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Internationalized country code top-level domain for Bulgaria .bg .br .бг File:ImenaBG.png 12 July 2016 Internationalised (Cyrillic) country code top-level domain Active Entities connected with Bulgaria Not yet widely used in Bulgaria Intended for Cyrillic domain names only; no firm policy yet defined xn--90ae http://имена.бг bg .бг (abbreviation of bg България Bŭlgariya) is an internationalized country code top-level domain (IDN ccTLD) for Bulgaria.Bulgaria moves to register Cyrillic Internet domain, Reuters, 23 June 2008; accessed 24 September 2008.Bulgaria moves to register Cyrillic Internet domain https://web.archive.org/web/20090415222747/http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/at-large_atlarge-lists.icann.org/2008q2/004232.html 2009-04-15 , email from Dessi Pefeva to ICANN's At-Large mailing list, 24 June 2008; accessed 24 September 2008. The ASCII DNS name of the domain would be xn--90ae, according to rules of the Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications procedures. It has previously been rejected by ICANN twice, due to its visual similarity to Brazil's .br, but in 2014 an ICANN panel determined that .бг is not confusingly similar to ISO 3166-1 country codes. The panel compared the two Cyrillic characters in several fonts to the Latin br, bt, bs, BT and BF.Extended Process Similarity Review Panel. Report for Corresponding ISO3166 Entry: BG. icann.org. Retrieved 2014-11-27. History On 24 October 2007, UNINET, a Bulgarian association announced the intent to submit an application for creation of the .бг domain. On 23 June 2008, the government of Bulgaria officially announced its intent to operate the domain in a letter from Plamen Vachkov, chairman of the Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technology and Communication, to Paul Twomey, president and CEO of ICANN, after several months of discussions within the Internet Society – Bulgaria involving senior government ministers. On 18 May 2010 ICANN rejected the proposed domain on the grounds of visual similarities with the Brazilian ccTLD domain br.Bulgaria's Cyrillic Internet Domain Name Request was Turned Down, Bulgarian Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communication, 19 May 2010; accessed 19 May 2010. In June 2010 the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Aleksandar Tsvetkov confirmed in a radio interview that Bulgaria would file a second request for the same domain. Disapproval of the domain would mean lower interest and usage of Bulgaria's alternative IDNs than currently expected.bg Министър Цветков иска контрол върху информационните сайтове, DarikNews.bg, 26 June 2010; accessed 14 July 2010. On 10 January 2011 the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications organized a round-table between all interested parties, where all agreed to continue with the application for .бг A poll has shown that .бгр has the second highest support, after .бг.Bulgaria to Make Another Push for 'бг' Cyrillic Web Domain, Novinite.com, 14 January 2011; accessed 18 January 2011. In March 2011 ICANN rejected .бг a second time.http://www.thebulgariannews.com/view_news.php?id=126297 ICANN Snubs Bulgaria's Cyrillic Internet Domain Name Again 2011-07-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120313162402/http://www.thebulgariannews.com/view_news.php?id=126297 2012-03-13 dead Bulgarian authorities have gone ahead discussing other Cyrillic domains.MEP SLAMS BULGARIAN GOVT FOR FALLING BEHIND WITH CYRILLIC INTERNET DOMAINS In 2014 ICANN's Extended Process Similarity Review Panel (EPSRP) approved .бг. Relations Between Bulgaria and ICANN Mark Major Milestones - ICANN Veni Markovski icann.org 14 October 2014 2014-11-27 https://www.icann.org/news/blog/relations-between-bulgaria-and-icann-mark-major-milestones On 5 March 2016, the .бг domain was added to the Root Zone. .бг Domain Delegation Data IANA 2016-03-06 https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/xn--90ae.html On 25 June 2016 the ICANN board delegated the domain to Imena.BG Plc. ICANN — Board resolutions icann.org 2016-07-12 https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2016-06-25-en#2.b As of 12 July 2016, the first Cyrillic domain http://имена.бг is accessible online. See also Proposed top-level domain .bg - Bulgaria's Latin top-level domain .қаз .мкд .рф .срб .укр References бг Category:Internet in Bulgaria