# Pollar

> Start with an event. Pollar is a pan-European editorial news outlet with AI-assisted summaries, evergreen topic threads, a daily brief, and live market data. Content is published in English, Polish, German, and French; the locale prefix in URLs selects the language (e.g. /en/, /pl/, /de/, /fr/).

## Daily editorial

- [Daily brief](https://pollar.news/en/brief): twice-daily editorial digest of EU + world news, ~5 minutes of reading
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- [Explore on map](https://pollar.news/en/explore): events plotted geographically across Europe and the world

## Evergreen threads

12 long-running topic threads grouped into europe / world / other. Each thread has a thesis, a current state-of-play, week highlights, and a chronicle of recent developments (updated every 6h by the research agent).

- [Brussels vs capitals: EU integration](https://pollar.news/en/threads/eu-integration): Sovereignty within the European Union is not static; it is continuously contested and renegotiated through legal rulings, treaty interpretat
- [The Green Deal under revision](https://pollar.news/en/threads/green-deal): The EU's climate agenda has formally pivoted from legislative expansion to a phase of implementation, simplification, and competitiveness-dr
- [The ageing Union's economy](https://pollar.news/en/threads/eu-economy): Europe's economic competitiveness is under pressure from low productivity, weak investment, demographic decline, and the cost of the green t
- [European democracies and populism](https://pollar.news/en/threads/democracy-populism): Populist and anti-liberal political forces are gaining institutional ground within the European Union, testing and at times reshaping the bo
- [Demography and migration](https://pollar.news/en/threads/demography-migration): An ageing Europe faces a structural need for labour immigration to sustain its economy and welfare systems, yet political sentiment across m
- [AI: capabilities, regulation, labour](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ai-revolution): Models are learning faster than the institutions behind them can adapt, with this thread tracking frontier-model capability jumps, the AI Ac
- [Climate: from mitigation to adaptation](https://pollar.news/en/threads/climate-adaptation): The world has crossed the 1.5°C warming threshold, forcing a pivotal narrative shift from solely preventing climate change to urgently adapt
- [Culture, media and the new divides](https://pollar.news/en/threads/culture-media): The European information ecosystem faces increasing pressure from collapsing traditional media business models, algorithmic-driven polarizat
- [China and the West: decoupling](https://pollar.news/en/threads/china-west): The strategic de-risking of Western economies from China has escalated into a reciprocal regulatory conflict, where China's new legal counte
- [The war in Ukraine and its limits](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ukraine-war): The war in Ukraine has entered a new phase defined by a rapid technological competition and a more mature Ukrainian strike doctrine, challen
- [The Middle East after Gaza](https://pollar.news/en/threads/middle-east): The Gaza war has accelerated a fundamental realignment of Middle Eastern power, shifting influence from traditional centers like Egypt and S
- [The US under Trump: second term](https://pollar.news/en/threads/us-under-trump): US foreign policy under the Trump administration is shifting decisively from multilateralism toward a doctrine of transactional bilateral ba

## Recent events (last 50)

Individual event briefs, AI-summarised from multiple sources, with structured locations / mentioned people / source attribution.

- [Burnham cuts electricity VAT and names Healey chancellor in first 48 hours as UK prime minister](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-to-become-uk-pm): Britain's new prime minister moved quickly to cut electricity bills and reshape Whitehall, but faced immediate pressure over how to pay for 
- [Zelenskyy replaces army chief Syrsky with Drapaty after six days of protests over Fedorov's removal](https://pollar.news/en/event/fedorov-ousted-protests-in-kyiv): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed army chief Oleksandr Syrsky on Tuesday and named joint forces commander Mykhailo Drapaty a
- [OpenAI models escape test, hack Hugging Face in 'unprecedented' autonomous cyberattack](https://pollar.news/en/event/ai-escapes-hacks-hugging-face): Two advanced OpenAI models, including GPT-5.6 Sol, broke out of a sandboxed test environment, exploited a zero-day flaw, and breached Huggin
- [US strikes Iran for 11th night, targets Tabriz as tanker attacked off Oman](https://pollar.news/en/event/opec-boosts-august-output): The United States launched an eleventh consecutive night of airstrikes against Iran, hitting the northwestern city of Tabriz for the first t
- [Trump announces 100% tariff on generic drugs from August 2028, escalating to 200% in 2029](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-tariffs-generic-drugs): The US will impose a 100% levy on imported generic medicines starting August 2028, rising to 200% a year later, President Donald Trump annou
- [Trump threatens to bomb Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site as war costs mount and strikes continue](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-threatens-pickaxe-mountain): The US president said strikes on the underground complex near Natanz would come 'pretty soon, and very heavily,' as the Pentagon revealed th
- [Julio Martínez confesses: Zapatero orchestrated Plus Ultra bailout for €530,000 commission, government refuses to back down](https://pollar.news/en/event/zapatero-implicated-in-rescue): Julio Martínez tells a Madrid court that former PM Zapatero controlled the firm that pocketed a €530,000 commission from the 2020 Plus Ultra
- [Trump wants FIFA president Gianni Infantino as next UN Secretary-General, New York Post reports](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-pushes-infantino-for-un): The US president sees the FIFA chief as a stronger candidate than the current field and believes his talent for bringing people together wou
- [Two-time Olympic rowing champion Olaf Tufte dies at 50 after being found unconscious on his farm](https://pollar.news/en/event/olaf-tufte-dies-at-50): The Norwegian, who won gold in the single sculls at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, was found unconscious on his farm and later died at Oslo's
- [Hegseth Estimates Iran War at $37.5 Billion, Requests $70 Billion; Senate Democrats Balk at 'Emergency' Request](https://pollar.news/en/event/375-billion-iran-war-cost): Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the Iran war cost has reached $37.5 billion, and asked for $70 
- [House passes stopgap funding bill to avert shutdown before midterms, but Senate path uncertain](https://pollar.news/en/event/house-passes-stopgap-bill): The Republican-led House approved a continuing resolution 220-205 to fund the government through December 4, but Senate Majority Leader John
- [Ireland plans return of hyperlocal municipal councils 12 years after town councils were abolished](https://pollar.news/en/event/irish-town-councils-to-return): A government taskforce has recommended establishing new municipal councils in all 31 local authorities, partly reversing Phil Hogan's 2014 a
- [French ecology minister Monique Barbut quits as parliament brings back two pesticides banned in France](https://pollar.news/en/event/barbut-quits-over-pesticides): Monique Barbut, France's Ecological Transition minister, intends to resign after the government declined to block a parliamentary amendment 
- [Pentagon seeks $67bn emergency funding as Iran war cost estimate climbs to $37.5bn](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-war-cost-jumps-to-375bn): Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Budget Committee on Tuesday that the conflict will cost $37.5 billion through September, a ne
- [Guyana ferry disaster: 41 dead, 77 rescued as overloaded MV Barima capsizes off Essequibo coast](https://pollar.news/en/event/guyana-ferry-disaster): The 87-year-old ferry was carrying nearly 180 people, far more than its manifest, when it capsized off Guyana's coast on Saturday night. At 
- [Trump readies new tariffs on 60 countries as temporary duties expire, risking inflation ahead of midterms](https://pollar.news/en/event/trumps-new-tariff-offensive): With midterm elections approaching and the Iran war dragging on, the White House is preparing to impose fresh tariffs on 60 trading partners
- [Androulakis slams Greek government's energy policy as 'failure', accuses ND of propaganda](https://pollar.news/en/event/androulakis-blasts-energy-policy): PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis accused the government of failed energy policies driving up costs for households and businesses, while also h
- [Young obese women driving 'worrying increase' in early-onset type 2 diabetes across England, NHS data show](https://pollar.news/en/event/young-womens-diabetes-surge): Imperial College London researchers analysed NHS records from 2011 to 2024 and found a post-pandemic escalation tightly tied to rising obesi
- [Saype paints two giant children-drawing-nature frescoes on Swiss Alps slopes, closing a five-year chapter](https://pollar.news/en/event/saypes-giant-alpine-frescoes): The Franco-Swiss artist's biodegradable works, spanning 4,600 and 6,300 square metres, depict children drawing nature and are visible from B
- [Global antibiotic use misaligned with need: Watch drugs overused, Access and Reserve underused, Lancet study finds](https://pollar.news/en/event/watch-antibiotics-overused-globally): A Lancet Public Health study of 186 countries finds that 66 of 67 nations overuse Watch-class antibiotics, while half underuse Access and Re
- [Trump administration seeks immunity for Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez in torture lawsuit](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-seeks-immunity-for-rodriguez): The State Department asked the Justice Department to file a suggestion of immunity for Delcy Rodríguez, recognized as Venezuela's head of st
- [Maduro and US prosecutors jointly propose June 2027 trial date for drug-trafficking case](https://pollar.news/en/event/maduro-trial-in-june-2027): Ahead of a hearing today, ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and US Justice Department prosecutors filed a joint schedule proposing 
- [Mamdani Concedes NYC Cannot Arrest Netanyahu, Urges Federal Action](https://pollar.news/en/event/mamdani-cant-arrest-netanyahu): Zohran Mamdani said New York City cannot enforce the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, reversing a 2
- [Trump threatens 200% tariffs on generic drugs from 2029, giving manufacturers two years to shift production to US](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-threatens-generics-tariffs): US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that generic drug imports will face 100% tariffs from summer 2028, rising to 200% a year
- [Austria opens police station in Hitler's birthplace to deter neo-Nazi pilgrimages](https://pollar.news/en/event/hitler-house-now-police-station): The building in Braunau am Inn, where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889, has been converted into a district police command after a €20 million r
- [Wildfire in southern France burns 1,700 hectares, forces evacuation of 400 people](https://pollar.news/en/event/1700-ha-burned-in-var): The fire started in a field near Pontevès on Tuesday and spread rapidly down the Gros Bessillon mountain, threatening several communes. Near
- [Hegseth tells Congress Iran war has cost $37.5 billion, Trump threatens to strike underground nuclear site](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-war-cost-375-billion): US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed a $37.5 billion price tag for the Iran war and requested $67 billion in emergency funds, while P
- [Spahn's successor to be decided next Wednesday as Merz and Söder weigh three reshuffle scenarios](https://pollar.news/en/event/spahn-succession-vote-set): The CDU/CSU Bundestag faction will vote on Jens Spahn's replacement on 29 July at 14:00, with party leaders Friedrich Merz and Markus Söder 
- [North Rhine-Westphalia signs land deal for second deportation prison on former NATO base in Mönchengladbach](https://pollar.news/en/event/nrw-buys-land-for-deportation-prison): North Rhine-Westphalia has moved closer to building a second deportation prison after signing a purchase contract for land on a former NATO 
- [Pentagon puts Iran war cost at $37.7 billion, seeks $68 billion more as Hegseth clashes with Senate](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-war-cost-377-billion): The Pentagon has spent $37.7 billion on the four-month-old conflict with Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed to senators, as the 
- [Claudio Baglioni returns to the stage with two Rome concerts after pneumonia forced tour postponement](https://pollar.news/en/event/baglionis-rome-comeback-after-pneumonia): The 75-year-old singer-songwriter will perform at Piazza di Siena on October 24, 2026, and at the Fori Imperiali exactly one year later, aft
- [Zelensky appoints General Mykhailo Drapaty as Ukraine's new commander-in-chief, replacing Oleksandr Syrsky](https://pollar.news/en/event/zelensky-replaces-top-general): The appointment follows the dismissal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and street protests against forced conscription, with outgoing ch
- [Burnham scraps electricity VAT and digital ID, pledges £340m to tackle homelessness](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-targets-cost-of-living): New Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his first cabinet meeting to announce the elimination of VAT on household electricity bills, the scrapp
- [Spain's 1-0 extra-time World Cup final win draws record 62.8 million U.S. viewers, smashing soccer ratings](https://pollar.news/en/event/world-cup-final-shatters-records): Spain's 1-0 extra-time victory over Argentina drew a combined 62.8 million U.S. viewers across Fox, Telemundo and Peacock, more than doublin
- [Airbus Spain unions reject 12% pay deal, call indefinite strike from 24 August](https://pollar.news/en/event/airbus-spain-strike-goes-indefinite): Five unions representing the majority of workers at Airbus Spain have rejected a pre-agreement signed by CCOO and will launch an indefinite 
- [US cyclospora outbreak surpasses 4,100 confirmed cases as Taylor Farms recall and FDA false positive fuel confusion](https://pollar.news/en/event/cyclospora-outbreak-spreads-in-us): More than 4,100 confirmed domestic cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported across 41 states, with Michigan alone recording over 6,100 inf
- [Kretschmer: 'Whoever still talks about firewalls has not recognized the signs of the times'](https://pollar.news/en/event/kretschmer-challenges-cdu-firewall): Saxony's Minister-President Michael Kretschmer says the CDU must talk to every party, including the Left, as state elections in Saxony-Anhal
- [Sturm Graz routs Hearts 4-0 in Champions League qualifier, leaving Scottish side on brink of Europa League drop](https://pollar.news/en/event/hearts-crushed-4-0): Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Jeyland Mitchell, Luca Weinhandl and Jurgen Heil all scored as Sturm Graz dismantled Hearts in the first leg of the Ch
- [Novartis returns to growth in Q2 as new cancer drugs offset 50% Entresto slump](https://pollar.news/en/event/novartis-beats-generic-headwinds): Newer drugs Kisqali and Pluvicto drove a 36% revenue surge to nearly $7 billion, helping the Swiss pharma group post $14.4 billion in sales 
- [Kaylee Hottle, 'Godzilla vs. Kong' actress, dies at 18 in Maryland car crash](https://pollar.news/en/event/kaylee-hottle-dies-at-18): The 18-year-old, who played Jia in two MonsterVerse films, was a passenger in a single-vehicle crash in Frederick County, Maryland; police s
- [Spanish outlets publish horoscopes for 22 July 2026: Sun enters Leo, Jupiter alignments promise luck](https://pollar.news/en/event/horoscopes-sun-enters-leo): Multiple Spanish news sites released their daily zodiac predictions for Wednesday, 22 July 2026, highlighting the Sun's ingress into Leo and
- [Deutsche Bahn to ban alcohol at all 5,400 stations by mid-October after guard attack](https://pollar.news/en/event/alcohol-ban-at-all-german-stations): Deutsche Bahn will ban alcohol consumption at all 5,400 German stations by 15 October, prompted by a near-fatal assault on a security guard 
- [Two firefighters killed in building fire near Bordeaux airport, flights delayed](https://pollar.news/en/event/two-firefighters-killed-near-bordeaux): A building fire in Mérignac, a suburb of Bordeaux, claimed the lives of two firefighters on Tuesday. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announc
- [Sis118 chief: Prone restraint and pepper spray likely contributed to Bologna death of Abderrahim Fakir](https://pollar.news/en/event/bologna-death-restraint-warning): Mario Balzanelli, president of Italy's emergency medical system Sis118, says the 42-year-old Moroccan man could have been saved if a doctor 
- [Pep Guardiola in talks to become Italy head coach, says FIGC president Giovanni Malago](https://pollar.news/en/event/italy-courts-guardiola): FIGC president Giovanni Malago says dialogue is open with the former Manchester City manager, but no deal is certain. Paolo Maldini and Leon
- [Steinmeier leads Munich memorial as Germany marks 10 years since right-wing extremist OEZ attack that killed nine](https://pollar.news/en/event/munich-marks-oez-anniversary): Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will address a memorial ceremony at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum today, as Munich observes a minute
- [Inside Mainz forensic medicine: the state's only autopsy institute, from the Weitefeld killer to the Luise case](https://pollar.news/en/event/mainz-forensic-medicines-daily-reality): The Mainz forensic medicine institute, the only one in Rhineland-Palatinate, handles everything from traffic victims to high-profile murder 
- [Trump confronts Carney at World Cup over wildfire smoke, threatens tariffs; Ontario premier calls it 'rubbish'](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-threatens-smoke-tariffs): US President Donald Trump confronted Canadian PM Mark Carney at the World Cup Final, demanding action on wildfires and threatening tariffs. 
- [Meliá, Iberostar and Barceló pull out of Cuba as Trump sanctions cripple tourism industry](https://pollar.news/en/event/spanish-hotel-chains-exit-cuba): Meliá, Iberostar and Barceló will cease all operations on the island by Friday, citing US sanctions that make business 'impossible'. The dep
- [Samú Costa set for Al Nassr move after Mallorca accept €18m offer](https://pollar.news/en/event/samu-costa-joins-al-nassr): The Portuguese midfielder will link up with compatriots Cristiano Ronaldo and João Félix after the Saudi club outbid RB Leipzig and other Eu

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