – in which Mr. Gyorgy Zolosi participated in performing His activities relating to his diplomatic status as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary – the costs incurred by Mr. György Szolosi in connection with his participation in the trips were 11,758,063 Hungarian Forints.” The Foreign Ministry wrote to the newspaper.
Gyorgy Zulusi – Viktor Orbán His favorite sports journalist – since 2016, he has been Editor-in-Chief of Nemzeti Sport magazine, President of the Association of Hungarian Sports Journalists, and since 2017, Ambassador Extraordinary and Authorized for Hungarian Football and Puskas Affairs. . As our newspaper also reported, Zulusi obtained a diplomatic passport with the approval of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade asked Szöllősi to “coordinate and assist all initiatives commemorating the rich Hungarian football culture anywhere in the world”, which is why he was given the rank of Extraordinary and Traveling Ambassador.
In September it was revealed: Szöllősit They were not allowed to enter AmericaWhere he was to open the Hungarian Cultural Council Football Championship in Chicago. Zolosi said he wanted to travel on a diplomatic visa specifically because he knew applications were being judged more strictly in the United States recently, but the embassy did not consider him a government official.
