eurel - Sociological and legal data on religions in Europe and beyond

The Eurel website provides accurate and up-to-date information on the sociological and legal status of religion in Europe. Data are provided by a team of experts, members of an international scientific network.

Current issues and debates

France - The Vincent Lambert case and the end of life
Sweden - Ritual slaughter
Denmark - Ritual slaughter
Germany - Towards a reimbursement of the non-invasive prenatal testing by health insurance funds?
Germany - The end of life under discussion by the German Federal Constitutional Court
Slovakia - Strengthening the position of the Catholic Church in the State’s legislative procedure

Latest articles added or updated

Sweden - Ritual slaughter - Sweden banned slaughter without prior sedation in 1937. The suffering of (...)
Switzerland - Other religious and non-religious groups - For futher information, see: Mineurel, website of information on (...)
Denmark - Ritual slaughter - For animal welfare concerns, slaughter without stunning was prohibited by (...)
Russia - Principal religions and denominations - According to figures from the Ministry of Justice dated 1 January 2019, the (...)

Eurel news

16 May 2019 - Eurel newsletter #29 - The newsletter #29, May 2019, is now available.
7 March 2019 - 2019 correspondents meeting - The next correspondents meeting will take place in Strasbourg, 2-3 October (...)