[EURO-Discuss] Bulgarian application for IDN ccTLD refused?

[Dragoslava Greve]

Dear Adam and all,

The issue is not being dealt with by ISOC-Bulgaria, but by the
Ministry of Communications, so we can not say much more than the
official position, being published in the media.

However, I'm not aware of any official communication between ICANN and the 
ministry being released for the public, so anything on that topic might sound 
like a speculation.

You should have in mind, however, that there is a company
that has been selling domain names for the last few years in the
non-existing domain .бг (.bg in Cyrillic), so it is normal for them to be
looking into the matter from purely business perspective. Again, this is
something which ISOC-Bulgaria can not comment on, being a non-profit, and
having nothing to do with this company.

Besy regards,
Dessi
> Interesting thread on the civil society Internet governance list about
> Bulgaria's requerst for a fast track ccTLD being refused.  Apparently
> .бг was considered likely to cause confusion with .br (Brazil.)  See
> the archive at
> <http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/arc/governance/2010-05/msg00143.html>
> 
> Can anyone from ISOC Bulgaria comment?
> 
> I don't really understand, on a lot of levels.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Adam
> 
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