- Countries:
- Slovenia, Portugal
- Topics:
- Cyber-Activism, Governance, Internet & Telecoms, International Relations, Politics
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| हिन्दी: | स्लोवेनियाः जिसे अक्सर भुला दिया जाता है... |
| Español: | Eslovenia: “El país a menudo olvidado” y su TLD... |
“In 28 days, Slovenia will take over the rotating presidency of the European Union for the firs six months of 2008 - and for the first time ever, since Slovenia has only been a member of the EU for 1,311 days as we speak. Time then to start learning some basic facts about this often forgotten country - such as what its Internet top level domain (TLD) is,” writes Jonathan Newton of Tales from the European Underbelly.
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