# 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): The rapid convergence of frontier-model capabilities is compressing competitive advantage cycles and testing regulatory guardrails, while th
- [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 is characterized by a reciprocal escalation of long-range strikes, with Ukraine systematically targeting Russian logistics and energ
- [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.

- [Spain imposes reciprocal border controls on Italy after Ceuta migration crisis escalates Schengen dispute](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-ultimatum-to-italy): Spain announced reciprocal border controls on travellers from Italy starting midnight Saturday, escalating a diplomatic row triggered by Ita
- [Senate confirms Trump's ex-lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general in 50-49 vote](https://pollar.news/en/event/cassidy-backs-blanche-for-ag): The US Senate confirmed Todd Blanche, President Trump's former personal lawyer, as attorney general in a 50-49 vote early Saturday, ending a
- [UEFA confirms six-figure severance payment to woman alleged to be Infantino's partner during his UEFA tenure](https://pollar.news/en/event/infantino-uefa-payoff-scandal): UEFA has confirmed it paid a six-figure severance sum and MBA tuition to a female employee who allegedly had a relationship with Gianni Infa
- [Drone from Romania explodes near Trans-Balkan gas pipeline in Bulgaria](https://pollar.news/en/event/drone-explodes-in-bulgaria): A drone carrying explosives entered Bulgaria from Romania on 8 August, exploding 1,000 metres from a Trans-Balkan pipeline compressor statio
- [Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign Mecca mutual defence pact modeled on NATO Article 5](https://pollar.news/en/event/mecca-defense-pact-signed): Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca on August 7, committing to treat an armed attack on any signator
- [Spain prepares for first total solar eclipse in over a century on 12 August 2026](https://pollar.news/en/event/century-long-eclipse-drought-ends-in-spain): On 12 August 2026, a total solar eclipse will cross Spain from west to east at sunset, the first visible from the mainland in over a century
- [Tensions and protests mark 70th anniversary of Marcinelle mining tragedy in Belgium](https://pollar.news/en/event/marcinelle-70th-anniversary-commemorated): The 70th anniversary of the Marcinelle mining disaster, which killed 262 miners including 136 Italians, was overshadowed by political tensio
- [US expects imminent Iran-Oman deal on Strait of Hormuz as Sunni powers form defense pact](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-pauses-iran-strikes): A US official says Washington anticipates an agreement between Iran and Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the US port blockade to be
- [US appeals court blocks Trump's $400 million White House ballroom, Supreme Court appeal next](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-blocks-trump-ballroom-project): A federal appeals court in Washington upheld an injunction on Friday halting construction of Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroo
- [Russian strikes kill three including child in Kyiv region as air defence gaps persist](https://pollar.news/en/event/russia-strikes-kyiv-three-dead): Russian ballistic missile strikes on the Kyiv region overnight into Saturday killed three people including a child, as Ukraine's depleted ai
- [EU commissioner blames Meta and TikTok for Ceuta migration crisis fueled by viral disinformation](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-crisis-fuels-disinformation): EU Digital Commissioner Henna Virkkunen accused Meta and TikTok of failing to curb disinformation that helped trigger a mass crossing of 72,
- [Zelensky makes first official visit to Serbia, discussing EU bids and security with Vucic](https://pollar.news/en/event/zelensky-visits-serbia): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Serbia on August 7, 2026, for his first official visit to the Balkan country, holding talk
- [Arsenal sign Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle for £75 million](https://pollar.news/en/event/arsenal-land-guimares-for-75m): Arsenal have signed Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle United on a four-year contract with a one-year option, for a reported f
- [Mount Etna eruption suspends arrivals at Catania airport in Sicily](https://pollar.news/en/event/etna-eruption-disrupts-catania-flights): Mount Etna erupted on 8 August 2026, sending volcanic ash over Sicily and forcing Catania airport to suspend all arriving flights until 12:0
- [Medical examiner rules NBA's Brandon Clarke died accidentally from heroin and cocaine effects](https://pollar.news/en/event/nbas-clarke-died-of-drug-overdose): The Los Angeles County medical examiner ruled on Friday that Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke died accidentally on May 11 from the e
- [Attal files complaint over Russian disinformation as three French presidential candidates targeted by deepfakes](https://pollar.news/en/event/russian-deepfake-targets-glucksmann): Former French prime minister Gabriel Attal filed a legal complaint in Paris on Friday evening alleging foreign interference from Russian net
- [Wildfire at Lake Garda forces evacuation of over 200 people in Tignale](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfire-evacuates-200-at-lake-garda): A wildfire broke out on Friday evening in Tignale on the western shore of Lake Garda, forcing over 200 people including tourists to evacuate
- [Colombia's de la Espriella sworn in as president in Cali, pledging oil revival, security crackdown and Christian values](https://pollar.news/en/event/colombias-new-president-sworn-in): Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as president of Colombia on 7 August 2026 in Cali, the first inauguration outside Bogotá, promising to
- [Ayuso's government lists luxury attic for sale as scandal reaches Madrid prosecutor](https://pollar.news/en/event/ayuso-penthouse-purchase-criticised): Madrid's regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso faces calls to resign after a public company spent 6.3 million euros on a luxury attic, now li
- [Trump announces $3 billion in critical minerals and battery projects to counter China](https://pollar.news/en/event/trumps-3-billion-minerals-push): US President Donald Trump announced $3 billion in mining and critical-minerals projects on August 7, targeting battery, rare earths, and ind
- [Niebla wildfire in Huelva exceeds 4,000 hectares, forces 70 evacuations as wind shifts hamper firefighting](https://pollar.news/en/event/huelva-wildfire-escalates): A wildfire in the Raboconejo area of Niebla, Huelva, has burned over 4,000 hectares since Thursday, forcing 70 people into preventive evacua
- [France's longest-recorded wildfire declared fixed after 18 days in Var](https://pollar.news/en/event/frances-longest-wildfire-fixed): The Gros Bessillon fire in southeastern France burned 6,300 hectares across seven communes, destroying 41 homes, before being declared fixed
- [Drôme wildfire stabilized at 311 hectares after five days, two flare-ups still monitored](https://pollar.news/en/event/drome-wildfire-stabilized-at-311-hectares): A five-day wildfire in the Drôme massif du Claps near Bellegarde-en-Diois was declared stabilized on Saturday 8 August after burning 311 hec
- [Liverpool agree season-long loan for Barcelona's Ronald Araújo amid defensive injury crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/araujo-joins-liverpool-on-loan): Liverpool have agreed a season-long loan for Barcelona defender Ronald Araújo with a non-obligatory option to buy, as injuries to Joe Gomez,
- [Vox vice presidents in three Spanish regions boycott child welfare meeting, demand Ceuta migrant minors be returned to Morocco](https://pollar.news/en/event/vox-boycotts-ceuta-minors-meeting): Vox vice presidents in Extremadura, Castilla y León and Aragón have told Youth and Childhood Minister Sira Rego they will boycott the August
- [Amazon finances largest US gas plant in Texas to power AI data centers](https://pollar.news/en/event/amazon-funds-giant-texas-gas-plant): Amazon confirmed on 7 August 2026 that it is financing a giant gas power plant in Pecos County, Texas, to power three future data centers. T
- [Poland drafts fotoradar law with administrative fees several times higher than fines for ignored violations](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-drafts-speed-camera-law): Poland's Ministry of Infrastructure sent a draft 'fotoradar law' to public consultations on 7 August, introducing administrative fees severa
- [Senate confirms Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche as US attorney general in 50-49 vote](https://pollar.news/en/event/blanche-confirmed-as-attorney-general): The US Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general on 8 August 2026 in a 50-to-49 vote, with two Republicans opposing Trump's former p
- [Colombia's de la Espriella sworn in as president, vows crackdown on drug cartels](https://pollar.news/en/event/colombias-new-hardline-president): Abelardo de la Espriella took office as Colombia's president on Thursday in Cali, promising a crackdown on drug cartels, a pivot back to the
- [Ceuta migrant crisis: 72,000 crossed on 30 July, 79 bodies recovered as EU states split over response](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): An estimated 72,000 people crossed from Morocco into Spain's enclave of Ceuta on 30 July, leaving at least 79 bodies recovered and exposing 
- [South Korean football association apologises over sexual services for foreign referees](https://pollar.news/en/event/kfa-apologises-over-referee-scandal): South Korea's football association apologised after JTBC reported the KFA provided sexual services to foreign referees during 2011-2012 qual
- [Bezzecchi shatters Silverstone record as Márquez concedes title favoritism](https://pollar.news/en/event/bezzecchi-smashes-silverstone-record): Marco Bezzecchi returned from collarbone surgery to shatter the Silverstone lap record on the opening day of the British Grand Prix, while M
- [Infantino rallies South American and African backing as Norway demands resignation over abandoned World Cup sale plan](https://pollar.news/en/event/uefa-threatens-world-cup-boycott): FIFA President Gianni Infantino has secured backing from African and South American federations after abandoning a plan to sell World Cup co
- [Roman-era shipwreck with hundreds of amphorae found off Sicilian coast at 46 meters](https://pollar.news/en/event/ancient-roman-wreck-found-off-sicily): A Roman-era shipwreck dated between the 2nd and 1st century B.C., carrying hundreds of Dressel 1A amphorae, has been discovered three miles 
- [France extends €100 fuel indemnity deadline for heavy commuters to 31 August amid Middle East price pressures](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-extends-fuel-subsidy-deadline): France has extended the application deadline for the €100 fuel indemnity aimed at low-income heavy commuters from 30 July to 31 August 2026,
- [Bundeswehr confirms two drones over sole Patriot maintenance base in Europe at Mechernich](https://pollar.news/en/event/drones-over-german-patriot-base): The Bundeswehr confirmed two drones were sighted over its Mechernich base in North Rhine-Westphalia, the only Patriot air defense maintenanc
- [Farmer plows tractor through freshly laid asphalt on Gliwice's Rybacka Street, police arrest him at scene](https://pollar.news/en/event/farmer-destroys-fresh-asphalt-in-gliwice): A farmer from Gliwice's Ostropa district drove a tractor with a plow across freshly laid asphalt on Rybacka Street on 7 August, destroying t
- [22-year-old shot outside café in Berlin-Kreuzberg's Graefekiez, police probe clan-feud link](https://pollar.news/en/event/shooting-in-berlin-graefekiez): A 22-year-old man was shot and wounded by an unknown attacker outside a café in Berlin-Kreuzberg's Graefekiez on Friday evening, the latest 
- [KO leads Polish poll at 26% but 25% of voters remain undecided, Morawiecki's party falls short](https://pollar.news/en/event/ko-leads-polish-poll-voters-adrift): A new ARC Rynek i Opinia poll for Rzeczpospolita gives Koalicja Obywatelska 26% against PiS's 21%, but 25% of respondents say they do not kn
- [Anastazja Kuś wins 400m gold at World U20 Championships in Eugene](https://pollar.news/en/event/kus-wins-400m-world-u20-gold): 19-year-old Anastazja Kuś clocked 51.06 seconds to claim Poland's first-ever 400m gold at the World U20 Athletics Championships in Eugene, o
- [Three lightning-sparked wildfires burn in Castellón as UME deploys and 1,000 residents stay confined](https://pollar.news/en/event/wildfires-burn-in-castellon): Three wildfires driven by lightning storms remain active in interior Castellón, with 150 personnel and 17 aerial means deployed and roughly 
- [CDU's Frei enforces nationwide AfD cooperation ban ahead of Saxony-Anhalt election where AfD polls at 41%](https://pollar.news/en/event/cdu-rules-out-afd-coalition): CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader Thorsten Frei has told Funke Media Group newspapers that the party's ban on cooperating with the AfD appl
- [Francesco Guccini dies at 86: private funeral in Pavana, public tribute planned for September in Bologna](https://pollar.news/en/event/guccini-dies-at-86): Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini died on 6 August 2026 at 86 in Pavana. A private funeral was held on 8 August, with a public com
- [Burgundy grape harvest starts 8 August, new record as seven-century study shows climate shift](https://pollar.news/en/event/burgundy-harvest-record-early): Grape harvest for cremant began in Burgundy on 8 August 2026, beating the 2022 record, as a study of 670 years of harvest dates in Beaune do
- [15-year-old stabbed during town festival in Kamienna Góra, two 16-year-olds held by police](https://pollar.news/en/event/teen-stabbed-at-polish-town-festival): A 15-year-old boy was seriously wounded with a sharp instrument on Friday evening in Kamienna Góra, Lower Silesia, during the town's annual 
- [KATSEYE leader Sophia Laforteza takes mental health hiatus, second member to step back](https://pollar.news/en/event/second-katseye-member-takes-hiatus): Sophia Laforteza, leader of the multinational girl group KATSEYE, is temporarily stepping away from promotional activities on medical advice
- [Body found in cave on Lycabettus identified as 57-year-old woman reported missing from Kypseli](https://pollar.news/en/event/missing-woman-found-dead-on-lycabettus): A body found in a cave on Lycabettus hill in Athens on Saturday 8 August has been identified as a 57-year-old woman reported missing from Ky
- [Rodri Hernández rejects Real Madrid and chooses Barcelona as City and Barça negotiate transfer fee](https://pollar.news/en/event/rodri-says-yes-to-barcelona): Ballon d'Or winner and 2026 World Cup MVP Rodri Hernández has turned down Real Madrid, involving Mourinho, and chosen Barcelona, with Manche
- [Conte clashes with Meloni after COVID inquiry testimony, faces recall in September](https://pollar.news/en/event/conte-clashes-with-covid-commission): Former PM Giuseppe Conte testified before Italy's COVID inquiry commission on 6 August, presenting documents on mask procurement, then trade
- [Amanda Knox's Fringe comedy 'Cartwheel' sells out as Kercher family demands cancellation](https://pollar.news/en/event/knox-comedy-show-sparks-fringe-row): Amanda Knox's sold-out stand-up show at the Edinburgh Fringe, inspired by the 2007 murder of her flatmate Meredith Kercher, has drawn condem

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