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2022: Domain names using Greek encoding will be removed from the.EU domain

The EURid registry managing the combined national domain countries of the European Union.EU announced on February 16, 2022 that names using Greek encoding will be removed from the domain zone on November 14, 2022. The "neighborhood" of multiple encodings in the spelling of a domain name has always been considered a potential security risk. However, earlier the EURid registry had to put up with this Greece : it is a member of the EU, and therefore its citizens have every right to register names in the.EU domain, while the Greek language does not use the Latin alphabet.

The problem was solved with the launch of an internationalized Greek version of the pan-European domain. Now registrants with Greek names in the.EU domain will receive from the registrar the preferential right to register their "clones" in the.αοdomain, reports the Domain Name Wire resource. However, so far there is no information on how the conflict will be resolved, if it turns out that the corresponding name in the domain zone.αοhas already been registered earlier. In any case, it is unlikely that we are talking about a very large number of domain names: as of the end of 2021, there were only 2694 registrations in the domain zone itself.

2021

The European Commission named the list of applicants for domain management

The European the commission published a list of approved candidates for the right to manage the combined national domain countries European Union.EU. This Focal Point of the National Internet Domain (CC) was announced on July 14, 2021. Domain registration is determined on the basis of a competition held every few years. The last time the acceptance of applications was opened in October 2020. The announcement of the list of candidates had to be postponed due to a technical error: the original documents indicated that organizations from EU countries could apply for the right to manage the domain. Great Britain The latter was obviously impossible, since Great Britain by that time it had already officially announced its withdrawal from the European Union.

As the Domain Incite resource notes, reporting this news, the EURid consortium looks like the unconditional leader of the tender - it was his victory that all previous competitions ended, and there is no reason to believe that something will go differently. The European Commission will name the new registration of the.EU domain 80 days after the publication of the list of applicants.

British registry domains have been permanently removed from the.EU

On June 30, 2021, the deadline expired during which the British name registrants in the combined national. domain countries of the European Union EU could keep their domain names. To do this, it was necessary either to re-register the domain as a natural or legal person registered in one of the EU countries, or to provide evidence that the domain is owned by a citizen of one of these countries living in. Great Britain

Domains that did not pass these procedures earlier were blocked from January 1, 2021. Now, the EURid registry managing the.EU domain zone has changed their status to "deleted." They are disconnected from the network and no longer appear in the register company statistics. However, this is not the ending yet, reports the Domain Incite resource, referring to EURid representatives. For new registrations, remote domain names will not be available until early 2022. And until that moment, registrants still have a chance to return them. True, now this will require a letter to the registry, presenting the evidence listed above. This is necessary until December 31, 2021.

Brexit deprived the domain zone. EU 80 thousand names

On the morning of January 1, 2021, the combined national domain of the European Union. EU did not count approximately 80 thousand names, the EURid registry managing the domain zone reported.

As noted in Domain Coordination Center.RU/.RF"" (CC), there is no surprise in this: two years ago, EURid announced that after the completion brezkit Great Britain of the procedure (exit European Union), British legal entities and individuals will lose their registered names in the.EU. domain. Since then, the number of British registrants in the domain has steadily decreased - which the registry explained its not very impressive results over time.

In the last days of 2020, the Brexit procedure was formally completed, and the restrictions imposed by EURid for British registrants entered into force. As long as their domain names are "locked" (their associated sites and email addresses do not function). Registrants have time until midnight on March 31 to rectify the situation. To do this, you must either re-register as a legal entity or an individual of one of the EU countries, or provide confirmation that the registrar is an EU citizen living in the UK. Otherwise, from April 1, the status of domain names will be changed to "deleted," and from 2022 they will become available for new registration.

According to the results of the third quarter of 2020, in the domain zone. EU there were 130,114 domain names owned by British registrants. The figure of 80 thousand domains blocked on January 1 indicates that about 50 thousand domains were nevertheless re-issued over the past three months, the Domain Incite resource concluded. But 80 thousand domain names are a very serious loss. Most likely, the first EURid report from 2021 states another decrease in registrations - and by about 2%, estimated in the CC.

2019

The number of names in the.EU domain dropped to 3,606,311 by the end of the fourth quarter

The.EU domain reportedly continues to "dive." For several consecutive quarters, the total number of registrations in the domain zone has been steadily declining. As of the end of Q3 2019, 3,617,536 names were registered in the domain. By the end of the fourth quarter, that number had dropped to 3,606,311. The decline can be considered insignificant, but the trend itself looks very alarming. Representatives of EURid, as in previous cases, tend to explain the decrease in the number of registrations by the withdrawal of Great Britain from the European Union^[1].

Number of registered internationalized domain names - about 9 million

On December 2, 2019, it became known that the EURid registry, which manages the combined national domain of EU countries. EU, published its annual report on the state of internationalized domain names World Report on Internationalized Domain Names 2019. The document was prepared with the support of the company VeriSign and notes serious progress in the development of this segment of the global network. The number of registered internationalized domain names as of December 2, 2019 is about 9 million. This shows immediately a 20 percent increase compared to two years ago. At the same time, the share of internationalized domain names of the total number of domains in the world is still very modest - about 2.5%.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION is among the leading countries in the number of registered internationalized domain names, ranking second in the list. Russian the domain . RUSSIAN FEDERATION is also the world's second internationalized top-level common domain by the number of domain names - more than 800 thousand registrations. The Chinese leading internationalized domain here. 中国 - about 1.7 million registrations. It also PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ranks first in the total number of internationalized domain names registered in the country - about 3.9 million. In addition, Chinese is the main language content of sites on internationalized domains - its share is 41%.

The authors of the report note that the development of internationalized domain names plays an important role in expanding the language diversity of the Internet. At the same time, they note that the problems of universal acceptance of internationalized domain names remain relevant and seriously hamper progress. These problems can be considered overcome in most leading Internet browsers, which demonstrate a very high level of readiness for universal recognition. Throughout 2019, serious steps have been taken in this direction by the developers of most browsers for mobile devices. However, the introduction of devices on the market that have access to the network complicates the task. For example, the report separately draws attention to the fact that an increasing number of modern smart cars are equipped with built-in access devices to the network. At the same time, the problem of universal recognition of internationalized domains in such devices is extremely acute^[2].

2018

The number of names in the.EU domain decreased by more than 130 thousand.

The number of registered the European domain names has reached a record low for the last 6 years, reported April 17, 2019 in. "Focal Point of the National Internet Domain" So, according to the report for 2018 registration EURid, managing the common national domain of European Union the countries. EU, as of December 31, 2018, 3,684,750 domain names were registered in the zone. This is 130,305 fewer names than at the end of 2017.

Moreover, as noted in the Domain Coordination Center/, RURUSSIAN FEDERATION this is the lowest indicator for the.EU domain since 2012. Part of the decrease is due to the strengthening of the fight against the illegal use of domain names. Throughout 2018, more than 36 thousand names were blocked for various violations in the domain. EU.

However, the main reason for the recession, analysts call the decision of the UK to leave the EU, the so-called "Brexit." Earlier, EURid registration notified British registrants that they would lose their domains after the country officially left the European Union. When this exit will happen is still unclear, but many Britons chose to give up their domains in the.EU zone in advance or did not renew expired registrations. According to preliminary estimates, this could deprive the.EU domain of tens of thousands of domain names.

The decline in the total number of registrations also led to a deterioration in financial indicators. As noted in the report, EUrid's revenues amounted to 12.7 million euros in 2018, while a year earlier this figure reached 13.3 million. At the same time, net profit decreased over the year from 2 to 1.7 million euros.

The number of names registered in.EU for British addresses decreased by 32,173

On February 6, 2019, it became known that the EURid registry, which manages a single pan-European domain.EU, published statistics data on the results of last year. As of the end of December 2018, 3,684,750 names were registered in the domain zone. This is immediately 63,129 domains less than it was by the end of the third quarter of 2018. Moreover, this is the absolutely worst indicator in the last 6 years. The last time a smaller number of names in the domain zone.EU was recorded in September 2012: then this figure was 3,665,525.

Representatives of EURid explain this result in two circumstances. The first of them is the strengthening of the fight against the illegal use of domain names. In the 4th quarter of last year, 36,520 domains in the.EU. zone were blocked for various violations. The second negative factor is the so-called "Brexit," Britain's withdrawal from the EU. Earlier, the EURid registry announced that British domain name registrants may lose their domains in May if the country's government and the EU do not agree on exit conditions by March 29. Until such an agreement is reached, which, of course, cannot but disturb the registrants. In the 4th quarter of 2018, the number of names registered in the.EU domain for British addresses decreased by 32,173^[3].

All Cyrillic names will be removed from the.EU domain

The EURid registry, which manages the national domain of the European Union. EU, at the end of June 2018 announced that all Cyrillic domain names in this zone will be deleted on May 31, 2019. The solution relies on ICANN recommendations to avoid mixing characters of different alphabets in internationalized domains, since this practice poses the threat of so-called "homographic" attacks. This type of attack refers to the use, in particular, of the letters of the Cyrillic alphabet in Latin-speaking domain names in order to create fake domains similar or similar in spelling to the domains of well-known brands.

Domain Incite, reporting this news, clarifies^[4]solution applies only to Cyrillic names registered domain in.EU, and in no way affects its internationalized version of.EU. It is worth recalling that the only country European Union using the Cyrillic alphabet is. Bulgaria

2005-2006: Start.EU domain and open registration

The.EU domain was launched on December 7, 2005. Registration for residents of the European Union was opened on April 7, 2006. In the first hour, about 300 thousand applications were submitted.

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