This weekend, Aug. 14 and 15, 2021, the annual Pirate Security Conference will take place. The title of this year’s conference is “New Horizons – Multidimensional World Politics and Security Aspects”. While the event is usually held physically, alongside the Munich Security Conference in February, due to health concerns revolving around the COVID-19 situation, and ongoing cancellations, it was decided to hold the event online. […]
Elections in Israel with HaPiratim!
HaPiratim! The Pirate Party of Israel is running again in elections! For the 4th time in just over 2 years there are early elections in Israel, making this the 6th time since 2012 that the Pirates will participate in national elections. Dr. Ohad Shem Tov (picture above, right) is leading the list this time, followed by the retired Israeli TV producer and longtime […]
The PPCZ STAN Coalition
The Czech Pirates approved the coalition agreement with the STAN movement. They are going to the 2021 parliamentary elections together! Prague, January 12 2021 – The Czech Pirates just approved a coalition agreement with the “Mayors and Independents” movement (STAN) in a final vote. They confirmed that they are going together to the upcoming parliamentary elections. Almost 79% of party members supported the proposal. The […]
Invitation to PPI‘s Standing Committee on UN Bureaucratic Activities (SCUBA)
We’d like to invite you to the meeting of PPI‘s Standing Committee on UN Bureaucratic Activities to be conducted online: Wednesday September 30th 14:00 – 15:00 UTC (16:00-17:00 CEST). https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v As you know, PPI was admitted as an observer to the United Nations Council on Economic and Social Matters (ECOSOC) which gives us the opportunity to visit (almost all) UN meetings and to […]
PPI Public Statement on the COVID-19 Crisis
Pirate Parties International wishes for all of its members, non-members and citizens of the world to remain safe and healthy. We present this statement as one of both hope and concern for everyone to get through the current COVID-19 crisis. In these months we face a dire situation on our planet. Around the world, while a dangerous pandemic continues to spread, many people are losing […]
The Prague Think Twice Conference, April 24-26
The title of this year’s Think Twice Conference is Ante Portas (near future technologies and their implications). Below you will find information about speaking at the event, as well as basic information about attending the conference. Think Twice is an international conference organized by Pirate Parties International, Pirate Party of Czechia and MEP Markéta Gregorová of parliamentary group Greens/ EFA. There will be no admission […]
A Review of the 2019 PPI General Assembly
The PPI 2019 GA has officially ended, but it appears that we will have another GA in the near future. We want to take this opportunity to share a review of the GA. We resolved some issues, didn’t resolve others, and proposed new solutions. We thank everyone for coming to the event. It was a great turnout. We succeeded in our first ever all-online GA, […]
Stop the Violence in Chile!
Stop the Violence in Chile! The Pirate Party of Chile (PPCL) is calling on other Pirate parties to intercede with their governments to demand an end to violence against citizens and the state of emergency from the government of President Sebastián Piñera in Chile. They ask us to be attentive to what is happening and to help spread the news as it emerges. Please communicate […]
Speech at the 2019 UN ECOSOC High-Level Segment
On July 19, 2019 Pirates gathered again in New York City for the UN Sustainable Development Program and High Level Political Forum Pirate Parties International was chosen as one of 34 NGOs whose statements were approved to be made in front of the entire ECOSOC council. Dr. Ohad Shem Tov presented the following speech on behalf of PPI at the ECOSOC High-Level Segment. Watch a […]
Speech at The United Nations Commission for Social Development
On February 19th, 2019 Dr. Ohad Bar Siman-Tov presented the following speech at the 57th UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD57) at UN Headquarters in New York. Over the course of February 11th to 21st several PPI representatives from around the world converged on New York for the event, including Mr. Raymond Johansen, Ms. Bailey Lamon, Mr. Ladislav Koubek, and Dr. Ohad Shem Tov. The […]
