<s>
(	O
abbreviation	O
of	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
internationalized	B-General_Concept
country	I-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
top-level	I-General_Concept
domain	I-General_Concept
(	O
IDN	B-General_Concept
ccTLD	I-General_Concept
)	O
for	O
Bulgaria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
DNS	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
domain	O
would	O
be	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
rules	O
of	O
the	O
Internationalizing	B-Language
Domain	I-Language
Names	I-Language
in	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
previously	O
been	O
rejected	O
by	O
ICANN	B-Application
twice	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
visual	O
similarity	O
to	O
Brazil	O
's	O
.br	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
2014	O
an	O
ICANN	B-Application
panel	O
determined	O
that	O
.бг	B-Language
is	O
not	O
confusingly	O
similar	O
to	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
3166-1	I-General_Concept
country	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
UNINET	O
,	O
a	O
Bulgarian	O
association	O
announced	O
the	O
intent	O
to	O
submit	O
an	O
application	O
for	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
.бг	B-Language
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
23	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
government	O
of	O
Bulgaria	O
officially	O
announced	O
its	O
intent	O
to	O
operate	O
the	O
domain	O
in	O
a	O
letter	O
from	O
Plamen	O
Vachkov	O
,	O
chairman	O
of	O
the	O
Bulgarian	O
State	O
Agency	O
for	O
Information	O
Technology	O
and	O
Communication	O
,	O
to	O
Paul	O
Twomey	O
,	O
president	O
and	O
CEO	B-Application
of	O
ICANN	B-Application
,	O
after	O
several	O
months	O
of	O
discussions	O
within	O
the	O
Internet	O
Society	O
–	O
Bulgaria	O
involving	O
senior	O
government	O
ministers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
May	O
2010	O
ICANN	B-Application
rejected	O
the	O
proposed	O
domain	O
on	O
the	O
grounds	O
of	O
visual	O
similarities	O
with	O
the	O
Brazilian	O
ccTLD	B-Application
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Disapproval	O
of	O
the	O
domain	O
would	O
mean	O
lower	O
interest	O
and	O
usage	O
of	O
Bulgaria	O
's	O
alternative	O
IDNs	B-Language
than	O
currently	O
expected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
January	O
2011	O
the	O
Minister	O
of	O
Transport	O
,	O
Information	O
Technology	O
and	O
Communications	O
organized	O
a	O
round-table	O
between	O
all	O
interested	O
parties	O
,	O
where	O
all	O
agreed	O
to	O
continue	O
with	O
the	O
application	O
for	O
.бг	B-Language
A	O
poll	O
has	O
shown	O
that	O
.бгр	B-Language
has	O
the	O
second	O
highest	O
support	O
,	O
after	O
.бг	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2011	O
ICANN	B-Application
rejected	O
.бг	B-Language
a	O
second	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
ICANN	B-Application
's	O
Extended	O
Process	O
Similarity	O
Review	O
Panel	O
(	O
EPSRP	O
)	O
approved	O
.бг	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
.бг	B-Language
domain	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Root	O
Zone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
June	O
2016	O
the	O
ICANN	B-Application
board	O
delegated	O
the	O
domain	O
to	O
Imena.BG	O
Plc	O
.	O
</s>
