he University of Cyprus, the Registry for .CY domain
names, recently introduced a new online system for the registration
and management of Cypriot domain names.
At the same time the Registry also announced that it had
liberalised its registration rules.
Previously, the registrant of a .COM.CY domain name needed to be
a permanent citizen of Cyprus or a business registered in Cyprus.
This local Cypriot presence is no longer required and the extension
is thus now open to everyone.
The Registry has also announced that, in conjunction with the
release of the new .CY online system, domain name registrations
directly under the top level .CY domain extension are now
available.
However, unlike other similar top level releases, there are no
priority release phases where, for example, trade mark holders have
the opportunity to apply for a .CY domain name before registrations
are open for general registration. Rather, registrations under the
top level .CY domain extension
