Today Restena (.lu registry) starts the landrush of .lu IDN domain names. Everyone who wishes to do so, can register a .lu IDN domain name. Applications will be handled on a first come, first served basis.
The release of .lu IDN names already started on February 1st. The release begun with a sunrise-period. This phase ended yesterday. During the sunrise very strict restrictions applied in order to register a .lu IDN name. The domain names eligible during the sunrise period were those derived from an existing domain name by replacing one or more characters with the same base character with a diacritic, or by applying the general replacement convention (e.g. ΓΌ=ue). An IDN also needed to be registered to the same holder (same name, same address) as the similar domain name.