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Interview with the Leader of Pirate Party Finland
On June 11th Pirate Party Finland (PPFI) elected a new board. After a tie between the incumbent leader (Tapani Karvinen) and the new challenger (Jonna Purojärvi) another vote was made. This time the new challenger managed to take the position…
Pirate Party Finland Elects New Board
The Finnish Pirate Party (Piraattipuolue) held their general assembly 2016 in Lahti, Finland on the 11th of June. The conference room was packed with 40 enthusiastic people, and about a dozen others attending online. The crowd had spent the last 12 months…
Talsinki Pirates – PPEE and PPFI to Extend Collaboration
Tallin and Helsinki form a “twin city” with plans to build a tunnel under the Finnish Gulf under the codename ‘Talsinki’. The Pirates of the Finnish Gulf and Estonian Pirates have started collaborating on joint projects to foster extended collaboration between PPFI and PPEE under…
Finnish Pirates Increase Vote Over Last Election
On Sunday 19 April 2015 the Finns went to the polls to elect a new government. The Pirates of Finland campaigned well and hard and despite increasing their vote, it was not enough to gain a seat in Parliament. The…
Pirate Party of Finland May End Up In Court For Collecting Too Many Bitcoins
To fund their election campaign Pirate Party Finland (PPFI) is accepting bitcoins. Finnish law states that you are allowed to collect up to 1,500 Euros annually in anonymous donations. Since there is no precedent on bitcoin donations and it’s not recognized…
Two Nordic Pirate Parties Change the Hands on the Helm
Two Pirate Parties changed their “leadership” last weekend. Finland and Iceland both have a new board. This is especially significant for Finland who are facing elections next year. Finland In a close election, held on Sunday 17 August 2014, the…
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[Live] European Parliament Election Results
Today we will report live about the results of the EU elections. We expect the first public count to be available around 23.00 with some adjustments afterwards. Before that we will have exit polls, preliminary talk about possibilities and turnout….
Brussels Calling: A Significant Moment in the History of Pirate Movement
The Largest International Conference in Pirate History will be held this week in Brussels! More than 300 Pirates from 22 countries, even a few from outside Europe, have registered for the founding of the European Pirate Party (PPEU). The founding…
You Can’t Win Them All – Election Results from Finland and the ACT
Pirates in two countries have had to face disappointing results in recent elections. While the Swiss and the Czechs are still celebrating recent electoral victories the Pirates of Finland and the ACT region in Australia must recharge their spirits from the recent low results.
Pirates Ready for Municipal Elections on Sunday in Finland
We are hearing a lot about Sweden recently because of their massive influx of new members . But what of the other Nordic countries? It looks like Finland will be making the headlines in the coming days. The Finnish Pirates are fielding 300 candidates in 40 different municipalities in the municipal elections that are being held on Sunday 28 October 2012.
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