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Postby Dakkus » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:13 pm

tabbs wrote:
Dakkus wrote:
guardian1967 wrote:What about www.eurobt.eu ????


Just go on and register it, guardian :)

Too late, it seems ... :wink:

Christian


Hey, cool! That's the URL I'll be using from now on! :)
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Postby ART » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:01 am

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Postby guardian1967 » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:21 am

Yes i saw itto late :lol:
Here in Belgium this weekend is European Music Festival and i made a banner because the big tent is in front of my store.
So hopefully they join our site.
I used www.eurobt.eu
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Postby tabbs » Sat May 06, 2006 5:35 pm

Most official EU sites will switch from *.eu.int to *europa.eu on 9 May (Europe Day), by the way. The old web, mail, etc. addresses should continue to work for quite a while though.

http://europa.eu.int/information_society/text_en.htm

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Postby Craft » Sun May 14, 2006 10:02 pm

Both

http://www.ecb.int and http://www.ecb.eu

work the same.
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Re: .eu

Postby tabbs » Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:51 pm

No, it was not me who dug this topic up - some spammer did. But as it's back up ;) let me just add that the "official" address of the European Central Bank's website is http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ That is what the ECB uses in its press releases, brochures, etc. But of course it makes sense to keep the other - shorter - domain names functional.

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Re: .eu

Postby Mullams » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:04 am

I like the short address way better.
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Re: .eu

Postby tabbs » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:53 am

Sure, after all it's shorter. :) But I guess they do not "actively" use the .int domain because that is not specifically European, and an .eu domain can be had by anybody in the EU. That is why most EU bodies (Council, Parliament, Commission - and the ECB too) use that europa.eu type of address in their "communication" (media releases etc.). Makes sense, but of course .eu is easier to use ...

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Re: .eu

Postby Mullams » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:42 pm

I see. That would make sense :) Thanks for the explanation.
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