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The .eu ccTLD shrank a bit in the first quarter as a result of Brexit finally kicking in fully. Registry EURid reported that there were 3,681,337 registered .eu, .ею and .ευ domains at the end of March, down from 3,684,984 at the end of 2020, a dip of ...
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May 12, 2021 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid
The European Union TLD, dot .EU, turned 15 years old today. In the one and a half decades since, the domain registrations of .EU domains have reached more than 3.68 million. EURid, the dot .EU Registry, celebrates the TLD’s 15th anniversary and h...
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April 7, 2021 DomainGang
.eu, .eu domains, dot .eu, eurid, European domains
Trademark interests in the ICANN community have called on the Org to freeze implementation of the latest Whois access policy proposals, saying it’s “not yet fit for purpose”. The Intellectual Property Constituency’s president, H...
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March 17, 2021 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Domain Policy, epdp, gdpr, gnso, nis2, odp
EURid, the .eu registry, has given UK-based registrants another three months to reclaim their suspended .eu domains. The transition period governing Brexit ended with 2020, and with it UK citizens’ right to own a .eu domain. The registry suspende...
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February 16, 2021 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid
The .eu ccTLD grew by 108,682 domains in the fourth quarter of 2020, the last reporting period before the full impact of Brexit is felt. The registry said this week that it ended December with 3,684,984 names under management, a number which also inclu...
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February 3, 2021 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid
EURid suspended about 80,00 domain names on Friday, as the UK’s 11 months of Brexit transition came to an end. All the names were registered to UK-based, non-EU citizens and organizations, which are no longer eligible under registry policy. ̶...
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January 4, 2021 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid
The .eu registry has given UK-based registrants an extra window to keep hold of their domains, which will soon be deleted due to Brexit. Brits were originally set to lose their .eu names at the end of the year, due to the expiry of the year-long Brexit...
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November 30, 2020 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid
Brexit may have been pounding EURid’s domain base for the last few years, but .eu domains recovered a little in the first quarter due to promotional activity in Portugal. The UK left the European Union on January 31, and Brits will lose their rig...
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May 6, 2020 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid
EURid’s policy to boot out Brits next week has been put on hold due to the current impasse in Brexit talks. UK citizens had been told they would lose their .eu domains November 1, the first day the country was scheduled to no longer be a member o...
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October 23, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Brexit, Domain Registries, eurid
Residents of countries outside the European Union are now able to register .eu domain names. A new rule that kicked in at the weekend broadened eligibility from only residents of the EU and European Economic Area. Now, residency is irrelevant. The catc...
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October 21, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.eu, Domain Registries, eurid