Tag: ccTLDs

IE Domains Subject of Another Dáil Question

As I mentioned previously, talk about domain names of any kind in the Irish national parliament (Dáil) is not common. But it’s happened again. Last time round was back in May of last year but an almost identical question was raised in the chamber by Fine Gael’s Neale Richmond recently. The question he asked: Deputy… Continue reading IE Domains Subject of Another Dáil Question

Nominet NED Nominations Open

Nominations for this year’s Nominet non-executive director (NED) elections have opened. This year there is one position to be filled. As usual the nomination and voting is only open to Nominet members, however non-members can be nominated and elected. Over the past year or so there’s been quite a few changes at Nominet including the… Continue reading Nominet NED Nominations Open

Registering Domains in South Africa Could Become a Headache

The *.za namespace is going to be impacted by upcoming changes to policies and regulations. The .za ccTLD is run by ZADNA who in turn outsource the day to day operations to a registry operator, who is currently ZACR. However a few months ago the contract for running the registry was put out to tender.… Continue reading Registering Domains in South Africa Could Become a Headache

EURid Announce New Head Honcho

EURid has announced who the new General Manager will be. Peter Janssen will be taking over as General Manager, replacing Marc Van Wesemael who is retiring later this year. Janssen is currently EURid’s CTO and has been with the company since its formation to run the .eu ccTLD. Sandra Hoferichter, Chair of the Board says:… Continue reading EURid Announce New Head Honcho

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Nominet Suspends Russian Registrars

Nominet has unilaterally decided to suspend all its Russian registrars. As far as I can tell there’s no legal obligation on Nominet to take action against registrars based in Russia, but they’ve decided to suspend them. However they’re also claiming that they don’t want to impact existing registrations. With the Russian registrars suspended there’s no… Continue reading Nominet Suspends Russian Registrars

Greek Mixed Script .eu to be Removed in November

The .eu registry is phasing out Greek mixed script registrations, as there’s now a specific domain extension for Greek script. If you want to register a domain using Greek then there’s the .ευ which is specifically designed to serve Greek.greek domains. They reminded registrars of this phase out recently: From 14 November 2022, only Greek… Continue reading Greek Mixed Script .eu to be Removed in November

The .in Domain Registry Shoots Itself in the Foot

Country code domain name registries have a very broad set of rules and regulations. For people who are used to the more predictable world of .com and other gTLDs the way ccTLDs are run can seem a little like the wild west! Personally I enjoy working with ccTLDs, but I do find that some of… Continue reading The .in Domain Registry Shoots Itself in the Foot

Israel ccTLD to Launch Hebrew IDN

Israel’s ccTLD manager has announced that they’ll be launching a Hebrew IDN country code domain extension in 2022 – “.ישראל”  The .il country code currently has around 275 thousand domains under management, with the bulk of them in co.il. The existing Latin ccTLD previously allowed for IDN registrations in Hebrew on the left of the… Continue reading Israel ccTLD to Launch Hebrew IDN

DNS Belgium Registrar Forum Seeking Members

In common with several other European country code domain operators DNS Belgium runs a “registrar forum“. As the name suggests it’s a place where the registry and registrars are able to discuss potential changes to policies, products and operations. The forum meets 2 to 3 times a year, normally in Leuven or Brussels, though recently… Continue reading DNS Belgium Registrar Forum Seeking Members

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