With the registration of vivianlam.nl the Dutch .NL registry reached the milestone of 3 million processed domain name registrations. According to the registry, it is the country ccTLD with the highest number of per capita domain registrations, equalling to about 1 domain for every 5 citizens and the fourth largest ccTLD in registration volume behind [...]

The Montenegrin ccTLD, .me, is off to a great start with over 30,000 domain name applications to date. The country’s extension - whose slogan is “.Me is about YOU!” - holds a lot of value due to the potential for personalization. It is certain that buy.me, fly.me, play.me, and some adult possibilities have drawn large amounts [...]

Spain’s ccTLD, .es, has passed the one million mark for total domain registrations. This milestone was made possible due to the liberalisation of the registration rules, which happened two years ago. For the first time ever, in 2007, the country saw more .es domains registered than .com’s. [via Domain Pulse] Sharevar el = document.getElementById('share-link-1090074779');el.params = {title: '.ES Passes [...]

Anti-virus software maker McAfee released their second “Mapping the Mal Web” (PDF) report today. The McAfee report attempts to map and identify the specific domain names where malicious websites reside. This is the second year for the report. In the 2007 report, the .tk extension was reported to have the highest number of malicious websites [...]

A Spanish man is holding several government domain names for ransom until the Prime Minister agrees to correct the country’s “inequalities” in water supply and transfer water to all of the country’s drought stricken regions. Sharevar el = document.getElementById('share-link-880516882');el.params = {title: 'Spanish Government’s Domain Names Held Ransom', link: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/cctlds/spanish-governments-domain-names-held-ransom/1551', skin: 'blue', content: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/?ibegin_share_action=get_content&id=1551'};

As Michele from BlackKnight reports, the .IE registry has just passed it’s 100,000th registration. The article also looks at available domains, expired domains and current registration procedures. Sharevar el = document.getElementById('share-link-1199167197');el.params = {title: '100,000 .IE domains registered', link: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/cctlds/100000-ie-domains-registered/1525', skin: 'blue', content: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/?ibegin_share_action=get_content&id=1525'};

As CIRA, the operator of the .CA registry for Canada announced, the 1 millionth .CA domain was registered on April 13th, 2008. In order to celebrate this milestone, the registry has set up a new user story website at OneMillionDomains.ca. [Press Release] Sharevar el = document.getElementById('share-link-274884986');el.params = {title: '1 Million .CA domains registered', link: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/cctlds/1-million-ca-domains-registered/1524', skin: 'blue', [...]