2015 August | PirateTimes
PPGR Would Like a Pirate MP on September 20
Elections have been announced for Greece in about three weeks. This leaves a very short time for preparation and a big monetary strain on small parties. Pirate Times interviewed Thanasis Gounaris, chairman of the Board of Pirate Party of Greece, about…
Pirate Activist Receives a Flogging in Trafalgar Square
For the first time since 1830, a man has been flogged in Trafalgar Square. Ray Johansen from Pirate Party Norway received 50 lashes in the center of London. The beating was carried out as a solidarity action for the sentence Raif…
Upcoming Elections for Pirate Parties 2015
With four months remaining of 2015 we still have about 15 elections in which it is likely that pirates will participate. The next one will be local elections in Norway. Pirate Times will bring you the results of each election…
Surveillance Hangs Heavy Over Vienna
This article is a guest post from Rodney Yancey, who translated an article originally from Telepolis. Privacy groups in Austria are gearing up. Austria is a small country in the EU, but privacy concerns are as pressing here as everywhere else. It…
Pirate Times turns 3!
Three years ago, on 13 August 2012, we published our first article. Looking back over this time we have achieved a lot, but we still have a long way to go. Our initial goals when we started Pirate Times are…
Flattr and Bitcoin Appreciation During May, June and July 2015 (50.89E)
Our transparency and activity has been low over the summer. Thus this article will show our donations for the past three months. Our support comes from only a few people, thanks a lot for your continued support! In total we…
TPP Almost Ready but Stalled in Hawaii, Leaks Tell us More
The White House expected a finalization of the trade negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during the meeting in Hawaii (ending 31 July 2015). However there were disagreements over “automobiles, dairy, and biologic drug patent provisions” that stalled the talks….
The New PPI Board is Starting to Get Active
The PPI board just held their third meeting and have started their work (first two meeting were mostly about handing over responsibilities and getting organized). 1) Since the members of the new board are spread around the world it is sometimes…
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