Fourth Internet Governance Forum Meeting

Internet governance related issues were discussed in Egypt in November 2009

Introduction of Internationalized Domain Names

ICANN launched the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process allowing for the non-Latin characters to be used in country code Top Level Domains; starting in December 2009, registration of ".eu" domains will be possible in all 23 official EU languages

United States Oversight of the Management of the Domain Name System is Getting Looser

new agreement between the United States government and ICANN

”.eu” Top Level Domain

report by the European Commission on the ".eu” Top Level Domain