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SEI participates in launch of UN Year of Sustainable Energy for All

2/8/2012 3:22 AM EST  -   Stockholm Environment Institute
Press release: February 8, 2012 Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), together with Energy for All 2030 project partner Practical Action, UN Energy and the United Nations Foundation, is convening a high level event at the European Parliament to mark the European launch of the UN Year for Sustainable Energy for All – an initiative first announced in 2010 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon.

.eu spotlights online security advice in latest magazine

2/6/2012 5:00 AM EST  -   .eu and EURid
New issue of .eu Identity ahead of Safer Internet Day
Brussels, 6 February 2012 - .eu is marking tomorrow’s Safer Internet Day with a new issue of its .eu Identity magazine, filled with practical online security tips for Europe’s small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

“At .eu, we are dedicated to improving online security. Sharing advice on this topic with entrepreneurs and businesses – the largest group...

.eu’s General Manager speaking at Domain Pulse 2012, Germany

1/31/2012 5:00 AM EST  -   .eu and EURid
Brussels, 31 January 2012 – EURid, the .eu registry, is attending the Domain Pulse 2012 conference in Hamburg, Germany (13-14 February 2012) where Marc Van Wesemael, General Manager, will present .eu’s recent website usage research. The study reveals that different top-level domains have clearly different profiles.

In Germany, .eu registrations grew by 5% in the year to Q3 2011 and there are currently over one...

Domestic workers scrub the steps of the European Parliament in a bid for MEPs to...

12/16/2011 7:40 AM EST  -   International trade union confederation
Monday 19th December 2011
International Union Campaign - Give the gift of a day off for your domestic worker this holiday
Hundreds of domestic workers from countries including the Philippines, Nepal and Indonesia will clean the streets and polish the railings in front of the European Parliament, to call on MEPs to give 53 million domestic workers better rights including one day off a week and an eight hour...

La Cour tranche à propos de sex.eu

12/12/2011 8:00 AM EST  -   .eu and EURid
Bruxelles, le 12 décembre 2011 – Au terme de cinq années de procédure judiciaire, l’affaire sex.eu vient de s’achever, annonce le registre du .eu, EURid.

En vertu d’un jugement de la Cour d’appel de Bruxelles, sex.eu sera activé le 12 décembre 2011 et accordé au premier candidat inscrit depuis le délai spécifique imparti au nom de domaine .eu.

EURid a accepté les demandes d’enregistrement de noms de domaine en .eu...

Court decides on sex.eu

12/12/2011 8:00 AM EST  -   .eu and EURid
Brussels, 12 December 2011 – After five years of legal proceedings, the case surrounding the domain name sex.eu is now concluded, reports the .eu registry, EURid.

Following a ruling by the Brussels Court of Appeal, sex.eu will be activated on 12 December 2011 and granted to the first listed applicant from .eu’s Sunrise period.

EURid accepted applications for .eu domain names on a limited basis between 7 December...

Le rapport trimestriel du registre .eu pour le T3 2011 est disponible

12/7/2011 8:00 AM EST  -   .eu and EURid
La Bulgarie, la Lituanie et la Roumanie enregistrent les plus fortes croissances du nombre de domaines .eu au troisième trimestre
Bruxelles, 7 décembre 2011 – La Bulgarie, la Lituanie et la Roumanie sont, parmi tous les États membres de l'Union européenne, ceux qui enregistrent au T3 2011 le plus grand nombre de nouveaux enregistrements de noms de domaine .eu, avec chacun une progression de plus de 10%, révèle...

.eu Q3 2011 progress report available

12/7/2011 8:00 AM EST  -   .eu and EURid
Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania top .eu Q3 growth charts
Brussels, 7 December 2011 – Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania have the highest volume of new .eu registrations of all European Union Member States, each growing by over 10% in Q3 2011, according to the latest quarterly progress report from EURid, the .eu top-level domain registry.

“These healthy .eu growth figures show that particularly the newer EU...

EU must act now on labour rights in Georgia

11/22/2011 9:36 AM EST  -   International trade union confederation
The ITUC has applauded the decision by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to examine whether Georgia should continue to receive US trade preferences in view of the poor labour rights record of President Saakashvili’s government.
The USTR action follows a request submitted by the AFL-CIO. The European Union has so far refused to take similar action, even though its rules for trade preferences have...

.eu at Slovakia’s DailyWeb Conference

10/26/2011 5:00 AM EST  -   .eu and EURid
Brussels, 26 October 2011 – EURid, the .eu top-level domain registry, will be present at the DailyWeb Conference in Bratislava, Slovakia on 8 November 2011 to continue to raise the visibility of .eu domain names in the Slovak market.

In Slovakia, .eu registrations grew by over 13% in the year to Q2 2011 and there are currently more than 30 000 .eu domain names registered to Slovak businesses, organisations and...