Category: Language

  • Freedom of religion and belief beyond the EU’s borders

    Freedom of religion and belief beyond the EU’s borders

    Religious freedom is one of the most essential human rights, enshrined solidly in international law. Being part of EU primary law, the Union has committed to promote and protect religious freedom worldwide. However, according to the Pew Research Center, about three-quarters of the world’s population live in countries with high or very high restrictions or…

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  • Slovensko potrebuje spravodlivejšie voľby

    Slovensko potrebuje spravodlivejšie voľby

    Návrh troch zmien Celkový nedostatok spravodlivosti na Slovensku má svoje korene už v samotných volebných procesoch. Vplyv občanov na výsledky hlasovania a legitimitu reprezentácie vo verejnej správe treba posilňovať, nie naopak. Je to dôležité, stojí to za námahu, nesmie nám to byť jedno. Nekompetentná a/alebo skorumpovaná verejná správa totiž pripravuje ľudí o miliardy eur. Spravodlivejší…

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  • ISIS’ destruction to cost $200 million to rebuild Iraq’s Christians villages

    ISIS’ destruction to cost $200 million to rebuild Iraq’s Christians villages

    Christian villages need $200 million (about 188 million euros) to facilitate their reconstruction in Iraq’s Nineveh Plain, according to the Pontifical Foundation ‘Aid to the Church in Need’. More than 12,000 houses have been vandalized by the cutthroats of ISIS in twelve Christian villages, including Qaraqosh, Batnaya, Bartella in the Nineveh Plain, where 669 of…

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  • Figel reappointed as EU Special Envoy on religious freedom

    Figel reappointed as EU Special Envoy on religious freedom

    The EU’s first ever Special Envoy for the promotion of religion or belief outside the EU has been reappointed to another 12-month term. Ján Figeľ, a former Commissioner and Slovak politician, became the EU’s inaugural such envoy a year ago, in an announcement at a special ceremony at the Vatican with Jean-Claude Juncker and Pope…

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  • Ako ubližujeme prenasledovaným kresťanom? Ľahostajnosťou, nevedomosťou a strachom

    Ako ubližujeme prenasledovaným kresťanom? Ľahostajnosťou, nevedomosťou a strachom

    Od mája 2016 je osobitným vyslancom Európskej únie pre podporu náboženskej slobody a vyznania vo svete. Cesta+ sa s ním rozprávala o tom, v ktorých krajinách je prenasledovanie najhoršie, čo môže urobiť konkrétny veriaci Slovák pre trpiacich bratov a sestry a v čom je funkcia osobitného veľvyslanca nápomocná v dnešnom svete. Ján Figeľ. Snímka: Zaujímavý…

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  • European envoy on freedom of religion or belief: Sudanese partners open to dialogue on religious diversity

    Jan Figel, Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the European Union, visited Sudan from the March 14 to 17, 2017 KHARTOUM, Sudan, March 20, 2017/APO/ — Jan Figel, Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the European Union, visited Sudan from the March 14…

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  • EU envoy asks Sudanese lawmakers about churches demolition

    March 16, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – The European Union Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion Jan Figel has asked Sudanese legislators about the situation of Christians in the country and the demolition of some churches. Following the secession of South Sudan in 2011, seven former Sudanese dioceses moved to South Sudan leaving only…

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  • EU envoy on religious freedom: ‘Indifference, ignorance and fear’ are terror’s greatest allies

    EU envoy on religious freedom: ‘Indifference, ignorance and fear’ are terror’s greatest allies

    To mark his first anniversary in the role as the EU’s inaugural Special Envoy for the Freedom of Religion or Belief Outside the EU, EURACTIV.com interviewed Ján Figeľ about the headscarf ban, Islamist terrorism and growing up Catholic in a communist state. Ján Figeľ will also be speaking at EURACTIV’s Freedom of religion and belief…

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  • SUDAN: EU ENVOY CALLS FOR PRESIDENTIAL PARDON

    Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) welcomes the call by the European Union (EU) Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the European Union for a presidential pardon for two men who are facing 12 years in prison in Sudan. Jan Figel raised the case of Reverend Hassan Abduraheem and Mr Abdulmonem…

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  • European envoy on freedom of religion or belief: Sudanese partners open to dialogue on religious diversity

    Jan Figel, Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the European Union, visited Sudan from the March 14 to 17, 2017 KHARTOUM, Sudan, March 20, 2017/APO/ — Jan Figel, Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the European Union, visited Sudan from the March 14…

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