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• CENTR publishes its CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q1/2019

  2019-05-16 News

  The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q1/2019 has been published. The report covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with additional focus on the European ccTLD market.

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• Russia approves the law for a "national" internet

  2019-05-15 Blog

  On 1 May, the Russian president signed off the law (in Russian) for a "national" internet, according to which a national domain system and special rules for internet trafficking are to be established to ensure the stability, integrity and security of the internet on the territory of the Russian Federation, in case of deliberate disruption of the public internet.

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• EU Policy Update - April 2019

  2019-05-07 EU Policy Updates

  In a nutshell: The European Parliament concluded the last plenary session of its 8th term on 18th April. The Parliament will resume in its new composition after the European elections (23-26 May). Before concluding its term, the LIBE committee issued two Working Documents on e-Evidence and finalised its position on TERREG. EU ministers have signed off the Copyright Directive. The European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager's special advisers identified challenges for future policy-making for competition in digital economy. The European Data Protection Supervisor issued its opinion on the possible EU-US deal on e-Evidence. European Court of Justice Advocate General released its opinion on the nature of Airbnb service.

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