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.eu 2012 annual report available
EURid’s annual report outlines key achievements from 2012, showcases inspirational .eu websites and presents the .eu General Manager’s comments on the road ahead.
2012 in summary
.eu completed 2012 with 3.7 million registered domain names and 5.4% annual growth. Other highlights noted in the annual report include:
- Accreditation to the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
- A significant fee reduction for .eu Alternative Dispute Procedures
- The launch of .eu’s YADIFA open-source name server implementation
- The World report on Internationalised Domain Names, produced in collaboration with UNESCO
- A revised, simplified transfer procedure for .eu domain names.
The full report is available for download at http://link.eurid.eu/reports. It is also available as an app in the iTunes and Google Play stores.
SWITCH presents Junior Web Award
Today for the seventh time, SWITCH honoured the best
websites designed by Swiss school classes. At the award ceremony for the SWITCH
Junior Web Award held at Kongresshaus Zürich, the young talent received
rapturous applause and attractive prizes. The projects submitted impressed from
a content and visual perspective, with this year’s jury prize and first prize
both going to a primary school class (year 5/6) from Uster.
Double award for fantasy town
Year 5/6 from the education programme for gifted youth at Primarschule Uster were the clever minds behind the website "Futuretown", winning both first prize and the jury prize. The story of their fantasy town won over the jury thanks to the clear concept with its socio-critical aspect and a pinch of black humour. "The website Futuretown demonstrates a perfect command of the art of storytelling, has a top-quality concept and exhibits a high degree of emotionality, commitment and fun," is how the jury put it in its encomium.
NASK publish Q1 2013 Report on Polish Domain Market
NASK, the Registry for the Polish Domain .PL have published their Q1 2013 report. The in-depth report covers domain registrations, IDNs, renewals, transfers, DNSSEC, .pl ranking in EU and many more metrics.
Go to the report here
NASK presents on .pl domain to Parliamentary Committee
On 17 May 2013 in Szczecin, the session of the
Parliamentary Committee of Innovation and Modern Technologies was held. At the
invitation of the Committee of the
Ministry of Science and Higher Education Mr. Michał Chrzanowski, NASK Director
and Mr. Roman Malinowski, Head of DNS Department, presented the .pl domain name
market. The presentation covered the achievements accomplished in 2012 and
further development perspectives of the .pl
domain name registry. Also other areas of NASK’s activity were
discussed, namely, selected social projects, research and development of the
Internet and certain security matters .
High officials from the government, envoys, NASK and two representatives of the biggest .pl Registrars participated in the session.
Ondřej Filip re-appointed to MAG
MAG provides recommendations to the UN Secretariat headed by the secretary-general for the preparation of top meetings concerning Internet administration – the Internet Governance Forum. The Multistakeholder Advisory Group meets officially several times a year with representatives of the relevant inter-government organisation and the European Commission regularly in attendance. More information on the MAG is available at www.intgovforum.org.
10th anniversary of the Arbitration Court for .pl
The Arbitration Court for the Internet Domain Names was established in order to settle disputes regarding the infringement of rights arising from the conclusion of the Agreement on the Maintenance of the .pl
On 15 May 2013 in Warsaw, the 3rd Seminar of Arbitrators and Mediators of the Arbitration Court for the Internet Domain Names at the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunication, summing up the
The organizers of the Seminar were: PIIT - The Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications, the Intellectual Property “IP” Research Club of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, the Council of Arbitration Court and NASK."
DNS.PT Association is formally constituted
DNS.PT Association, which will assume the responsibility for the management and operation of ccTLD.PT, has just been formally constituted, starting duties from the 1st of June 2013.
The private non-profit association, led by Luisa Lopes Gueif
Dot Award 2013, European winners of the best websites
The third edition of the Dot Award received entries from France, Belgium, and the Catalan-speaking areas. From the best sites an International Jury selected the winners and awarded prizes for the Best Content, the Best Design and the Best use of ICT tools. The Best Content award will be shared between http://mazemag.fr, a magazine by young people for young people made by French students, and http://elserpent.cat, a website about a traditional festival in Manlleu (Barcelona), made by Catalan students.
http://maisondescanuts.fr, by French students about the Lyon silk industry over the last 5 centuries, gets the Best Design award.
And the website by Catalan students http://lmfamily.cat, about Korean music groups, wins the Best use of ICT tools award.
The Jury also decided to specially mention the site http://montsiasud.cat for its navigation, architecture, and content.
More information, go to the dotaward official page
.LU amend terms and conditions on blocked domains
Terms and conditions will be amended as of June 11th 2013
Afnic welcomes green light for the .bzh and .paris New gTLDs
The two applications, the first in the opening of New Top-Level Domains (New gTLDs), obtained ICANN’s approval on Friday May 10. The .bzh and .paris TLDs are two of the 17 projects for New gTLDs that Afnic has backed as a technical registry operator.
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