# 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 competitiveness is squeezed between weak productivity, demographic decline, and the green transition's cost, while persistent infla
- [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): The rapid convergence of frontier-model capabilities compresses competitive advantage cycles and strains regulatory guardrails, as leading l
- [Climate: from mitigation to adaptation](https://pollar.news/en/threads/climate-adaptation): The world has crossed the 1.5°C warming threshold and the UN now formally deems the breach unavoidable, projecting at least 1.8°C. The EU is
- [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 legal countermea
- [The war in Ukraine and its limits](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ukraine-war): US shuttle diplomacy and parallel Chinese-Indian mediation offers frame a tentative October trilateral track, but Moscow rejects a G20 meeti
- [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.

- [Celine Dion opens 26-concert Paris residency with first full show in six years](https://pollar.news/en/event/celine-dion-lands-in-paris): The Canadian singer performed a 25-song set at Nanterre's Plenitude Arena on Saturday, marking her first full concert since March 2020 follo
- [Anthropic, OpenAI and Musk back slowdown in frontier AI development as Altman delays IPO](https://pollar.news/en/event/anthropic-researcher-quits-over-ai): Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk have called for a deliberate slowdown in AI scaling, citing containment fail
- [Russian drones strike Kyiv-Warsaw train and border post near Polish frontier](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-alerts-eastern-border): Russian jet-powered drones struck a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train and a border crossing in western Ukraine, prompting Poland to scramble fight
- [May el-Toukhy wins Golden Lion at 83rd Venice Film Festival for Woman Unknown](https://pollar.news/en/event/woman-unknown-wins-golden-lion): Danish director May el-Toukhy received the Golden Lion for Woman Unknown at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, while lead actress 
- [Indonesian passenger ferry sinks in Java Sea with 243 on board, leaving six dead](https://pollar.news/en/event/indonesian-passenger-ship-sinks): A search operation is underway in the Java Sea after the Virgo Transport 8 sank en route from Surabaya to Banjarmasin, with over 100 rescued
- [NATO jet scrambled in Lithuania over drone report identifies flock of birds](https://pollar.news/en/event/lithuania-scrambles-nato-jets): Lithuanian authorities shut Vilnius International Airport for 38 minutes on Sunday after a radar anomaly triggered a NATO fighter scramble f
- [BRICS leaders adopt New Delhi Declaration on Middle East restraint and unveil AI initiatives](https://pollar.news/en/event/brics-leaders-meet-in-delhi): At their annual summit in New Delhi, leaders from the 11-nation BRICS bloc unanimously approved a joint statement addressing Gulf hostilitie
- [Turkish police raid LGBTQ+ groups and venues across 15 provinces in operation targeting 162 suspects](https://pollar.news/en/event/turkey-raids-lgbtq-venues): Police launched simultaneous midnight raids across 15 Turkish provinces on Sunday, searching association offices and bars under a government
- [Russian drones strike Kyiv-Warsaw train and border post near Poland](https://pollar.news/en/event/drones-strike-border-train): A Russian drone struck a passenger train carrying 206 people from Kyiv to Warsaw, while another hit a truck 800 metres from Poland, promptin
- [Saudi Arabia halts East-West pipeline after drone strikes from Iraq, threatening 4% of global oil supply](https://pollar.news/en/event/saudi-pipeline-hit): Saudi Arabia suspended operations on its 1,200-kilometre East-West pipeline after drone strikes from Iraq hit sites in Riyadh and Medina, le
- [Sweden votes in general election as right-wing bloc and centre-left face tight race](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-delays-tobacco-tax-vote): Approximately eight million Swedish voters head to the polls on 13 September 2026 in a tight parliamentary election that will determine whet
- [Elena Rybakina defeats Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 5-7 6-2 to win US Open and claim world number one](https://pollar.news/en/event/rybakina-secures-world-number-one): Elena Rybakina secured her first US Open title and the world number one ranking on Saturday, beating two-time defending champion Aryna Sabal
- [Donald Trump calls Irish unification inevitable during weekend visit to Dublin and Doonbeg](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-travels-to-ireland): US President Donald Trump stated that a unified Ireland would be fantastic and is bound to happen, speaking alongside Taoiseach Micheál Mart
- [Formula 1 returns to Madrid at Madring as King Felipe VI attends and ministers stay away](https://pollar.news/en/event/madrid-readies-madring-circuit): The Spanish Grand Prix debuted at the 5.4-kilometer Madring circuit on 13 September 2026, attended by King Felipe VI but boycotted by Spain'
- [Marc Marquez wins San Marino GP at Misano ahead of Alex Marquez to tie Jorge Martin](https://pollar.news/en/event/marquez-wins-misano-gp): Ducati rider Marc Marquez won Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix at Misano after taking Saturday's sprint, finishing ahead of his brother Alex M
- [Shane Lowry takes four-shot Irish Open lead at Doonbeg as Donald Trump visits](https://pollar.news/en/event/irish-open-at-doonbeg): Shane Lowry carded a 5-under 65 with nine consecutive back-nine one-putts to take a four-shot lead at the Irish Open in Doonbeg, where Donal
- [Houthis claim strike on Saudi military base as Red Sea offensive displaces thousands](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-hits-iran-oil-ships): Houthi forces launched drones and missiles at Saudi Arabia's Sharurah base after seizing strategic Red Sea islands, causing regional displac
- [Emma Bonino lying-in-state opens at Rome's Campidoglio ahead of secular state funeral](https://pollar.news/en/event/emma-bonino-lying-in-state-in-rome): Hundreds gathered at Palazzo Senatorio on Sunday as political leaders and citizens paid final respects to the 78-year-old former minister, w
- [Virtual safety car in Madrid GP costs Lando Norris the race lead on lap 14](https://pollar.news/en/event/norris-takes-madrid-pole): A Virtual Safety Car period triggered on lap 14 of the Spanish Grand Prix relegated pole-sitter Lando Norris to fifth place after a delayed 
- [Borussia Moenchengladbach sack coach Eugen Polanski after three straight Bundesliga defeats](https://pollar.news/en/event/gladbach-sack-eugen-polanski): Borussia Moenchengladbach parted ways with head coach Eugen Polanski on Sunday after a 5-0 loss at SC Freiburg left the team in last place w
- [Devolved leaders of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to sign joint independence pact in Cardiff](https://pollar.news/en/event/devolved-leaders-plan-independence-pact): First ministers John Swinney, Rhun ap Iorwerth, and Michelle O'Neill will meet on Monday at the St David's Hotel in Cardiff to sign a memora
- [Rouen-Caen train derails with 186 aboard, injuring 44 in Normandy](https://pollar.news/en/event/french-train-derails-near-rouen): A regional TER train carrying 186 passengers derailed south of Rouen on Friday evening after striking a detached rail on the track, injuring
- [Spain transfers 864 migrants to Los Rosales camp in Ceuta as returns to Morocco continue](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-relocates-ceuta-migrants): Spanish police moved 864 migrants from outdoor encampments at Loma Colmenar into a newly built tent facility in Los Rosales on Sunday, expan
- [Russian drone strikes Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train 2 km from Polish border](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-drone-hits-kyiv-warsaw-train): A Russian drone struck the locomotive of a passenger train carrying 206 people from Kyiv to Warsaw near the Polish border on Sunday, prompti
- [Al-Taawoun fans target Rúben Neves with chants referencing late teammate Diogo Jota](https://pollar.news/en/event/ruben-neves-targeted-by-chants): Al Hilal midfielder Rúben Neves faced chants from Al-Taawoun supporters referencing the death of his former teammate Diogo Jota during a 6-0
- [Valencia sacks coach Carlos Corberan and football CEO Ron Gourlay with club 20th in La Liga](https://pollar.news/en/event/valencia-sacks-carlos-corberan): Valencia CF has dismissed head coach Carlos Corberan and CEO of Football Ron Gourlay following a four-match losing streak that left the team
- [Ben Shelton faces Alexander Zverev in US Open final seeking to end 23-year American drought](https://pollar.news/en/event/zverev-reaches-us-open-final): Eighth seed Ben Shelton will meet top seed Alexander Zverev on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium, aiming to become the first American man since 
- [Spanish government clashes over intelligence warnings as 8,000 migrants remain in Ceuta](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): Seven weeks after roughly 80,000 people crossed into Ceuta, the declassification of intelligence warnings has divided the Spanish cabinet wh
- [Iranian merchant vessel struck in Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member](https://pollar.news/en/event/ship-struck-in-hormuz): An Iranian commercial ship was hit by a projectile near Qeshm Island on Sunday, leaving one dead and three injured as regional oil transit r
- [Revolut discloses customer data to scammers using authenticated government email](https://pollar.news/en/event/revolut-duped-by-fake-requests): British fintech Revolut handed over customer identity documents, verification selfies, and transaction records after falling for fraudulent 
- [Russian drone strikes hit train and border fuel station near Poland](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-strikes-near-polish-border): Russian drone attacks struck a passenger train locomotive and a Yahodyn fuel station within two kilometres of Poland on Sunday, prompting Ky
- [Russian drones strike passenger train and fuel point near Polish border](https://pollar.news/en/event/drones-strike-near-border): Russian drone strikes hit a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train locomotive and a fuel station within two kilometres of the Polish border on 13 Septe
- [Audrey Werro and US sprinters win inaugural Ultimate Championship titles in Budapest](https://pollar.news/en/event/budapest-ultimate-championship-begins): Switzerland's Audrey Werro defeated Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to claim the 800-metre crown in Hungary, as World Athletics tested a c
- [Israeli Gaza documentary 'NAZA' wins Special Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival](https://pollar.news/en/event/naza-wins-venice-prize): Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor received the award following a 25-minute premiere ovation for their film based on 24 Israeli intelli
- [Borussia Mönchengladbach dismiss coach Eugen Polanski after winless league start](https://pollar.news/en/event/gladbach-dismiss-eugen-polanski): Borussia Mönchengladbach have dismissed head coach Eugen Polanski and assistant Tobias Trulsen after three straight defeats left the club bo
- [Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train and border crossing near Poland](https://pollar.news/en/event/drone-hits-kyiv-warsaw-train): A Russian drone struck the locomotive of a passenger train carrying 206 people from Kyiv to Warsaw, hitting two kilometres from the Polish b
- [Lower Saxony holds local elections across 29,000 seats as AfD faces candidate bans](https://pollar.news/en/event/lower-saxony-local-vote): Around 6.3 million voters in Lower Saxony are choosing over 29,000 local representatives on Sunday, testing the state coalition after leader
- [Three separate knife attacks in Barcelona leave four people injured within ten hours](https://pollar.news/en/event/four-injured-in-barcelona-stabbings): Police in Barcelona are investigating three separate knife incidents between Saturday afternoon and early Sunday that left four people injur
- [Nepali worker survives 10 days in flooded hydropower tunnel after deadly glacial flood](https://pollar.news/en/event/worker-survives-flooded-tunnel): Hydropower labourer Sanjay Sah returned home to Saptari district after surviving ten days trapped in a flooded tunnel following the 26 Augus
- [Sofia Goggia leaves Argentina training camp early for medical tests](https://pollar.news/en/event/goggia-leaves-argentina-camp): Italian alpine skier Sofia Goggia has cut short her pre-season training camp in Ushuaia, Argentina, returning to Italy for medical tests aft
- [Security stops trespasser at Kamala Harris's Malibu home as sheriff increases patrols](https://pollar.news/en/event/trespasser-stopped-at-harris-home): Private security intercepted an intruder on the grounds of Kamala Harris's Malibu residence late Friday before the individual reached the ho
- [Polish cyclist beaten in Czechia after attackers mistake Silesian hat for Ukrainian colours](https://pollar.news/en/event/silesian-cyclist-attacked-in-czechia): Kuba Heisig was assaulted in Ostrava during an 800-kilometre charity bike ride after three Polish men mistook his Upper Silesian headwear fo
- [Canada explores associate EU membership following $20 billion trade clash with US](https://pollar.news/en/event/canada-eyes-eu-associate-status): Prime Minister Mark Carney is holding talks with European leaders to integrate Canada into strategic EU sectors, aiming to ease economic rel
- [France defeats Germany 86-64 to set up World Cup final rematch with United States](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-reaches-world-cup-quarters): Les Bleues will face the United States at Berlin's Uber Arena on Sunday evening after a 22-point semi-final win, securing France's first med
- [Italy defeats Greece 3-0 in EuroVolley 2026 behind 15 points from Daniele Lavia](https://pollar.news/en/event/italy-faces-greece-in-modena): The Italian men's volleyball team secured its second consecutive Pool A win at the PalaPanini in Modena, sweeping Greece in straight sets to
- [Turkish police raid LGBTQ groups across 15 provinces and detain dozens of activists](https://pollar.news/en/event/turkey-raids-lgbtq-groups): Security forces searched 38 addresses in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, and Antalya under Operation My Family is Safe, facing accusations of state
- [Giorgetti urges debt control and proposes 5% flat tax on pay rises](https://pollar.news/en/event/giorgetti-urges-debt-control): Speaking at the UDC party festival, Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti stressed the necessity of maintaining market confidence and
- [Greek government criticizes PASOK over multi-billion euro pledges at Thessaloniki fair](https://pollar.news/en/event/greece-criticizes-pasok-platform): Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis accused PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis of proposing billions of euros in unfinanced measures at the
- [Wildfire on Croatian island of Brač burns 3,500 hectares and forces 230 evacuations](https://pollar.news/en/event/bra-wildfire-burns-3500-hectares): Emergency crews evacuated 230 residents and tourists from the western coast of Brač overnight into Sunday after a wildfire swept across 3,50
- [Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposes three-phase plan to slow AI development](https://pollar.news/en/event/anthropic-urges-ai-development-slowdown): Dario Amodei warned that unconstrained AI agent swarms could seize control of internet networks within 6 to 12 months, proposing a staged fr

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