The energy state of alert enters its third month, with the critical window at Cernavodă between 15 and 22 October
On 28 September 2026, by Decision no. 23/2026, the National Committee for Emergency Situations extended the national state of alert by another 30 days, from 29 September until 28 October 2026 inclusive. It is the third period in a row…
Phosphine stays approved in the Union until 2041, but fumigation is done only in gas-tight spaces, with the gas supplied from outside
On 7 September 2026 the European Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1968, published the next day in the Official Journal of the European Union, renewing the approval of the active substance phosphine from 1 October 2026 until 30 September 2041.…
The European Commission refuses to register the citizens’ initiative on preparing for the encounter with extraterrestrials
The European Commission has refused the registration of the European citizens' initiative entitled „Is Europe ready for the First Contact? Preparing mankind for the possibility of encountering extraterrestrials”. Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2171, adopted at Strasbourg on 15 September 2026 and…
The Union adds 27 entries to the sanctions list linked to the deportation of Ukrainian children, applicable directly in Romania
On 28 September 2026 the Council of the European Union added ten natural persons and seventeen entities to the list of restrictive measures in Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 and in Decision 2014/145/CFSP, entries 2111-2120 and 993-1009. No entry was amended…
The rules of access to ETIAS data change from 28 September 2026, and two functions made for data subjects are no longer required
On 7 September 2026 the European Commission adopted Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1970, published the next day in the Official Journal of the European Union, setting out afresh who accesses, amends and erases the data in the ETIAS Central System, the…
Ten Russian judges and prosecutors join the European sanctions list, and in Romania the freezing applies directly
On 28 September 2026 the Council of the European Union added ten persons to the sanctions list covering the internal situation in Russia: six judges, two prosecutors, an official of the Prosecutor General's Office and one of the Central Election…
