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JÁN FIGEĽ

Prvý slovenský eurokomisár
Prvý osobitný vyslanec pre náboženskú slobodu mimo EÚ
Zakladateľ Európskeho inovačného a technologického inštitútu (EIT)
Prezident Fóra pre náboženskú slobodu v Európe (FOREF)

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For EU’s religious freedom envoy, Middle East is key arena

27 October 2016

Brussels, Belgium, Oct 27, 2016 / 12:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The genocide of Yazidis and Christians in the Middle East and the refugee crisis should be a priority for Europe, the EU special envoy for religious freedom has said. Jan Figel told CNA that even though “there many other places where religious freedom is liquidated,…
EU Slams Britain: ISIS Is Committing Genocide And You’re Doing Nothing

26 October 2016

Boris Johnson is under fire from the EU’s special envoy on religious freedom over the failure to describe ISIS atrocities against Christians and Yazidis as “genocide”, Christian Today can reveal. Figel told Christian Today he was “disappointed” with Johnson and expected him to “take it up” after the “British Parliament clearly expressed an announcement of…
L’inviato UE sulla libertà religiosa: “L’Europa deve fare di più”

26 October 2016

BRUXELLES , 26 ottobre, 2016 / 9:00 AM (ACI Stampa). È tornato la scorsa settimana da una visita ufficiale in Giordania, dove ha potuto non solo parlare di cooperazione tra l’Europa e il piccolo Stato nel Medio Oriente, ma anche toccare con mano la situazione dei rifugiati cristiani. Jan Figel, inviato speciale dell’Unione Europea per…
‘Without education Syrian children will be the next generation of IS’

21 October 2016

Bearing samples of drawing and messages gathered from 1.2 million Muslim and Christian children from schools in Homs, Aleppo and Damascus, Syria, an appeal for peace was brought by representatives of the three main churches in Syria to policymakers at the highest levels of the EU and UN institutions. Organized by the Catholic charity Aid…
EU Slams Britain: ISIS Is Committing Genocide And You’re Doing Nothing

21 October 2016

Boris Johnson is under fire from the EU’s special envoy on religious freedom over the failure to describe ISIS atrocities against Christians and Yazidis as “genocide”, Christian Today can reveal. In an interview in Brussels on Thursday Ján Figel, the European Union’s special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion and belief, criticised the…
Pán Prezident, vďaka, zbohom a dovidenia!

14 October 2016

Priznávam, Michala Kováča som za prezidenta volil bez hlbšieho odhodlania a presvedčenia. S istotou som v januári 1993 odovzdal svoj poslanecký hlas Dr. Antonovi Neuwirthovi, bývalému politickému väzňovi, skvelému lekárovi a kresťanskému demokratovi, ktorého kandidatúru za prezidenta pre prvú parlamentnú voľbu navrhlo KDH. Z prvého kola voľby však prezident nevzišiel. Vtedy sme si začali uvedomovať,…
International Protection of Religious Freedom

14 October 2016

The Pew Research Center estimates that 77% of the world’s population lives in countries that experience a high or very high level of religious restrictions, and other studies reveal that such restrictions increase social violence and migration. Concerns about global religious freedom have prompted a variety of responses from Western democracies. For instance, the European…
Figeľ: Sýrske deti apelujú na Európu, aby sa mier stal realitou

12 October 2016

Zaobchádzanie s menšinami je podľa Figeľa testom demokracie a menšiny v Sýrii by si zaslúžili viac práv a ochrany. Deti vďaka 3.000 kresbám žiadajú, aby sa znovu mohli vrátiť do školských lavíc. Brusel 11. októbra (TASR) – Aleppo zomiera a dnešné stretnutie s predstaviteľmi sýrskych kresťanov je prejavom úsilia o zmenu vývoja udalostí v Sýrii.…
Syrian religious leaders in Brussels: “We want to live in our land, we don’t want to leave”

11 October 2016

Jan Figel, the EU Special Envoy for Religious Freedom and Belief outside the EU, met with Syrian religious leaders in Brussels, led by H.E. Patriarch Gregorios III Laham, Spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, H.E. Georges Abou Zakhem, Most Reverend Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Homs and H.E. Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh,…
Ján Figeľ’s speech at the 23rd Annual International Law and Religion Symposium at BYU

5 October 2016

EUROPEAN UNION AND FoRB: A NEW MOMENTUM Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with a great pleasure to be here today. Our symposium is an excellent opportunity to discuss the changing nature of religious rights under international law, as well as recent political development on both sides of Atlantic with regard to the protection of…