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Pirate Party Asked to Form Iceland’s New Government
Iceland is to become the first country in the world to have “Pirate” politicians in power after the nation’s Pirate Party was asked to form a coalition government following its strong showing in the recent general election. Iceland’s Pirate Party was only formed in 2012, but has been leading opinion…
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Pirate Party Leading Opinion Polls in Iceland
Iceland has historically been an anomaly within the Nordic region, leaning politically more to the right than its neighbours Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden – countries that favour social democratic governments – but after being decimated by the global recession in 2008, the island’s citizens started to shift left. In…
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“The Pirate Party” Of Russia Offers NASA Use Of Their Dedicated Servers To Host Website
It’s common knowledge that he US government has shut down many national services, NASA’s website read that it has been shut down “due to the lapse in federal government funding.” This is a big set back for many people in the US, both in terms of their jobs and their…
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Drone Used In Mock Attack On German Chancellor By Pirate Party
Last week a small quadrocopter was flown to just a few feet away from the German Chancellor Angela Markel and Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere at a campaign rally in Dresden. The small flying device was able to hover in front of them for a short period of time before…
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Pirate Party Report Swedish IT Minister For Copyright Infringements
While politicians and MPs are quick to bash consumers and websites for issues over copyright infringements it seems the Pirate Party are serving up Swedish MPs a dose of their own medicine. The Swedish Pirate Party has reported the Swedish IT minister to the police for a violation of copyright…
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Iceland Won’t Be Granting Snowden Citizenship Or Asylum
Despite the best efforts of Iceland’s Official Pirate Party, the country will not be offering him citizenship. This is due to the fact that the Icelandic parliament refused to hear the proposal and will be taking a break from parliamentary sessions until September. Even when it gets back it is…
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Pirate Party Of Iceland Pushing For Citizenship For Edward Snowden
Iceland’s Pirate Party is now represented in parliament after election success earlier this year and they are doing their bit for Edward Snowden by requesting that he be granted citizenship in Iceland so he can be granted asylum. The draft law suggests Snowden should immediately be granted citizenship as a…
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The Pirate Party Demands European Response To PRISM Scandal
The PRISM “scandal” originating the USA has triggered public outcry in the USA as well as across the world. The Pirate Party who are very much anti-American due to the long history of copyright battles have today revealed their AntiPRISM website and call to action against PRISM. The Pirate Party…
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Pirate Party Achieve Three Seats Of National Parliament In Icelandic Elections
The Pirate Party of Iceland achieved something very impressive yesterday after acquiring three seats of parliament in the Icelandic national elections. In total, the Pirate Party grabbed 5.1% of the total vote – pretty impressive for a party that is only a few months old in Iceland. The Pirate Party’s…
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Pirate Bay Moved To Greenland Domain, Kicked Out Instantly
The Pirate Bay has been anticipating seizure of its .se domain name recently and in anticipation of it being seized the Pirate Bay decided to acquire a Greenland domain name and move itself to that as its primary domain. Rumours had been circulating in Sweden that the authorities were looking to seize…
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Internet Porn Escapes Europe-Wide Ban at the Last Minute
Following the lead of Iceland, the European Parliament was considering and debating a proposal to blanket ban all forms of pornography across the European union member states. This was supposed to come in the form of banning advertising porn, print media porn and internet porn. These measures were part of…
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