https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Up to 100 people including journalists, politicians and cyber security experts were fooled into connecting to a fake wireless network at this year's edition of Sweden’s annual 'Folk och försvar' security conference, the youth branch of the Swedish Pirate Party claims. https://www.thelocal.se/20180122/swedish-politicians-and-cyber-security-experts-fooled-by-fake-wi-fi-network-pirate-party-claims Mon, 22 Jan 2018 08:58:23 +0100 swedish-politicians-and-cyber-security-experts-fooled-by-fake-wi-fi-network-pirate-party-claims After the founder of the Pirate Party was revealed to be among Sweden's European Parliament candidates who had used drugs, he tells The Local how Sweden needs to shape up and drop its "narcissistic" drug policy beliefs. https://www.thelocal.se/20140429/i-did-drugs-and-sweden-should-get-over-itself-pirate-party-head Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:30:00 +0200 i-did-drugs-and-sweden-should-get-over-itself-pirate-party-head Sweden's Pirate Party celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Pirate Bay file sharing site on Thursday by reporting the country's IT minister to the police for breaking Swedish copyright laws. https://www.thelocal.se/20130809/49546 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:24:00 +0200 49546 Filesharing site The Pirate Bay claims to have relocated to North Korea after legal threats led Sweden's Pirate Party to cut off the site's internet access. https://www.thelocal.se/20130305/46542 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:53:00 +0100 46542 Sweden's Pirate Party has decided to cut off internet access to filesharing site The Pirate Bay after lawyers representing Swedish copyright holders threatened legal action last week. https://www.thelocal.se/20130226/46410 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:01:00 +0100 46410 Lawyers representing Swedish copyright holders have threatened legal action against the Pirate Party in a fresh attempt to shutter filesharing site The Pirate Bay. https://www.thelocal.se/20130220/46292 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:55:00 +0100 46292 Sweden's Pirate Party has filed a complaint with the country's financial system watchdog alleging Swedish banks have been complicit in a long-running blockade of donations to WikiLeaks. https://www.thelocal.se/20121218/45130 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:49:00 +0100 45130 The Swedish Pirate Party has doubled its membership to 16,000 within the last few weeks after the party's Facebook page was linked by a file-sharing website, according to a report by Sveriges Radio. https://www.thelocal.se/20121125/44646 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:30:00 +0100 44646 Rick Falkvinge, the founder Sweden's Pirate Party, has found himself in hot water after publishing a lengthy polemic calling for the legalization of child pornography. https://www.thelocal.se/20120910/43142 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:17:00 +0200 43142 A now 16-year-old boy who had been turned in by his school for downloading films was convicted of violating Sweden's copyright laws by a appeals court on Wednesday, overturning a lower court's acquittal. https://www.thelocal.se/20111221/38074 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:10:00 +0100 38074 Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge has been named among the "Top 100 Global Thinkers" by Foreign Policy magazine, alongside a number of Arab revolutionaries and the likes of Barack Obama, Ai WeiWei, and Mark Zuckerberg. https://www.thelocal.se/20111129/37642 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:40:00 +0100 37642 Sweden's Pirate Party has lauded the electoral success of its German sister party in the Berlin state parliament, calling it as a "major step forward" and a boost for the movement across the world. https://www.thelocal.se/20110919/36224 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:50:00 +0200 36224 Copying, remixing and spreading information cannot be considered an act of worship, even if participants fall into a meditative trance during the act. https://www.thelocal.se/20110707/34794 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:54:00 +0200 34794 Sweden's Pirate Party membership has taken a sharp downward turn, but new party leader Anna Troberg is not concerned. https://www.thelocal.se/20110228/32304 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:52:00 +0100 32304 Rick Falkvinge, the leader of Sweden's Pirate Party, has resigned his post, feeling that he has stagnated after five years in the role. https://www.thelocal.se/20110102/31200 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:22:00 +0100 31200 The Swedish Pirate Party confirmed on Tuesday that it has agreed to host a number of new servers located in the country by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. https://www.thelocal.se/20100818/28426 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:57:00 +0200 28426 The Swedish Pirate Party has changed its election manifesto after criticism over its position on child pornography. https://www.thelocal.se/20100813/28358 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:12:00 +0200 28358 Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN.se) and state broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) have been reported to the police for publishing child porn in the form of manga cartoons, prohibited under Swedish law. https://www.thelocal.se/20100811/28308 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:23:00 +0200 28308 Sweden's Pirate Party said on Thursday that child pornography should be permitted in cartoons. The law should focus on 'real criminals' abusing children, its leader said. https://www.thelocal.se/20100805/28198 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:02:00 +0200 28198 Sweden's Pirate Party has announced that, in addition to standing in next year's general election, it will also be represented in local council elections. https://www.thelocal.se/20090813/21274 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:25:00 +0200 21274