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Common Political Agenda Agreed by European Pirates in Athens
by consensus , European Pirates adopted a common political agenda in Athens. “PPEU Athens 2013” will be remembered for the formulation of a first ever common Pirate programme.
North Korea is the New Home For The Pirate Bay
The content industry is using its new method of threatening anybody who tries to help the Pirate Bay with legal action. The ISP, being used by the Norwegian Pirate Party to provide bandwidth, has been forced into revoking the access. Instead of threatening the Norwegian Pirate Party, like they did a week ago in Sweden, they go straight for their ISP. It is simply force majeure being used by well funded international interests.
The Hydra Bay – PPSE Pulls Back But TPB Emerges in Norway and Spain
One week ago the Pirate Party of Sweden (PPSE) received legal personal threats for supplying The Pirate Bay (TPB) with Internet access. They were given a week to make a decision about stopping the provision of TPB with Internet access or face a legal battle. PPSE decided to step aside and have handed the responsibility to the Pirate Party of Norway (PPNO) and the Pirate Party of Catalonia (PPCAT).
Corruption scandal in Spanish Government
A huge corruption scandal has erupted in the Spanish Government.It has important implications since it involves the Partido Popular (People’s Party, the leading political party in Spain), several Ministers and even the current Prime Minister, Mr. Mariano Rajoy.
Stunning Rise of Electoral Influence for Pirates de Catalunya
A very good campaign that attracted the attention of people, which can be seen in their elections results as well as the greatly increased followers in social media, gave Pirates de Catalunya a rise to their electoral influence. In the early elections for local parliament held on Sunday, November 25, they got more than double of their previous percentage, 0,21% in 2010 increased to 0,49% in this election. This increase also meant that they nearly tripled the number of votes obtained, from 6.451 to 17.942. This result was achieved with the help of more than 150 candidates in all 4 regions.
A Busy Weekend for Pirates on the International Stage
The Pirate Times team is getting ready to report on a lot of Pirate activity this weekend 24-25 November 2012. Three national conferences, one election and the foundation of a new national Pirate Party.
Introduction of the Pirate Party of Catalonia
At the last General Assembly of the Pirate Parties International three new parties received full membership status. One of them was the Pirate Party of Catalonia, which we will introduce at this point. For the Pirate Party of Catalonia Muriel…
A Program for the EU Pirates
The idea of a Pirate Party for Europe and the European Union has been underway for some time. And even though its organisation and agenda have yet to be determined, the work to create it has already been started. The…
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