Category: English

  • Building Peace Beyond Borders: An Initiative organized at the Vatican

    The legacy of the Venerable Robert Schuman, often hailed as the founding father of a united Europe, continues to inspire efforts to build peace across the continent. Schuman’s guiding principle, “Economic progress must go hand in hand with moral progress,” remains a central tenet for those dedicated to fostering harmony and cooperation. Monsignor Bernard Ardura,

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  • The future of Europe’s research and innovation programmes on the cusp of a new era

    The future of Europe’s research and innovation programmes on the cusp of a new era

    With the EU’s current research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe, ending in 2027, the ground is now being set for its successor: one that needs to match the caliber of Europe’s knowledge base with the creativity and precision needed to drive the bloc’s competitiveness for the next decade, write José Manuel Barroso and Ján Figel.

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  • The future of Europe’s research and innovation programmes on the cusp of a new era

    The future of Europe’s research and innovation programmes on the cusp of a new era

    With the EU’s current research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe, ending in 2027, the ground is now being set for its successor: one that needs to match the caliber of Europe’s knowledge base with the creativity and precision needed to drive the bloc’s competitiveness for the next decade, write José Manuel Barroso and Ján Figel.

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  • The Strong and Deep Nexus Between Human Dignity and Religious Freedom

    Peace is a fruit of justice. The core of justice is based on respect of fundamental human rights. And the foundational principle of human rights is dignity. Today, the agenda of human rights is hijacked by various groups representing ideologies, violent extremism, or ethical relativism. We also tend to forget or neglect our human duties

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  • The Strong and Deep Nexus Between Human Dignity and Religious Freedom

    Peace is a fruit of justice. The core of justice is based on respect of fundamental human rights. And the foundational principle of human rights is dignity. Today, the agenda of human rights is hijacked by various groups representing ideologies, violent extremism, or ethical relativism. We also tend to forget or neglect our human duties

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  • Strong and deep nexus between human dignity and religious freedom

    Strong and deep nexus between human dignity and religious freedom

    By  Jan Figel, Former EU Commissioner and FoRB Special Envoy HRWF (10.12.2023) – Today, the agenda of human rights is hijacked by various groups representing ideologies, violent extremism or ethical relativism. We also tend to forget or neglect our human duties towards the other and towards society. Peace is a fruit of justice. The core of

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  • Ján Figeľ’s Address at the Transatlantic Summit at the UN headquarters in New York on 17 Nov 2023

    Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and reaffirming our commitment to it preserving life from its conception to natural death and celebrating family as the core of societies around the globe. “The Political Network for Values is a global platform for legislators and political representatives rooted in a Transatlantic dialogue

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  • Ján Figeľ’s Address at the Transatlantic Summit at the UN headquarters in New York on 17 Nov 2023

    Ján Figeľ’s Address at the Transatlantic Summit at the UN headquarters in New York on 17 Nov 2023

    Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and reaffirming our commitment to it preserving life from its conception to natural death and celebrating family as the core of societies around the globe. “The Political Network for Values is a global platform for legislators and political representatives rooted in a Transatlantic dialogue

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  • Former EU Envoy Raps Religious Persecution

    Worrying trends: Religious persecution in Japan Excerpt from an address by Dr. Jan Figel, former European Commission Special Envoy for Promotion of Freedom of Religion outside the EU, presented by video at an information meeting on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process in Japan at the 42nd Session of the UPR Working Group at the UN

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  • Analýzy 24 o aktuálnej politickej situácii s Jánom Figeľom (JOJ24)

    Analýzy 24 o aktuálnej politickej situácii s Jánom Figeľom (JOJ24)

    V relácii Analýzy 24 sa moderátor JOJ 24 Peter Petrus venoval aktuálnym politickým témam. V prvej časti bol hosťom bývalý predseda KDH a bývalý minister dopravy Ján Figeľ.

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