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Introduced | 23 September 1993 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | MARnet |
Sponsor | MARnet |
Intended use | Entities connected with North Macedonia |
Actual use | Popular in North Macedonia |
Registered domains | 29,938 (2022-12-17) [1] |
Registration restrictions | Generally None; Macedonian Local Presence not required; Some specific subdomains have varying restrictions |
Structure | Names are usually at third level beneath names like .com.mk and .org.mk, since 2008 MARnet started registering .mk domains |
Registry website |
.mk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for North Macedonia; it is administered by the Macedonian Academic Research Network (MARnet).
Anyone can register a .mk domain. Registration is possible directly at the second level without any restrictions. Registrations under a number of second level domains are also possible, however those use of those domains are restricted to certain entities. [2]
Second level domain | Intended use |
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.com.mk | Commercial and professional entities |
.net.mk | Commercial and professional entities |
.inf.mk | Commercial and professional entities |
.gov.mk | Government entities |
.edu.mk | Educational and research institutions |
.org.mk | nonprofit organizations, civic associations and foundations, political parties, trade unions, public health institutions, funds and foreign embassies |
The Internationalized Cyrillic country code top-level domain .мкд was officially approved and registered on March 20, 2014. [3]
Telecommunications in North Macedonia include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, telegraph and the Internet.
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.мкд is the internationalized Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for North Macedonia. It is administered by The Macedonian Academic Research Network (MARnet). In November 2012, MARnet announced that the agency was planning to introduce a national Cyrillic domain. Additionally, the agency started with the process of gathering proposals from the Macedonian citizens about the form of the domain which will be applied for official registration. The call started on 19 November 2012 and ended on 3 December 2012. The Cyrillic domain proposal had to contain letters of the country's name. On 3 December, MarNet chose six proposals. In the second phase of the process, citizens voted for the final Macedonian Cyrillic domain. The winning proposal was officially announced in January 2013.