2014 April | PirateTimes – Part 2
Swedish Pirate Party Increases in Opinion Polls
The Swedish Pirate Party is rising in the latest opinion poll for the election to the European Parliament in May, now at 3%, compared to 1.3% in February. According to a new poll conducted by SKOP, 3% of Swedes would…
The Pirate Party of Italy joins Tsipras’ The Other Europe
On 9 April, the Pirate Party of Italy closed the internal debate on the European Elections and largely voted in favour of the motion about the support to the Alexis Tsipras’ list The Other Europe through the resolution 5687 on…
What the Pirate MEPs Have Accomplished in the European Parliament
“we are very proud of what we have managed to accomplish in Brussels with the help of [our] strategy, this despite us only having 2 mandates of approximately 750, which is approximately 0.27% of the votes in the EU-parliament” -…
Battles for Democracy. Week 15
A weekly summary of the battles for democracy: The heartbleed bug; US spied human rights organisations; Nations buying as hackers sell flaws in computer code; Alaveteli: Open Source Freedom of Information Platform; Angela Merkel denied access to her NSA file……
Pirate Candidates for #EP14
As the European Elections draw closer, the European Pirates are selecting their candidates. On our Pirate Party European Election 2014 Candidates Lists page you can find out who you and/or your fellow Pirates will be voting for. Come back to…
European Pirates Have a Board With Amelia at Head
On 20-21 March 2014 nearly 400 Pirates gathered in the European Parliament in Brussels. Their goal was to create ‘The European Pirate Party” (PPEU) and bond together closer. People came from all over Europe and 34 speakers were booked for…
Pirate Parties International – General Assembly in Paris
The next General Assembly of the International Pirate Party will take place in Paris on the 12-13 April 2014. Also taking place at the same time, is an Open Space conference under the topic: Emerging Issues for the Global Society….
Landmark Decison by the European Court: Data Retention Directive Invalid
On 8 April 2014 Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on data retention was invalid.
Pirates: Discovering the Planet – A Collective Project
Out of the turbulent political situation in Turkey comes an international project that is for and by Pirates. We can react to the governments of the world, as they increase surveillance and censorship on the world’s people, but we can…
French Translation of Pirate Times Goes Public (Spanish Soon…)
Some of our posts are now available in French translation. One of the goals for Pirate Times is “to increase the international awareness of different Pirate Parties” and another is to “spread news internationally and share best practices regardless of…
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