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 […]
Czech PP Celebrates First Pirate Senator October 20, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election The Czechs have their first elected Pirate Senator. Pirates worldwide will be rejoicing with PPCZ as they celebrate Libor Michálek’s success in the senatorial elections. Famous, in his own country, as a whistle blower for exposing corruption in 1996 when he worked for the National Property Fund. In 2010 […]
German Pirates debate Europe, Economics and Eurocrisis October 6, 2012 · by Paul Wardenga · in Pirate Party News On 29 and 30 September 2012, over 100 Pirates from the Pirate Party of Germany met to discuss Economic and European Policy at the Conference for Europe, Economics and Finance (or EuWiKon, as the German acronym goes) in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The meeting was a preparatory […]
PPI blocked from becoming observer members of WIPO October 3, 2012 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News In its General Assembly meeting of October, 3, 2012, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has chosen to wait until 2013 to take a decision on the observer membership application of the PPI. Torn between the recent evidences of the Pirate Parties influence in […]
Pirate Lost Mayoral Election in Saarlouis, Germany September 30, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Election In Sunday’s mayoral election in Saarlouis, Germany, the Pirate candidate ended up with 3.2 % of the votes, losing to the incumbent mayor. Pirate candidate Thomas Brockmann.CC Thomas Brockmann. The Pirate candidate was Thomas Brockmann, 50, a freelance journalist who was seeking to bring more transparency and citizen participation […]
Send a Friend to NDAA Jail September 29, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic CC BY-NC-SA by watchingfrogsboil Icelandic Pirate Birgitta Jónsdóttir is working against the 2012 NDAA (National Defence Authorisation Act) that allows the US military to detain citizens from any country, including US citizens, without limit and without trial. She recently tweeted about an app from DemandProgress that aims to […]
Running an Information Stand September 28, 2012 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) This is the first in a series of Pirate Times articles aimed at helping Pirates get the message to people in their community – even when they are short of funds. An information stand can be a very effective way to let people know that the Pirate Party exists and […]
Portugal Declares File-Sharing for Personal Use Legal September 28, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Topic After the anti-piracy group ACAPOR reported IP addresses of 2,000 suspected file sharers, the Portuguese Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DIAP) has come to a somewhat surprising conclusion: not only will these file sharers not be prosecuted, but it seems that file sharing for personal use is not illegal in […]
PP Sweden Prepares for Important Member Meeting September 27, 2012 · by Anton Nordenfur · in General Assembly Piratpartiet, The Swedish Pirate Party, is preparing for its yearly autumn member meeting. This time, the focus is on broadening the political agenda as well as electing six new board members. The meeting is set to start on October 1 and is held on the party website where […]
From “Paisios” to “Pastitsios” there’s a blasphemy September 26, 2012 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Topic A 27 year old was arrested by Greek police on charges of blasphemy, because on his Facebook page he satirized a monk, well known as Elder Paisios, paraphrasing his name to Elder Pastitsios, referring to the famous Greek food “pastitsio”, macaroni pie with minced meat. Are there […]
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