Global Pirates elected new leadership for the coming two years (January 11, 2022)
January 11th 2022 – Pirate Parties International (PPI), the global umbrella organisation of Pirate Parties around the world, held its 16th General Assembly…
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The Slovak “Corruption Office” is at it again. It may cost us billions of crowns (January 11, 2022)
Despite warnings by the European Commission and the European Anti-Fraud Office, the new Slovak Minister of Agriculture granted the Agricultural Paying Agency the…
ITALY: HUMAN RIGHTS? YES, BUT NOT FOR EVERYBODY! (January 3, 2022)
At the end of October, the Italian Senate torpedoed a bill against homophobia and discrimination against minorities. Two men brutally beaten by hooligans…
Chat control 2.0: the sequel nobody asked for (December 19, 2021)
In July 2021, the European Commission’s proposal to allow general and indiscriminate scanning of users’ private messages and photos (Chat control) was adopted by the European…
Let’s not compete with Lukashenko, who has the stomach to watch migrants suffer for longer (December 18, 2021)
By Markéta Gregorová, MEP The Czech Army’s help to Poland is in order. Let us not forget, however, what is happening on the…
How to restore competitiveness on digital markets? By mandating interoperability of services (December 18, 2021)
At the December plenary session, the European Parliament approved its position on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Digital Markets Act (DMA) aims to…
Marcel Kolaja: The first half of my term – four main achievements (December 17, 2021)
Half of the mandate is behind me, and I have to say it was a ride. I am pleased how many things I…
The end of the Internet Titan dictatorship? New rules on digital services promise to reveal algorithms (December 15, 2021)
Mikuláš Peksa: The European Union wants to replace pre-Facebook regulation with new digital services legislation. Concerns over the disproportionate influence digital service providers…
Pirates refused nonsensical connection of cryptocurrencies with organized crime (December 15, 2021)
Strasbourg, 15/12/2021 – Today, The European Pirates voted against the CONT report on the impact of organised crime on own resources of the…
Kolaja: Protection of users is at the heart of the Digital Markets Act (December 15, 2021)
Strasbourg, 15/12/2021 – Today, the European Parliament approves its position on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), introducing changes to rules on digital markets…