Ján Figeľ: ‘It’s a pity there is no EU religious freedom envoy anymore’
Ján Figeľ, special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion outside the EU from 2016 to 2019, meets Pope Francis in 2018./ Vatican...
Advancing Religious Freedom in Different Political Regimes
Why is religious freedom important? Because it is a measure, principle, and instrument of humanization and civilizational process. It...
Four new members join the EIT Governing Board
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) welcomes four new members to the EIT Governing Board today: Jan Figel, Janis...
Bratislava granted honorary citizenship to John Paul II
The Bratislava city council made the decision have granted honorary citizenship to the late John Paul II in memoriam, per proposal of Ján...
Current Challenges to Religious Freedom Panel at NET@WORK conference on 25 November 2020
NET@WORK online conference of Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. Speakers: Heiner Bielefeldt, Ján Figeľ, Rebecca Shah...
We need a ‘climate change’ in matters of religious freedom
The international day commemorating the victims of religious persecution is a very important event in the calendar of international days of
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....
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...
EU FoRB Day – A call for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or B
Seven years ago, the EU Guidelines on freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) were adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council. Today, the FoRB...
COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Special Envoys' Perspective
The following questions were addressed:
What is the current state of the art of the missions of Special Envoys?
What is the role of Special
