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Pirate Party Russia Files a 7 Million Euro Lawsuit | PirateTimes

Pirate Party of Russia Files a 7 Million Euro Lawsuit December 30, 2014 · by Lisa · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Spanish Members of the Pirate Party of Russia have filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights. They have challenged the decision by the Ministry of Justice, who refused to register the party because of its name. PPRU are asking the court to reverse the decision taken by the Ministry of Justice. They are also asking for a compensation of 10,000 Euro for each member of the party in the lists at the time of refusal of registration (which would total about …

PPSE GA: New board, Changes and Plans for 2015 | PirateTimes

PPSE GA: New board, Changes and Plans for 2015 November 30, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in General Assembly The General Assembly of the Pirate Party of  Sweden recently ended with some changes. The meeting decided to make the future GA’s a bit more flexible, in lead up time, from the previous mandatory six weeks to the Presidium deciding the period. The Presidium will also be able to prepare the GAs further in advance with several of the nomination applications being mandated earlier than previously was the case. Some changes in political stances: The gambling monopoly on the Internet should be removed, allowing a level playing field for competitors The …

Pirate Party of Australia Congress in Brisbane | PirateTimes

Pirate Party of Australia Congress in Brisbane July 17, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In the coming weekend of  19-20 July 2014 the Australian Pirates will be holding their annual congress in the city of Brisbane.  They will be electing a national board and voting on policy and statutes. Due to the large size of the country, provision has been made for all Australian Pirates to participate online during the GA. A live broadcast will be available between 10am and 5pm (convert time from Brisbane) during the weekend for interested Pirates from around the world: http://pirateparty.org.au/congress-streaming/ Invited guest speaker at the congress is the Pirate Party of …

Pirate Party in the Netherlands General Assembly | PirateTimes

Pirate Party in the Netherlands General Assembly July 16, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in General Assembly On Sunday, 6 July 2014, a General Assembly (GA) of the Pirate Party of the Netherlands was held in the city of  Utrecht. The turnout was around 55 persons at the meeting. On the agenda for the GA was the election of new board members, as the current administration was becoming too small, and there were several motions on the program, left from their previous GA which was dominated by the European Elections. The president opened the meeting and after a few words of thanks and welcome, a minute of silence was observed for Ronnie Popkema who passed away recently. …

PPRU Member Missing After Arrest at Ukrainian Border | PirateTimes

PPRU Member Missing After Arrest at Ukrainian Border July 5, 2014 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Party News In their latest press release, the Pirate Party of Russia reported one of their members, Pavel Paramonov, missing after being arrested. Pavel tried to cross the Ukrainian border in the far east of the Ukraine on 31 May 2014. Since then he has not been heard from. While attempting to cross the Ukrainian border Pavel was traveling on his own business and not in the name of the Russian Pirate Party. Nevertheless, the Pirate Party of Russia is worried and is now making a Public Appeal drawing attention to the issue. …

Pirate Policies on Drugs – A call for a Discussion | PirateTimes

Pirate Policies on Drugs – Discuss June 18, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Editorial Opinion Pirates tend to be for the decriminalization or legalisation of various recreational drugs that are currently illegal in most countries. The principle target of these policies is marijuana but some want to see most soft drugs made available in accordance to the amount actual harm that is done to the user and society at large. Alcohol is often used as a benchmark, as it is legal in most of the countries where Pirate Parties have been founded. Professor David Nutt produced a list of  drugs in regular use in the United Kingdom and …

Swedish Pirate Party at 3.1 % in Polls for EU Elections | PirateTimes

Swedish Pirate Party at 3.1 % in Polls for EU Elections May 6, 2014 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News The polls have started coming in for the Swedish parties in the upcoming European elections of May 25th. The Pirate Party continues to increase steadily, now at 3.1 %. The first poll, conducted in January, listed the Pirate Party at a mere 1.3 %, followed by additional polls at 1.5 % and 2.7 %. The latest poll, conducted by Skop and released on May 5th, has the party at 3.1 %. 3.1 % is a major drop from the 2009 elections, in which the party received 7.1 …

Swedish Pirate Party Increases in Opinion Polls | PirateTimes

Swedish Pirate Party Increases in Opinion Polls April 19, 2014 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Pirate Party News 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 vote for the Pirate Party if the European elections were held today. While this is a rise from the February figures of 1.3% and 1.5% respectively, it is still too low to elect a single mandate. In the 2009 elections, the Pirate Party received a surprisingly high 7.1 %, which gave …

Pirate Party of Italy joins Tsipras’ The Other Europe | PirateTimes

The Pirate Party of Italy joins Tsipras’ The Other Europe April 18, 2014 · by Airon90 · in Election 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 the e-democracy platform LiquidFeedback. The impossibility of the Party to gather the minimum legal number of signatures, in order to run as an independent party, drove the members to support a candidate on Tsipras’ list. The alternative to the resolution 5687 was to ignore European elections and to think about the …

PPNL | PirateTimes – Part 2

Pirates in the Netherlands prepare for local elections March 18, 2014 · by Koen De Voegt · in Election, Interview The first half of this year will be a busy one for the Pirate Party of the Netherlands(PPNL). Not only will they compete in the European elections in May. On the 19 March 2014 PPNL will also participate in local… Music industry seeks to ruin Pirate Party leaders December 17, 2012 · by Daniel Ebbert · in Pirate Party News The Pirate Party of the United Kingdom has been threatend by the music industry for hosting a Pirate Bay proxy. Also their leaders have been threated on personal level that …

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