EURid has published its annual report for 2018.2018 was a rather mixed year for EURid.The .eu zone shrank year on year, which continues the trend of the last couple of years with end of year numbers at 3.68 million names, compared to 3.81 million the year before:With Brexit looming they risk losing a significant percentage of their namespace if the European … [Read more...] about EURid 2018 Annual Report Published
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Changes Coming to .eu Domains
As you may know the .eu ccTLD is a little different, in that it operates under contract to the European Commission. The EC in turn operates based on treaties, directives, regulations and a bunch of other legislative devices. More than 15 years ago the EC and European Parliament started work on what would become the .eu ccTLD. In order to do that they issued legislation and it's … [Read more...] about Changes Coming to .eu Domains
EURid Pauses Brexit Plans
When the UK announced its intention to withdraw from the European Union it was clear to some of us that this would cause complications with .eu and possibly other domain name extensions.Over the past year it's become clear that the European Commission, who mandate the .eu domain name policy, weren't interested in providing a "soft landing" for impacted registrants of .eu … [Read more...] about EURid Pauses Brexit Plans
EURid Updates Post-Brexit
Brexit will impact many things. One that has not been getting much attention however is domain names and more specifically .eu domains.Under the current regulations you need to be a resident of the European Union to register a .eu domain name. As I covered in a blog post last year there is the potential for hundreds of thousand of .eu domain names being pulled … [Read more...] about EURid Updates Post-Brexit
EURid Web Awards to Launch Next Week
The EURid .eu Web Awards will take place again this year.2018 will be the 5th year that the awards are being held.As in previous years the awards are open to registrants of .eu domain names that have developed products and services on a .eu website.Full details of the awards will be available here.Nominations will be open from April 18 2o18 until August 1 … [Read more...] about EURid Web Awards to Launch Next Week
European Commission Wants to Kill Off Thousands of EU Domains due to Brexit
After the Brexit vote I posited that there could be an impact on EU registrants based in the UK.Over the past year the UK government has been engaged in negotiations with the EU to navigate the application of Article 50 and the UK's exit from the European Union. While there has been a lot of focus on issues like the customs union and the border between Ireland and Northern … [Read more...] about European Commission Wants to Kill Off Thousands of EU Domains due to Brexit
EURid Web Awards 2017
EURid held their annual web awards in central Brussels last week. The awards are focussed on businesses, organisations and individuals that are actively using a .eu domain name for their online presence. As with every year the range of finalists covered the European Union.Here's the official video they released that covers the … [Read more...] about EURid Web Awards 2017
EU Commission Opens Public Consultation on EU Domain
The .eu ccTLD is quite different in that it is run by the European Commission. The Commission contracts EURid to run the registry on their behalf. As the entire thing is setup and managed by the European Union institutions the ccTLD's policies are based on European treaties and laws. Complicated? Yes, but it's still fully functional and one of the larger ccTLDs.Last Friday … [Read more...] about EU Commission Opens Public Consultation on EU Domain
Brexit Could Impact EU Domain Registrants
The current policies for .eu domain name registration restrict registration to organisations, businesses and individuals that meet certain criteria.In order to get a .eu domain name you need to be resident within the EU, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein. This is laid out in the current policy as follows: (i)an undertaking having its registered office, central … [Read more...] about Brexit Could Impact EU Domain Registrants
EURid Web Award Nominations Open
EURid's annual "web awards" are now open for nominations.The 2016 event will be the 3rd year that EURid runs the awards which are aimed at helping to raise the profile of European businesses and organisations that are actively using a .eu web address.The categories this year are:The Leaders: The website represents an established national business that is currently … [Read more...] about EURid Web Award Nominations Open