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How Slovenian Pirates Gathered 1.000 Signatures- EU election | PirateTimes

Matic Urbanija May 17, 2014 October 31, 2020

How Slovenian Pirates Gathered 1000 Signatures for EU election May 17, 2014 · by Matic Urbanija · in Europe, Pirate Party News, Tips & Tricks In Slovenia, every candidate list wanting to participate in the EU election has to gather 1,000 signatures of support from voters. The main problem is that there is no possibility to sign and verify a form electronically. Therefore all parties have to collect signatures on the street, and all voters have to verify their signature at administrative offices. That is why all signature collectors stand in front of the local administrative offices. For the Pirate Party of Slovenia (PPSI), this is the first time participating in …

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Matic Urbanija May 17, 2014 October 19, 2020

How Slovenian Pirates Gathered 1000 Signatures for EU election May 17, 2014 · by Matic Urbanija · in Learning (tips&tricks) In Slovenia, every candidate list wanting to participate in the EU election has to gather 1,000 signatures of support from voters. The main problem is that there is no possibility to sign and verify a form electronically. Therefore all parties… About Matic Urbanija International Coordinator, Pirate Party of Slovenia/Contributor, Pirate Times/blog: maticurbanija.wordpress.com Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections February 17, 2014 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News The Polish Pirate Party has decided to go to the elections for European Parliament (EP). The base …

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Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections | PirateTimes

Matic Urbanija February 17, 2014 October 31, 2020

Polish Pirates Hold Primaries for EU Elections February 17, 2014 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News The Polish Pirate Party has decided to go to the elections for European Parliament (EP). The base for the Polish Pirates’ programme will be the Common European Elections Programme (CEEP), that is being adopted by most European Pirate parties. The pirate candidate in the Warsaw district, Zbigniew Łukasiak, pointed out that he thinks Polish Pirates should put some emphasis on the Freedom of Information acts, ways to make them more effective and also on fighting the efforts to limit these acts. The Polish Pirate Party has decided to participate in the EP elections …

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Hungary on the way towards Orwell’s 1984? | PirateTimes

Matic Urbanija October 30, 2013 October 19, 2020

Hungary on the way towards Orwell’s 1984? October 30, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Topic During the past few months the world has been focused on NSA snooping as well as the drama that surrounded Edward Snowden. This has caused some things, smaller in scope but equally vital for the privacy of people, to pass with little or no notice. One of them are recent amendments to the Hungarian national security law. Regarding these law changes there was almost no major media response outside of Hungary (with exeption of Aljazeera). The first news in major media was on Paul Krugman’s New York Times blog, where they published …

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Sašo Miklič: We have a Democratic Deficit | PirateTimes

Matic Urbanija April 18, 2013 October 19, 2020

Sašo Miklič: We have a Democratic Deficit April 18, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Interview From November 2012 on there have been a series of protests against corruption in Slovenia. On a webpage of the major newspaper Delo a special section called “Revolt” was established and alternatives (Revolt in alternative) where common people could publish their ideas and deliberations about current political and economic problems. While protesting on the streets, some protesters demanded, among other things, direct democracy. Sašo Miklič, coordinator for implementation of direct democracy in the Pirate Party of Slovenia (PP-SI), decided to explain to a broader public the basics of (electronic) direct democracy. He wrote two articles …

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Slovenia has net neutrality, but an Orwellian police state | PirateTimes

Matic Urbanija January 26, 2013 October 19, 2020

Slovenia enacted net neutrality, but almost made a step toward Orwellian police state January 26, 2013 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News These days Slovenia is under the pressure of constant protests against corrupt politicians and a government crisis which pushed everything else to the edge of media attention. Even the enactment of the Electronic Communication Act (ZEKom-1) which almost gave authorities a right to unconstitutionally snoop on Slovenian citizens. It all began at the beginning of June when the European Commission (EC) decided to ask the European Court of Justice to fine Slovenia because it did not implement revised EU telecom rules . The Slovenian minister …

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Slovenia: Protests against corrupt politicians continue | PirateTimes

Matic Urbanija December 15, 2012 October 19, 2020

Slovenia: Protests against corrupt politicians continue December 15, 2012 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Topic We have already reported about unrests in Slovenia (Corruption and Lack of Transparency Led to Unrest in Slovenia) and the corrupt practices of Franc Kangler, mayor of city of Maribor. The good news is that the mayor has announced his resignation and that protests against corruption have spread all over Slovenia. There had already been a few protests in the capital Ljubljana (30 November and 3 December) and in some other Slovenian towns. The demands from the people are more or less the same everywhere: they either want their local politicians to resign …

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Pirate Party of Slovenia Officially Registered and Prepared for New Challenges | PirateTimes

Matic Urbanija November 13, 2012 October 19, 2020

Pirate Party of Slovenia Officially Registered and Prepared for New Challenges November 13, 2012 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News On the historic date of 5 November 2012, the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Slovenia officially confirmed that the Pirate Party of Slovenia is listed in the registry of Slovenian political parties. This was a last step in a long process of establishing a Pirate Party in Slovenia. The story began on 10 June 2009, when Pirates met for the first time. After exchanging their views about copyright monopoly, freedom of information and transparency of public services, they expressed their intention to found and establish a …

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Matic Urbanija November 13, 2012 October 19, 2020

Pirate Party of Slovenia Officially Registered and Prepared for New Challenges November 13, 2012 · by Matic Urbanija · in Pirate Party News On the historic date of 5 November 2012, the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Slovenia officially confirmed that the Pirate Party of Slovenia is listed in the registry of Slovenian political parties. This was a last step in a long process of establishing a Pirate Party in Slovenia. PPSE: Decriminalising Narcotics, Separation of Church & More November 12, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in General Assembly The Swedish Pirate Party finished their annual fall meeting Sunday, after over a month focusing on broadening the party …

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Introduction of The Pirate Party of Slovenia | PirateTimes

Matic Urbanija October 16, 2012 October 19, 2020

Introduction of The Pirate Party of Slovenia October 16, 2012 · by Matic Urbanija · in Interview The Pirate Party of Slovenia (Piratska stranka Slovenije) is having a constitutional congress on 17 October 2012, and all Pirates in Slovenia are very excited about this. We asked its leader a few questions about this event and a few other things related to party activities in the past. Pirate Times: What are the most important topics the Pirate Party of Slovenia focuses on? Rok: For the time being, more or less usual pirate themes, like freedom and privacy on the internet. Government transparency is also there. And of course, reform of copyright and patent …