# 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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## 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.

- [Apollo trumps Castlelake with £5.7 billion easyJet bid, board switches recommendation](https://pollar.news/en/event/apollo-outbids-castlelake-for-easyjet): The U.S. asset manager proposed 715 pence per share, a 3.6% premium over Castlelake's bid, and easyJet's board is now 'minded to recommend' 
- [King Charles hosts Harry, Meghan and grandchildren at Highgrove for first family reunion since 2022](https://pollar.news/en/event/royal-family-reunites-at-highgrove): King Charles III welcomed Prince Harry, Meghan and their children Archie and Lilibet at his Gloucestershire estate on Friday afternoon, the 
- [Ryanair passenger’s head and shoulders pulled outside plane after engine debris shatters cabin window](https://pollar.news/en/event/ryanair-window-breaks-mid-flight): Shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki, engine parts struck a cabin window on a Ryanair Boeing 737, causing a partial ejection of a passeng
- [Ann Widdecombe, 78-year-old former UK minister and reality TV figure, found dead in her Devon home; murder investigation launched and 26-year-old man arrested](https://pollar.news/en/event/ann-widdecombe-dies-at-78): Devon and Cornwall Police arrested a 26-year-old British man on Friday afternoon in Newton Abbot after the body of former Conservative MP An
- [Barcelona agree deal to sign Karim Adeyemi from Borussia Dortmund for between €22m and €30m](https://pollar.news/en/event/adeyemi-to-barcelona-agreed): The 24-year-old German forward, who reunites with Hansi Flick after his Germany debut under him, joins on a five-year contract after Barcelo
- [UK High Court largely clears Mercedes, Renault and Ford in 1.6m-driver diesel emissions class action](https://pollar.news/en/event/carmakers-win-diesel-suit): A 369-page ruling by Lady Justice Cockerill found that most emissions-control strategies in 20 sample vehicles did not amount to prohibited 
- [France battles intense wildfires: 25,000 hectares burned, double last year's area at this date](https://pollar.news/en/event/frances-fierce-wildfire-season): More than 8,000 fire starts have charred 25,000 hectares across France so far this season, double the area burned by 10 July 2025. A severe 
- [Spain carries record six-match shutout streak into World Cup quarter-final against Belgium in Los Angeles](https://pollar.news/en/event/spains-clean-sheet-record-tested): La Roja have not conceded a goal in 609 minutes of World Cup play and face a Belgium side coming off a four-goal statement win against the U
- [Former UK minister Ann Widdecombe, 78, murdered at her Dartmoor home; 26-year-old suspect arrested](https://pollar.news/en/event/tory-ex-minister-murdered): Devon and Cornwall Police launched a murder investigation after the Brexiteer and former Conservative junior minister was discovered with se
- [EU warns Meta over 'addictive' Facebook and Instagram design, threatening multibillion-dollar fine](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-targets-meta-design): The European Commission has issued a stark warning to Meta, stating that the 'addictive' design of Facebook and Instagram may violate EU dig
- [Trump ends Iran ceasefire, agrees to continue talks at Tehran's request](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-ends-iran-deal): The US president announced on Truth Social that the ceasefire with Iran has ended, while confirming Washington accepted Tehran's request to 
- [Russian petrol output covers just 65% of demand after Ukrainian drone strikes cripple refineries](https://pollar.news/en/event/russias-fuel-crisis-worsens): Widespread drone attacks have knocked out major refineries, forcing Moscow to ban fuel exports and import petrol from Belarus and India whil
- [Greek police arrest two 42-year-old men over 2010 Marfin bank arson that killed three employees; third suspect, 46, sought in Britain](https://pollar.news/en/event/marfin-arson-arrests-after-16-years): The suspects were taken to an Athens courthouse on Friday afternoon and face intentional homicide charges. A 46-year-old woman living in the
- [Trump says Iran ceasefire 'definitively over' but agrees to talks after week of airstrikes](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceasefire-over-talks-resume): The US president declared the April ceasefire with Iran defunct on Friday after a series of heavy airstrikes killed at least 14 and damaged 
- [France activates first-ever Orsec 'extreme heat' plan as third heatwave pushes temperatures toward 40°C](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-activates-extreme-heat-plan): Nine western departments were already under red alert on Friday, with 24 set to follow on Saturday, affecting 22.2 million people as the hea
- [Israel shares intelligence on new Iranian plot to assassinate Trump as president says he left instructions to ‘bomb them’](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-plots-trump-killing): Israeli intelligence passed information to Washington this week indicating Tehran was preparing a new plan to kill the US president, accordi
- [Greece extends tax return deadline to 24 July 2026 after accountants plead for more time](https://pollar.news/en/event/tax-deadline-extended-to-july-24): The Greek tax authority AADĒ granted a nine-day reprieve, shifting the cutoff for 2025 income tax declarations from July 15 to 24 July 2026 
- [SK Hynix raises $26.5B in record foreign IPO, CEO warns memory shortage will last past 2030](https://pollar.news/en/event/sk-hynix-raises-record-265bn): The South Korean memory giant debuted on the Nasdaq on July 10, raising $26.5 billion and opening 14% above its offer price. CEO Kwak Noh-ju
- [Xavier Niel buys Emirates stake to become Vodafone's top shareholder in a £4.4bn deal](https://pollar.news/en/event/niel-takes-top-vodafone-stake): The Iliad founder's investment vehicle Vega agreed to buy the entire 16.2% holding from e& at 112.5 pence per share, a 15% premium that sent
- [Department M acquires majority stake in Neon; Michael Schaefer named chief content officer as Neon launches TV division](https://pollar.news/en/event/neon-sells-to-department-m): The deal, first reported as in talks in February, injects capital into the Oscar-winning studio behind 'Parasite' and 'Anora' while enabling
- [German parliament scraps 65% green heating mandate, allows new oil and gas boilers from 2029 with rising biofuel quota](https://pollar.news/en/event/germany-scraps-green-heating-mandate): The Bundestag voted 322 to 272 on Friday to pass the new Building Modernisation Act, removing the requirement that new heating systems use 6
- [Trump refuses to sign bipartisan housing bill in voter ID protest, but it becomes law at midnight anyway](https://pollar.news/en/event/housing-bill-to-become-law-without-trump): The 21st Century Road to Housing Act, Congress’s most sweeping housing legislation in decades, will take effect at midnight on Friday after 
- [Israel warns US of new Iranian assassination plot against Trump; president says he is 'number one on the list'](https://pollar.news/en/event/new-iran-plot-against-trump): Israel has shared intelligence with Washington indicating a recently developed Iranian plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, according
- [Rai suspends summer reruns of investigative show Report amid probe into host attack, sparking outrage](https://pollar.news/en/event/rai-halts-report-reruns): The Italian public broadcaster Rai has pulled summer reruns of its flagship investigative program Report, citing a pending inquiry involving
- [ELN drone attack wounds three at Tibú airport as Colombia battles rising drone violence](https://pollar.news/en/event/eln-drones-hit-airport): Guerrillas used explosive-laden drones to hit Tibú airport in Catatumbo region on Thursday, injuring three security staff and damaging facil
- [Poland’s first offshore wind farm delivers power: 54 turbines installed, 530 mln PLN substation goes live](https://pollar.news/en/event/baltic-power-goes-live): Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the first power from the Baltic Power wind farm a technological victory as the Choczewo substation in nort
- [Monaco prosecutor says 'all leads still on the table' as Ermolaev's partner remains critical after blast](https://pollar.news/en/event/ermolaev-blast-partner-still-critical): Monaco's chief prosecutor Stéphane Thibault said on 10 July that the motive for the 29 June explosion remains unidentified and that the thre
- [First conviction in Paris périscolaire scandal as animateur sentenced to 18 months suspended for assaulting toddler](https://pollar.news/en/event/first-periscolaire-conviction-in-paris): A 25-year-old city employee was found guilty Friday of sexually assaulting a girl aged 3 to 5 at an after-school center in the 10th arrondis
- [Paris court sentences Lakhdar Matoug to 27 years for murdering and dismembering his wife Assia](https://pollar.news/en/event/matoug-sentenced-for-wifes-dismemberment): The Paris Assize Court convicted Lakhdar Matoug on Friday for the 2023 murder of his wife Assia, whose remains were scattered in Buttes-Chau
- [Kaczyński calls police 'ruling party militia', vows citizen guard and life sentences after Smolensk memorial clashes](https://pollar.news/en/event/kaczynski-vows-citizen-guard): Jarosław Kaczyński clashed with police and counter-protesters at Warsaw's Piłsudski Square on 10 July, then announced plans for a 'citizen g
- [Bayeux Tapestry arrives in London under police escort for first UK show in nearly 1,000 years](https://pollar.news/en/event/bayeux-tapestry-crosses-channel): The 70-metre-long 11th-century embroidery travelled overnight from Normandy through the Channel Tunnel, reaching the British Museum at 02:50
- [Turkey seeks to sell Russian S-400s to Gulf state, opening door for F-35 return and sanctions relief](https://pollar.news/en/event/s-400-sale-opens-f-35-door): A potential transfer of Turkey's Russian S-400 air defence systems to a Gulf country could unlock Ankara's path back to the F-35 programme a
- [Typhoon Bavi kills five in Philippines landslide, forces Taiwan evacuations and market shutdown](https://pollar.news/en/event/typhoon-bavi-hits-taiwan): The storm, described as the largest to threaten the island since 1995, triggered a fatal landslide in the Philippines and prompted Taiwan to
- [Vasco Rossi sells out 550,000 tickets for Rome residency in 30 minutes as Ultimo reaches 500,000 in parallel surge](https://pollar.news/en/event/vasco-rossi-ticket-rush): Italian rock icon Vasco Rossi sold all 550,000 tickets for his 10-date Giubileo residency at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico within half an hour of t
- [China recovers its first reusable orbital rocket booster, catching the Long March 10B at sea](https://pollar.news/en/event/china-catches-reusable-orbital-rocket): The booster was captured by a net on a sea platform about six minutes after liftoff, marking China's first success with technology key to cu
- [Belgium to launch digital road vignette for all vehicles from May 2027, with prices tied to CO2 emissions](https://pollar.news/en/event/belgium-adopts-road-vignette): Belgian drivers and foreign visitors will need a digital vignette to use motorways and major regional roads from 1 May 2027, following an in
- [‘Music was my first desire’: Anthony Hopkins, 88, to release classical album ‘Life Is a Dream’ with Gustavo Dudamel](https://pollar.news/en/event/hopkins-signs-debut-album-deal): Two-time Oscar winner Sir Anthony Hopkins has signed with Decca Classics to issue ‘Life Is a Dream’, a collection of orchestral pieces he co
- [EU launches second phase of tech champions fund, aiming to mobilise €80 billion for 1,500 startups](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-launches-80bn-tech-fund): The European Investment Bank and 27 member states kicked off ICTE 2.0 in Brussels on Friday, seeking to raise €15 billion in capital and use
- [Teenager crushed to death by truck during celebrations of France's 2-0 World Cup win over Morocco](https://pollar.news/en/event/teen-dies-celebrating-france-win): A 17-year-old girl was crushed to death after falling from a truck during celebrations in Aulnoye-Aymeries, northern France, following the n
- [Chain collision on Lisbon's Vasco da Gama Bridge injures six, shuts north-south lanes for nearly two hours](https://pollar.news/en/event/vasco-da-gama-crash-injures-six): A multi-vehicle crash on the Vasco da Gama Bridge near Lisbon left six people injured on Friday afternoon, shutting the north-south carriage
- [Trump clears out independent US Election Assistance Commission, leaving zero commissioners ahead of November midterms](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-fires-election-commissioners): The president terminated all remaining commissioners of the Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, leaving the bipartisan federal body 
- [Sinner and Djokovic set for blockbuster Wimbledon semifinal rematch as defending champion faces record-chasing legend](https://pollar.news/en/event/sinner-faces-djokovic-at-wimbledon): World No. 1 Jannik Sinner will meet 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic in a Wimbledon semifinal on Friday, 10 July 2026. The match, 
- [Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova win Wimbledon semi-finals to set up first all-Czech Grand Slam singles final](https://pollar.news/en/event/all-czech-wimbledon-final-set): Karolina Muchova saved a match point to beat Coco Gauff in a third-set tiebreak, before Linda Noskova dispatched Marta Kostyuk in straight s
- [Ukraine's drone campaign cripples Russian refineries, triggering fuel crisis for 50 million](https://pollar.news/en/event/fuel-shortages-hit-50-million-russians): A wave of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and fuel depots has triggered a nationwide fuel crisis, with long queues, ration
- [Ukraine strikes Russian oil facilities as Zelensky pushes for Patriot production licence after Ankara summit](https://pollar.news/en/event/patriots-and-strikes): Ukrainian drones hit the Ilsky refinery and Taganrog port overnight, while Zelensky says Patriot missiles are days away and presses for a pr
- [France beat Morocco 2-0 to reach third straight World Cup semi-final as Mbappe scores eighth goal](https://pollar.news/en/event/saibari-out-morocco-eye-france-upset): Kylian Mbappe scored his eighth goal of the tournament after missing a first-half penalty as France eased past Morocco 2-0 in Foxborough, Ma
- [San Fermín's fourth bull run leaves nine injured as bulls outpace steers in chaotic dash through Pamplona](https://pollar.news/en/event/nine-hurt-in-pamplona-bull-run): The Álvaro Núñez bulls broke ahead of the steers from the Santo Domingo corrals, setting a furious pace that caused pile-ups in Estafeta and
- [France advances to World Cup semis after 2-0 win over Morocco; Paris peaceful, London clashes, teen dies in celebration](https://pollar.news/en/event/les-bleus-into-semifinals): France beat Morocco 2-0 in Boston on Thursday to reach the 2026 World Cup semifinals. Celebrations in Paris were largely peaceful with 5,000
- [One million women and girls lose access to humanitarian support as foreign aid cuts reach record levels](https://pollar.news/en/event/one-million-women-lose-aid): At least one million women and girls have lost access to critical humanitarian services since January 2025 after the steepest annual decline
- [Andalusia wildfire kills 12, victims found trapped in cars after power line sparks blaze](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-wildfire-kills-12): A fast-moving wildfire in southern Spain's Andalusia region has killed at least 12 people and left 19 missing, with many victims found in ve

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