Do you remember the seemingly never-ending story of the refusal of Russia’s authorities to register the Pirate Party of Russia? It first started in March 2011, when “In a bizarre twist, the Justice Ministry has failed to distinguish between sea robbers and copyright infringers” as Moscow Times put it. Then a second refusal was received in December 2012 (Pirate Times reported) and a third followed […]
Pirates to Decide Everything – Elections in Catalonia 27/9 September 5, 2015 · by Lorena Müller · in Elections, Europe, Interviews, Pirate Party News In the last few years, Catalonia has had an economic crisis whilst the government has been corrupt. The public health system has been partly privatized, there are mortgage problems in many families and the unemployment is around 20%. For these, and… Pirate […]
Pirate Party of Portugal is Rising to Activity Again March 25, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News The Portuguese Pirate Party (PPPT) has not been very active lately but now it seems they are ready to get active again. Last week, on 14 March, the Portuguese Pirate Party Movement revealed their tough and long work on their party infrastructure. They […]
Pirate Party of Portugal is Rising to Activity Again March 25, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Europe, Pirate Party News The Portuguese Pirate Party (PPPT) has not been very active lately but now it seems they are ready to get active again. Last week, on 14 March, the Portuguese Pirate Party Movement revealed their tough and long work on their party… About Josef […]
Swiss Pirate Party Elects Co-Presidents, Passes Resolutions Regarding Upcoming Votes March 28, 2015 · by Morgan Pevonka-Thompson · in Europe, Pirate Party News On Saturday, 21st of March, 2015, Pirate Party Switzerland elected two co-presidents for the first time! The General Assembly elected Guillaume Saouli and Stephan Thöni to replace outgoing President Alexis Roussel. Stephan Thöni is from the canton of Zug. He is a […]
PPI Board Responds to PPAU Membership Termination March 4, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Europe, Pirate Party News This is a guest post from the board of PPI stating their response and view on the recent resignation of PPAU. Since PPAU resigned PPUK followed suit and PPBE just decided to suspend their membership in past few days. —- The Board of Pirate Parties International (PPI) […]
PPUK Bids Farewell to PPI [Guest Post] February 26, 2015 · by Guest Author · in Europe, Pirate Party News This post is a guest post from Andy Halsall, Chief of Staff for the Pirate Party UK’s Leaders Office. So long and thanks for all the fish. The rumour is true. No, not that I’m joining Facebook (a dastardly lie!), but the other one, alluded […]
Pirate Security Conference Held in Munich February 12, 2015 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Europe, Pirate Party News On Saturday, 24 January 2015 the German Pirates held a conference on international security. You might wonder why Pirates should be interested in Security. The fact is that most of our rights are being degraded in the name of increased security. The speeches and discussions have […]
EuroDIG – dialogues on decisions made elsewhere? June 20, 2014 · by Patrick Schiffer · in Europe, Pirate Party News, Pirate Topic A Guest Post by Amelia Andersdotter EuroDIG is as always a vibrant place with many different nationalities coming together to discuss important topics for the future of internet governance. Unfortunately, many of the discussions coming up are displaced: the accountability and responsibility for […]
A POST-ELECTION DISCUSSION ABOUT THE “PLUS” AND “MINUS” OF A COALITION June 17, 2014 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Europe, Pirate Party News Was it worth it? That’s the question we asked Spyros Chrysanthopoulos, member of the Board of PP-GR, about the coalition with Ecologists Greens for the European elections. Well actually, as everything in life, a coalition has positive and negative points… About […]
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