The 17th million domain with the ending .de was registered on 13 July 2021. The name of the milestone domain: melba-stoffkreation.de. The domain holder, who is specialised in creating individual gifts, intends to set up a little online shop and a blog next to the website under the domain:

Current happenings in the Internet governance context April to June 2021: The second quarter of 2021 with its series of inter-governmental summits has made it obvious that the topic of Internet governance has arrived on the high stage of world politics. Digitisation and cybersecurity have become problems that preoccupy heads

Regional distribution of .de across Germany – Significant increase in .de domain in 2020 2020 was a year of accelerated digitisation. This trend is also reflected in the growth of domains registered under the German country code .de. In 2020, the number of .de domains registered in the cities and districts

Virtual experimental lab in Frankfurt for interested future IT professionals from 14 to 16 May The German-wide IT initiative "Jugend hackt" offers young people with a strong interest in information technology a space for experimenting and a networking platform for exchanging ideas with like-minded people. Under the motto

Current happenings in the Internet governance context January to March 2021: By now, the geo-political effects the Covid-19 pandemic will have in the long term are becoming obvious. They will also have an impact on the future structure of the global Internet governance ecosystem. In the first quarter of 2021,

Current happenings in the Internet governance context October to December 2020: In the fourth quarter of 2020, the global discussion on Internet governance continued to be strongly impacted by the coronavirus crisis. At the inter-governmental level, even summit and ministerial conferences, such as G20 and BRICS, and diplomatic negotiations, such

Starting 1 November 2020: More efficient TRANSIT procedure With the so-called TRANSIT procedure, DENIC has provided domain holders protection against unintended loss of their domains for 20 years. The TRANSIT procedure applies, if a domain is no longer administered by a provider and has been handed over to the direct