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Ján Figeľ žiada inštitúcie EÚ, aby konali v prípade smrti Chovanca: Tvrdé slová
Predseda Správnej rady Nadácie Antona Tunegu (NAT) Ján Figeľ napísal v súvislosti s prípadom Slováka Jozefa Chovanca listy vrcholným predstaviteľom EÚ a slovenským europoslancom. Vyzval ich, aby sa v tejto tragickej záležitosti angažovali a prijali opatrenia. TASR o tom informoval v utorok Ján Figeľ. Figeľ žiada o prijatie “primeraných a účinných opatrení, ktoré obmedzia použitie
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Ján Figeľ požiadal listom o aktívny postoj inštitúcií EÚ k prípadu Jozefa Chovanca
Vzhľadom k tragickej smrti Jozefa Chovanca napísal Ján Figeľ, predseda Nadácie Antona Tunegu a bývalý člen EK, v pondelok 31. augusta listy predsedovi EP D. Sassolimu, predsedovi Výboru EP pre občianske slobody, spravodlivosť a záležitosti vnútra J. F. Lopezovi Aguilar, predsedníčke EK U. von der Leyen a slovenským europoslancom s výzvou, aby sa v tejto
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We need a ‘climate change’ in matters of religious freedom
Interview with Ján Figel’, the former EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU For the second time since its establishment by the United Nations in 2019, the “International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief” was observed on 22 August. The
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Europe and the challenge of religious freedom
The European Union’s Special Envoy for promoting the Freedom of Religions and Belief outside of Europe will soon be appointed. Maragaritis Schinas, vice-president of the European Commission, announced the Office’s re-establishment in a tweet on July 8. The announcement brought to a close what had been at times a very lively debate. The president of
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EU politicians and religious leaders demand reinstatement of religious envoy
The previous religious envoy was influential in securing the release of the Pakistani Christian, Asia Bibi, from a death sentence in 2019. Calls are growing for the European Union to reinstate its Special Envoy on Religious Freedom, after the post was abolished by the new Brussels Commission under Ursula Von Der Leyen. “In some countries,
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Eurokomisia čelí kritike za zrušenie pozície vyslanca EÚ pre náboženskú slobodu
Rozhodnutie Európskej komisie pod vedením Ursuly von der Leyenovej pranierujú politici aj náboženskí predstavitelia. Európska komisia (EK) sa rozhodla nepredĺžiť mandát osobitného vyslanca EÚ pre podporu slobody náboženstva alebo viery mimo EÚ, ktorým bol Slovák Ján Figeľ. Svoje rozhodnutie zdôvodňuje v liste adresovanom International Religious Freedom Roundtable (Okrúhly stôl pre medzinárodnú náboženskú slobodu), ktorý zverejnila
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EU FoRB Day – A call for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion
Seven years ago, the EU Guidelines on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) were adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council. Today, the FoRB community celebrates this informally as ‘EU FoRB Day’ and civil society take this opportunity to call for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Envoy. This past April came and went
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COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Special Envoys’ Perspective
The following questions were addressed: Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 3:00 PM CEST https://spark.adobe.com/page/4vSJTeJhUd96y/#ep-8-covid-19-religion-and-belief-special-envoys-perspective
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APPG statement on EU’s Special Envoy on FoRB
The UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) urges the European Commission to renew the mandate of the Special Envoy on FoRB outside the EU. Dr Ján Figel was appointed the European Commission’s first Special Envoy for the promotion of FoRB outside the EU, following a resolution adopted by the