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".int" is also sometimes used, although the only example I can think of right now is http://www.eu.int/ .

http://eu.int/ is actually dead, since EU has its own domain .eu now.

On the other hand, there's http://nato.int./ Curiously, UN is at http://un.org./ Here's a WP listing of .int subdomains, though I wonder whether it is complete.

From article II-77-2 of the constitution.

Anyway, the old "new" constitution is dead in the water right now thanks to French and Dutch voters.

So we'd wish... Officially it's not yet dead, just "on hold". They are waiting a looooong time before doing any referendums in the remaining countries, hoping that the French and Dutch results will be "forgotten" by then, and won't influence these.

If they get 20 (out of 25) countries to vote for, it passes. Since the 2 rejections, several countries have ratified the constitution without much fanfare, usually by Parliament.

The case of Luxembourg is especially noteworthy: despite this country being very pro-European, and despite all major parties campaigning in favor of the constitution, it only passed by a very slim majority...

Well, we can start by emailing Charlie McCreevy: Charlie.Mc-Creevy@cec.eu.int
(according to his contact page on the commision website.

I believe (though trying to find it on www.eu.int looks tricky !) that the EU has statutory maximum volume limits on audio devices where headphones can be attached (but I could be wrong on this). Mind you, I just bought a new MP3 player that is "comfortable" volume in the 15-25 range, but it can go to ear-bleeding "40", which I suspect is way above the EU limits. Strange, though, because I have another player that the same site sells and that's got a much lower maximum volume.

That's funny, these guys seem to believe Ireland is part of the EU.

I'm no European, but I don't see how they would do this since the UK isn't even part of the EU.

Umm, http://www.eu.int/abc/european_countries/eu_member s/uk/index_en.htm

All you have to do is to hit something like The EU's web portal. EVen back then you had an extensive library of regulations on just about anything in a bunch of languages up on the web. The translations are supposed to be good quality (EU translators aren't badly paid).

Well, its not a single country and only consists of 25 separate soverign states, but the European Union does have a population larger than that of the United States. The legal systems of the EU are far more diverse than those of the US (England and Wales have a Common Law system, most of the other countries have a system based on Civil Law). It manages to elect a parliament without any fuss.

Well, its not a single country and only consists of 25 separate soverign states, but the European Union does have a population larger than that of the United States. The legal systems of the EU are far more diverse than those of the US (England and Wales have a Common Law system, most of the other countries have a system based on Civil Law). It manages to elect a parliament without any fuss.

Eh?

EU is European Union which is not a geographical but a political thing.

So what's geographically specific about the area covered by the countries of the former Soviet Union?

Some EU-related sites use .int, for example the European Central Bank and the EU Council

Everybody knows the big US domains (.com, .org, .net, .edu, .gov). And anybody halfway with it knows about country codes too. (.de, .uk, etc.)

Additionally, most old timers remember when .mil addresses used to be more common (and often used, too!), and some of use even remember the old .arpa addresses. And the European Union currently has a .int address. But has anybody found a .nato address? In theory, the exist, but the closest I've ever come has been the NATO home page.