The following is a report from PPI´s representative at the United Nations Office of Vienna, Mr. Kay Schroeder, who attended the UNODC Conference on Illegal Finance and Crypto. Reflections from the 9th Global Conference on Criminal Finance and Crypto – UN Vienna Yesterday I attended the 9th Global Conference on Criminal Finance and Crypto, hosted at the United Nations in Vienna with support from […]
Upcoming PPI Board Meeting Oct. 28 at 20:00 UTC
Ahoy Pirates, Our next PPI board meeting will take place on 28.10.2025 at 20:00 UTC. The prior board meeting did not make quorum, and so we expect a fruitful meeting with high attendance. All official PPI proceedings, Board meetings included, are open to the public. Feel free to stop by. We’ll be happy to have you. Where: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board Minutes of the past meeting: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2025-09-23 Agenda: […]
January 2026 PPI GA Location Discussion
We are debating where to hold our General Assembly (GA) in January 2026. The Board considered holding a physical event in Warsaw, Prague, and Potsdam/Berlin. We are open to any reasonable offers. The event will also be taking place online, and the physical event may be a small or large event. Technically more than one physical event is acceptable considering the global needs of our […]
Hack the Promise 2025 Conference Review
The HackThePromise Festival took place again from October 3–5, 2025 in the city of Basel, Switzerland. The theme this year was “Hacking Systems, Hacking Futures.” As usual, numerous Pirates were in attendance, including PPI´s alternate board member Schoresch Davoodi who spoke at the event and took pictures for us. https://hackthepromise.org/ The festival interprets “hacking” as not only about computers. It means breaking open systems, rethinking […]
Czech Pirates Win 18 Seats in Parliament!
The Czech Pirate Party won 18 seats in the October 2025 election for Parliament! 🥳 Unfortunately, the main winner of the election was the populist billionaire and former prime minister Andrej Babiš and his ANO movement. He has expressed skepticism toward support for Ukraine and has drawn closer to authoritarian leaders such as Viktor Orbán in Hungary. The Czech Pirates run on a diametrically opposed […]
Congratulations to the New Board of the Pirate Party Germany!
The Pirate Party Germany held its General Assembly on September 27 and 28 in Dudweiler, Germany and elected their 19th Federal Board. Lilia Kayra Kuyumcu was elected as the new Chair. At just 18 years old, she is the youngest Chair in the history of the German Pirate Party. She will be joined by Denis Klüver as Vice-Chair, Jutta Dietrich as Treasurer, and Babak Tubis, […]
Next PPI board meeting on 07.10.2025 at 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST.
Ahoy Pirates, Our next PPI board meeting will take place on 07.10.2025 at 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST. All official PPI proceedings, Board meetings included, are open to the public. Feel free to stop by. We’ll be happy to have you. Where: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board Minutes of the meeting: https://wiki.pp-international.net/wiki/index.php?title=PPI_Minutes_2025-09-23 Agenda: Pad: https://etherpad.pp-international.net/p/ppi-board-meeting-2025-09-16-pd7m0vl All of our meetings are posted to our calendar: https://pp-international.net/calendar/ We look forward to seeing visitors. […]
