Category: Language

  • Ein Brückenbauer für die EU

    Ein Brückenbauer für die EU

    © Olivier Hoslet (dpa) Das Brüsseler Parkett ist für ihn nicht neu: Der ehemalige EU-Kommissar Jan Figel soll sich als Sonderbeauftragter für die Religionsfreiheit außerhalb der Europäischen Union einsetzen – dabei ist auch die Verfolgung von Christen ein Thema. Es begann mit einer Entschließung des EU-Parlaments. Thema: der Massenmord an religiösen Minderheiten im Nahen Osten

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  • Figeľ v mene EÚ diskutoval v Bruseli s dalajlámom o ľudských právach

    Figeľ v mene EÚ diskutoval v Bruseli s dalajlámom o ľudských právach

    Figeľ na stretnutí zdôraznil, že sloboda náboženského vyznania alebo viery ako univerzálne ľudské právo je prioritou v rámci politiky EÚ v oblasti ľudských práv. Brusel/Bratislava 9. septembra (TASR) – Osobitný vyslanec EÚ pre podporu slobody náboženského vyznania alebo viery mimo hraníc EÚ Ján Figeľ sa stretol vo štvrtok (8.9.) v Bruseli s tibetským náboženským vodcom

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  • Agir pour la liberté de religion est une obligation morale

    Propos recueillis par FOREF Europe auprès du Dr Ján Figel, Envoyé spécial de l’UE pour la promotion de la Liberté de religion ou de conviction Vienne, 03/08/2016 (FOREF Europe) – Pendant son court séjour à Vienne, Ján Figel, premier Envoyé spécial pour la promotion de la liberté de religion ou de conviction en dehors de

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  • Figel: “È ora di chiudere il tempo dei genocidi”

    Figel: “È ora di chiudere il tempo dei genocidi”

    Lo ha dichiarato l’inviato speciale della Commissione Europea per la promozione della libertà di religione, visitando la mostra sui cristiani perseguitati al Meeting di Rimini Questa mattina Ján Figel, inviato speciale della Commissione Europea per la promozione della libertà di religione o di credo al di fuori dell’Unione Europea, ha visitato la rassegna sulla persecuzione

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  • Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East ‘a much greater security threat than climate change’

    Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East ‘a much greater security threat than climate change’

    Written by Martin Banks on 11 August 2016 in News Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, has voiced concern at the “genocide” of Christian, Yezidi, Shia Muslim and other communities in the Middle East. Figel, formerly European education, training and culture Commissioner, said

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  • Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East ‘a much greater security threat than climate change’

    Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East ‘a much greater security threat than climate change’

    Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, has voiced concern at the “genocide” of Christian, Yezidi, Shia Muslim and other communities in the Middle East. Written by Martin Banks on 11 August 2016 in News Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion

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  • Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East is a much greater security threat than climate change’

    Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East is a much greater security threat than climate change’

    Written by Martin Banks on 11 August 2016 in News Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, has voiced concern at the “genocide” of Christian, Yezidi, Shia Muslim and other communities in the Middle East. Figel, formerly European education, training and culture Commissioner, said

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  • Jan Figel: Ongoing genocide in Middle East ‘a much greater security threat than climate change

    Jan Figel, the first special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU, has voiced concern at the “genocide” of Christian, Yezidi, Shia Muslim and other communities in the Middle East. Figel, formerly European education, training and culture Commissioner, said that the “killings of innocent people” required an “urgent reaction”

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  • Lopatka a Figeľ sa stretli v rakúskom parlamente

    Lopatka a Figeľ sa stretli v rakúskom parlamente

    V pondelok popoludní sa vo Viedni na pôde Národnej rady Rakúskej republiky stretol Osobitný vyslanec EÚ pre náboženskú slobodu vo svete Ján Figeľ s predsedom poslaneckého klubu Rakúskej ľudovej strany (ÖVP) Reinholdom Lopatkom. Cieľom neformálneho stretnutia bolo riešenie migračnej krízy v Európskej únii a situácia náboženských a etnických menšín na Blízkom východe. Ján Figeľ ocenil

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  • Figel’: “Action for Religious Freedom is a Moral Obligation”

    Figel’: “Action for Religious Freedom is a Moral Obligation”

    Interview by FOREF Europe with Dr. Ján Figeľ, EU Special Envoy for the promotion of FoRB Vienna, 03.08.2016 (FOREF Europe) – During his short stay in Vienna, Ján Figeľ, the first Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the European Union, met with Peter Zoehrer, the executive director of FOREF

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