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The Council of the EU is raising the question of whether Europe should develop its own payment system, less dependent on foreign card networks and platforms. The discussion taps into debates over digital sovereignty and the EU's plans for a digital euro, with supporters arguing strategic autonomy in payments and critics questioning the cost and need for another system.
- 2Humanitarian crisis deepens in Ukraine's Oleshky▼Ukraine: The rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Oleshky demands attention and action
The Council of Europe is warning of a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Oleshky, a Ukrainian city in the occupied Kherson region, and is calling for urgent attention and action. The appeal highlights worsening conditions for residents there amid the ongoing war, with access to basic needs reportedly under strain.
- 3Latvia first to ratify Convention on environmental crime▼"17 September 2026, Latvia became the first Council of Europe member State to ratify the Convention on the Protection of
On 17 September 2026, Latvia became the first Council of Europe member state to ratify the Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law (CETS No. 228). The move is being described as an important step towards strengthening the international criminal-law response to environmental offences, and attention is now on whether other member states will follow with their own ratifications.