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Press Herald
September 23, 2017
What happens when Norway – a Scandinavian country whose government provides its citizens a lifestyle that includes the world's highest measures of quality in health care, education, ... Thus, the Norwegian elections of earlier this month. ... Norway even has a Pirate Party, which received a sliver of votes.
The Nordic Page
September 11, 2017
The Greens experienced what has been described as a breakthrough in the 2011 Norwegian local elections, and have since been considered as a serious competitor in the upcoming election. They managed to increase their votes up to 5% and are considered as game changer for the upcoming coalitionÃÂ ...
HuffPost
July 18, 2017
At Impolitikal we're exploring the deep reasons that drive people to protest in support of important social and political issues, and highlighting those that do. I interviewed Raymond Johansen about his personal motivations for working as an activist, and why he believes civil disobedience is a duty for everyÃÂ ...
Basic Income News
January 4, 2017
As we've reported here, the Finnish government is starting a two-year experiment on a basic income. When the government announced it in last August, a Basic Income News editor conducted a series of interviews in Finland. Summaries of those with the government and a long-term advocate, the Greens,ÃÂ ...
Wired.co.uk
October 27, 2016
Generally, though, Pirate Parties are radical, forward thinking, and have a technological focus. In the UK the party bases its policies on seven principles. These ideals are all around "sharing of knowledge, ideas and culture," human rights, respect for privacy, and a society that's able to participate in theÃÂ ...
The Guardian
August 12, 2016
Icelanders in Reykjavik demonstrating against their prime minister, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, in April this year, after the Panama Papers revealed that he had millions invested offshore. He stood down and elections were promised. Photograph: Reuters. IcelandÃÂ ...
Ars Technica
September 7, 2015
Following a court-ordered block of The Pirate Bay and a number of other file-sharing websites in Norway, the Norwegian Pirate Party (Piratpartiet Norge) has now set up free, uncensored DNS servers that anyone can use to bypass the block. While the DNS servers are based in Norway, anyone can useÃÂ ...
Independent.ie
November 5, 2017
... coalition government, led by a young leftist who will rely on support from the anti-establishment Pirate Party for the slimmest of majorities.
Press Herald
September 23, 2017
Thus, the Norwegian elections of earlier this month. There were 24 ... Norway's previous government, elected in 2013, won again, and Prime Minister Erna Solberg likely will lead the country for another four years. Her coalition will ... Norway even has a Pirate Party, which received a sliver of votes. The main ...
Pagosa Springs Sun
September 14, 2017
You, your family and friends are invited to an all-ages pirate party at your .... based on the true story of a brave Norwegian fighting the Nazis.
HuffPost
July 18, 2017
At Impolitikal we're exploring the deep reasons that drive people to protest in support of important social and political issues, and highlighting ...
Basic Income News
January 4, 2017
This is a longer version of the interview with Tapani Karvinen, who is a politician from the Pirate Party of Finland. He served as the chair of the ...
Basic Income News
December 5, 2016
The Icelandic Pirate Party — which has proposed to launch an investigation into ways to implement an unconditional basic income in Iceland ...
BBC News
December 2, 2016
Iceland's anti-establishment Pirate Party has been asked by the president to try to form a new government, following October's snap elections. President Gudni Johannesson made the announcement after talks with Pirates head Birgitta Jonsdottir. The Pirates, who vowed radical reforms, came third in theÃÂ ...
The Independent
November 24, 2016
Iceland's anti-establishment Pirate Party may be asked to form a government after the country's two largest political parties abandoned their ...
Wired.co.uk
October 27, 2016
The Pirate Party in Iceland failed to win the country's election outright at ... The non-governmental, non-profit Pirate Parties International (PPI) was ... Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, ...
The Independent
September 20, 2016
One of the most prominent figures in Germany's Pirate Party has been found dead in his apartment, one day after he lost his seat in Berlin's ...
Pirate Times
September 8, 2015
The Norwegian Pirates are against censorship. Recently the Norwegian court ordered that Norwegian ISPs have to block seven file-sharing sites within two weeks. The sites that will be censored are The Pirate Bay, Extratorrent, Viooz, Primewire, Swefilmer, DreamfilmHD and Movie4k. This is something theÃÂ ...
Ars Technica
September 7, 2015
Following a court-ordered block of The Pirate Bay and a number of other file-sharing websites in Norway, the Norwegian Pirate Party ...
Morehead News
September 15, 2017
From Spanish to Greek to Norwegian, Mango covers virtually ... From pirate parties to pirate costumes, whether you're “carousing” or “fillingÃÂ ...
Pagosa Springs Sun
September 14, 2017
You, your family and friends are invited to an all-ages pirate party at your .... based on the true story of a brave Norwegian fighting the Nazis.
HuffPost
July 18, 2017
At Impolitikal we're exploring the deep reasons that drive people to protest in support of important social and political issues, and highlightingÃÂ ...
Basic Income News
January 4, 2017
This is a longer version of the interview with Tapani Karvinen, who is a politician from the Pirate Party of Finland. He served as the chair of theÃÂ ...
Wired.co.uk
October 27, 2016
The Pirate Party in Iceland failed to win the country's election outright at ... The non-governmental, non-profit Pirate Parties International (PPI) was ... Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,ÃÂ ...
Ars Technica
September 7, 2015
Following a court-ordered block of The Pirate Bay and a number of other file-sharing websites in Norway, the Norwegian Pirate PartyÃÂ ...
Open Democracy
March 5, 2017
Some of these activists, had co-founded in 2009-10, the Partido de Internet, a small Internet party that sought to replicate the successes of rising European political formations such as the Swedish and the German Pirate Parties. Like its Northern ...
TTG
March 1, 2017
"You're not going to the pirate party, are you?" I look myself up and down guiltily. It's pirate night aboard Disney Dream ... Epcot's World Showcase has a new surprise in the "Norway" area. A gentle boat ride on the new Frozen Ever After attraction ...
Cruise Radio (blog)
February 16, 2017
Join your cruise mates in dressing up as a pirate and take in the pirate party after dinner that evening. You may ... If you have more of an adventurous heart, you can take a Disney cruise to ports in Iceland, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, and many others ...
Fish Update
January 31, 2017
An MP from the Pirate Party is attempting to force through changes in the law which might give the fishermen what they want.
EurActiv
January 23, 2017
A Norwegian court struck down a similar request from Snowden's lawyers last year. "We're not desperate," Kaleck ... Iceland's pro-privacy Pirate Party won 14.5% of votes behind two other parties in parliamentary elections last October. The ACLU started ...
CADTM.org
December 13, 2016
The Pirate Party represents a powerful mass movement against neo-liberalism but it did not receive the big gains expected and thus was not able to form the socially progressive government it planned.
Katoikos.eu
December 8, 2016
Marta Pacheco studied Political Science and Media & Journalism at the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP). An independent researcher based in Brussels, she has been active in reporting EU and international affairs as a journalist contributor for ...
The Inquisitr
November 8, 2016
So if an election is held that results in, say, The Pirate Party holding the majority (or a plurality) of seats in government, The Pirate Party would then meet and agree on one of their own to serve as President or Prime Minister. ... And while no ...
International Business Times UK
October 29, 2016
According to Icelandic Pirate Party candidate Sunna Aevarsdottir, the key to the success of the party in Iceland was broadening their manifesto to include issues that appeal to the wider voting population.
New Europe
October 24, 2016
Polls suggest that Iceland's Pirate Party is second in the polls with approximately 21-22,5% of the vote, a leap from 5% in 2013.
Reykjavík Grapevine
October 19, 2016
Furthermore, Iceland has lower productivity than Denmark, Spain, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Norway - all of which have shorter work weeks.
Iceland Monitor
October 18, 2016
Joly, who is a Norwegian born French magistrate served as assistant to Iceland's Special Prosecutor after the 2008 banking collapse.
TechCrunch
October 12, 2016
Startups such as FollowMyVote and V-Initiative are leading efforts in this regard, and the technology has already been used in elections in Norway, Denmark, Europe's Pirate Party and the Spanish Congress. Waiting for an absolutely secure system beforeÃÂ ...
Reykjavík Grapevine
October 19, 2016
Furthermore, Iceland has lower productivity than Denmark, Spain, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Norway - all of which have shorter work weeks.
Iceland Monitor
October 18, 2016
Joly, who is a Norwegian born French magistrate served as assistant to Iceland's Special Prosecutor after the 2008 banking collapse.
TechCrunch
October 12, 2016
Startups such as FollowMyVote and V-Initiative are leading efforts in this regard, and the technology has already been used in elections in Norway, Denmark, Europe's Pirate Party and the Spanish Congress. Waiting for an absolutely secure system beforeÃÂ ...
Iceland Monitor
August 25, 2016
Two British MPs have recently visited Iceland to lend their support to ongoing efforts to wean tourists off whale meat and protect Iceland's whales. Kevin Foster, Conservative MP for Torbay, and Rupa Huq, Labour MP for the London constituency of EalingÃÂ ...
Iceland Monitor
June 27, 2016
The member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) aim to maintain close economic and trade relations with Britain after the country leaves the European Union. The four countries, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, agreed at aÃÂ ...
Cruise Trade News
June 27, 2016
From playgroup sessions for mini mariners to pirate parties, dinosaur-themed activities and teen-only chill-out areas, children are never stuck for something to do.
Iceland Monitor
June 27, 2016
The government of Iceland is already considering the possibility of a bilateral economic and trade agreement between Iceland and Britain following the British referendum on Thursday resulting in a majority for leaving the European Union.
Iceland Monitor
June 26, 2016
The government of Iceland is already considering the possibility of a bilateral economic and trade agreement between Iceland and Britain following the British referendum on Thursday resulting in a majority for leaving the European Union.
PRI
June 2, 2016
I went to the global investigative journalism conference in Lillehammer, Norway, last autumn. There were 900 people .... But I think a lot of people don't really know what it is, and kind of chuckle when they even hear the term 'pirate party.' McCarthy ...
Reykjavík Grapevine
May 18, 2016
This assertion is backed up by OECD data, which shows that Icelanders work seven more hours per week than the Dutch; six more hours per week than the Norwegians, Danes and Germans; and five more hours per week than the French.
The Cryptosphere
April 21, 2016
According to Raymond Johansen, en route to the Business Rocks conference this Thursday and Friday in Manchester, "notorious" activist and actor Joe Fionda was detained today at Immigration at Manchester airport, where he was held for two hours.
The Corner Economic
April 13, 2016
The political effects aren't yet clear but the popularity of the Pirate party has grown. And all of this is happening in country where the ... All of this has simply strengthened the Pirate party even further; after all, that party thrives on the ...
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