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News Even while attending remotely, it was obvious that the ccNSO meeting in Sevilla was a great edition. The meeting offered a rich agenda with relevant updates from around the world, it had excellent interactive sessions on the two key areas that are of the highest relevance for any ccTLD manager and it covered our industry’s hot topics such as resilience, verification and DNS abuse.

News European ccTLD Market Review - April 2026 edition now live The latest edition of the European ccTLD Market Review is now available on CENTRstats. Published twice yearly, the report tracks registration trends, pricing dynamics and technical adoption across CENTR member ccTLDs, with context from the wider domain market. The April 2026 edition finds European ccTLD growth at its strongest level since early 2022, with median year-on-year growth reaching 2.5% across the CENTR30 group.

News CENTR has published a comment on the proposal for the revised EU Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2), which was put forward by the European Commission in January 2026. The proposal aims to strengthen the EU's cybersecurity governance and introduces a new "trusted ICT supply chain framework" that would apply to essential and important entities under the NIS 2 Directive, including ccTLD registries.

News CENTR has published a comment on the proposal for the revised EU Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2), which was put forward by the European Commission in January 2026. The proposal aims to strengthen the EU's cybersecurity governance and introduces a new "trusted ICT supply chain framework" that would apply to essential and important entities under the NIS 2 Directive, including ccTLD registries.

EU Policy Updates In a nutshell: The European Commission published the EU Tech Sovereignty Strategy, including the Open Source Strategy and the proposal for the Cloud and AI Development Act. The European Commission is also seeking views on the Copyright Directive and the application of the MiCA Regulation. The co-legislators finalised the work on the AI Omnibus. ENISA published its NIS360 report. The NIS Cooperation Group adopted common templates for incident reporting.

Blog A letter arrived in my letterbox recently. Green branding, an Australian Company Number prominently displayed, a central Sydney address, a reference number, a QR code, and a "renewal fee" of $99 for one year or $171 for three. The sender was "Registration", trading through reg.com.au. My business name, the letter warned, was due for renewal on 2 July 2026.

EU Policy Updates In a nutshell: The European Commission presented a plan for better enforcement of EU rules, awarded a tender for a sovereign cloud, published the final reports of the Virtual Worlds Observatory and the Interactive Data Explorer, and partnered with EUIPO on DSA enforcement. The Cypriot presidency published a non-paper on FiDA negotiations. The Council of the EU published a compromise position on the Payment Services Regulation.

Blog Updates on abuse mitigation efforts In January 2026, the gNSO adopted the PDP Charter for Associated Domain Check, which effectively initiated policy development work on DNS abuse. This PDP is expected to introduce new requirements for registrars to proactively check domains associated with malicious activity. The PDP will define the associated domain check’s triggers, scope, timeline, reasonableness, safeguards, documentation, and compliance metrics.

Blog Insights from 40 million domains in 10 ccTLDs reveal patterns behind domain renewals Over the past few years, many CENTR members have observed changes in domain renewal behaviour. Many members saw a decline in the proportion of domains renewing during 2023-24. Even a small drop in renewal rates can have a significant financial impact, as a substantial share of registry revenue typically comes from renewals rather than new registrations.

Blog Insights from 40 million domains in 10 ccTLDs reveal patterns behind domain renewals Over the past few years, many CENTR members have observed changes in domain renewal behaviour. Many members saw a decline in the proportion of domains renewing during 2023-24. Even a small drop in renewal rates can have a significant financial impact, as a substantial share of registry revenue typically comes from renewals rather than new registrations.