# 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 - [Markets](https://pollar.news/en/markets): EU + global indices, EUR-pivoted FX, commodities, crypto, US Treasury bonds — refreshed minute-by-minute from Yahoo Finance - [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. - [Putin makes first visit to disputed Kuril Islands, Japan calls it 'absolutely unacceptable'](https://pollar.news/en/event/putin-visits-disputed-kuril-islands): Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup in the disputed Kuril Islands on Thursday, drawing an angry response from Tokyo and a sharp - [Romania shuts down only nuclear plant as record-low Danube threatens Hungary's Paks too](https://pollar.news/en/event/danube-low-forces-cernavod-shutdown): Record-low Danube water levels forced Romania to shut down its only nuclear power plant on 13 August, while Hungary's Paks plant operates at - [Passenger train derails and overturns near Lewes in southeast England, no deaths reported](https://pollar.news/en/event/train-derails-near-lewes): A passenger train derailed and overturned near Lewes in East Sussex at 15:54 local time on 13 August 2026, sending multiple carriages on the - [Bulgaria's Black Sea city Burgas selected to host Eurovision Song Contest 2027](https://pollar.news/en/event/eurovision-2027-goes-to-burgas): The European Broadcasting Union chose Burgas, Bulgaria's fourth-largest city on the Black Sea coast, to host the 71st Eurovision Song Contes - [Spain's first total eclipse since 1912 prompts 500+ medical consultations, mostly minor eye complaints](https://pollar.news/en/event/44c-heatwave-to-hit-spain): A total solar eclipse crossed Spain on August 12 for the first time since 1912, sending more than 500 people to health services across 14 re - [Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave White House at end of August 2026](https://pollar.news/en/event/leavitt-to-leave-white-house): White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person ever to hold the role, will step down at the end of August 2026 to spend t - [Federal judge dismisses Trump administration's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University](https://pollar.news/en/event/judge-rejects-trumps-harvard-lawsuit): US District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston dismissed the Trump administration's March lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish stu - [Explosion rocks KNDS ammunition plant near Rome, no injuries reported](https://pollar.news/en/event/explosion-at-rome-area-munitions-plant): A powerful explosion struck the KNDS Ammo Italy plant in Colleferro near Rome on Thursday, following a fire in the powder-pressing departmen - [Cyberattack on medical software firm MyDr exposes data of 19 million Poles](https://pollar.news/en/event/massive-medical-data-breach-confirmed): A cyberattack on MyDr, a private medical software company serving 12,000 healthcare facilities across Poland, has exposed personal and medic - [Israeli settlers besiege Palestinian homes in Qusra as US ambassador calls violence 'terror'](https://pollar.news/en/event/settler-siege-sparks-us-rebuke): Israeli settlers have blockaded three Palestinian homes in Qusra since Sunday, trapping 15 people without water or electricity, prompting US - [Mount Etna eruption keeps Catania airport shut, stranding 100,000 passengers at peak holiday season](https://pollar.news/en/event/etna-eruption-disrupts-catania-flights): Catania airport in Sicily remains shut until August 14 as Mount Etna continues spewing ash, with around 700 flights cancelled and over 100,0 - [Colombia earthquake toll reaches 265 dead and 496 missing as 72-hour rescue window closes](https://pollar.news/en/event/colombias-new-president-sworn-in): The 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia on 10 August has killed at least 265 people and left 496 missing, as the critical - [Meta closes 756,000 Australian under-16 accounts as world-first social media ban faces enforcement test](https://pollar.news/en/event/meta-closes-756000-teen-accounts): Meta has deactivated 756,000 accounts suspected of belonging to Australians under 16, as the world's first social media ban for minors faces - [Kushner and Iger agree to buy Los Angeles Lakers for record $12.5 billion as Walter faces federal probes](https://pollar.news/en/event/lakers-sold-in-record-125b-deal): Venture capitalist Joshua Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger have agreed to buy the Los Angeles Lakers from Mark Walter at a record $12. - [Swedish union IF Metall ends three-year Tesla strike after carmaker buys out strikers](https://pollar.news/en/event/tesla-strike-ends-in-sweden): Sweden's metalworkers' union IF Metall announced on August 13 it was ending the longest labor dispute in modern Swedish history after Tesla - [US jury orders Boeing to pay $29 million to family of Irish UN engineer killed in 737 MAX crash](https://pollar.news/en/event/boeing-pays-29m-for-737-max-victim): A federal jury in Chicago has ordered Boeing to pay $29 million in damages to the widow of Michael 'Mick' Ryan, an Irish UN engineer among t - [British firm begins salvage of sanctioned Russian tanker as oil spill reaches Oman's shoreline](https://pollar.news/en/event/oil-spill-hits-oman-coast): A British maritime firm has begun salvaging the sanctioned Russian shadow-fleet tanker Caroline Bezengi off Oman, where an oil spill spreadi - [Tusk confirms minister Maciej Berek as Constitutional Tribunal candidate, breaking coalition's own rule on former ministers](https://pollar.news/en/event/berek-steps-down-as-oversight-minister): Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed on August 13 that minister Maciej Berek will run for judge of the Constitutional Tribunal, breaking a s - [Spain says 5,000 migrants remain in Ceuta, vows mass expulsions and no regularisation](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on 13 August that about 5,000 irregular migrants remain in Ceuta after the 30 July mass cros - [Zambia votes in calm presidential election as Hichilema seeks second term amid economic recovery](https://pollar.news/en/event/zambias-high-stakes-election): Nearly 9 million Zambians voted on August 13 in a presidential election pitting incumbent Hakainde Hichilema against 13 challengers, with co - [Poland restores CPN fuel programme: VAT cut to 8% from 17 to 31 August](https://pollar.news/en/event/cpn-fuel-cuts-return): Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a partial restoration of the Lower Fuel Prices (CPN) programme, cutting VAT on petrol and diesel from 2 - [Explosion at Gunvor facility in Rotterdam port kills one, injures six](https://pollar.news/en/event/rotterdam-port-explosion-kills-one): An explosion at a Gunvor Energy storage tank in Rotterdam's Europoort killed one person and injured six on Thursday morning, during maintena - [Greenland blocks Trump-linked oil company from drilling, delaying Arctic project to 2027](https://pollar.news/en/event/greenland-blocks-us-oil-drilling): Greenland's government forced US oil company Greenland Energy to postpone Arctic drilling after the company brought equipment ashore without - [PSG agree €50m deal to sign World Cup winner Ferran Torres from Barcelona](https://pollar.news/en/event/torres-joins-psg-from-barcelona): PSG and Barcelona have reached an agreement worth approximately €50 million for Ferran Torres, the Spanish forward who scored the winning go - [Mali's Assimi Goïta pardons French DGSE officer Yann Vezilier, sentenced to 20 years for conspiracy](https://pollar.news/en/event/mali-pardons-french-spy): Mali's transitional president Assimi Goïta pardoned Yann Vezilier, a DGSE officer sentenced in June to 20 years for conspiracy, ordering his - [Werro advanced to European 800m final after fall in Birmingham semifinal](https://pollar.news/en/event/werro-advanced-after-fall): Swiss runner Audrey Werro was reinstated to the European Championships 800m final after falling in her semifinal when France's Anais Bourgoi - [Sara Curtis wins 50m backstroke gold at European Championships with world record 26.56](https://pollar.news/en/event/italys-golden-night-in-paris-pool): Italian 19-year-old Sara Curtis lowered her own world record to 26.56 seconds to win 50m backstroke gold at the European Championships in Pa - [Kennedy Center board votes again to close for renovations and inscribe Trump's name on facade](https://pollar.news/en/event/kennedy-center-board-votes-for-closure-trump-name): The Trump-controlled board of the Kennedy Center voted on August 13 to close the main building for two years of renovations and to inscribe - [Twitch turns on Amazon AI training for all user streams by default, igniting creator backlash](https://pollar.news/en/event/twitch-feeds-streams-to-amazon-ai): Twitch revealed on 12 August 2026 that all user streams, clips, chat messages, and channel content will train Amazon's generative AI models - [Poland arrests Russian recruited by intelligence to kill US-Ukrainian dual citizen in Warsaw, Tusk says](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-foils-russian-assassination-plot): Polish authorities arrested a Russian citizen on August 7 who was recruited by Russian intelligence to assassinate a US-Ukrainian dual citiz - [Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey after Israeli warning of Iranian missile threat](https://pollar.news/en/event/trumps-secret-turkey-escape): President Donald Trump was secretly moved from Air Force One to a smaller military jet via a catering truck on July 8 after Israel warned of - [Rhine water levels hit record lows at Kaub, threatening German industry and GDP](https://pollar.news/en/event/rhine-shipping-faces-shutdown): Record-low water levels at the Rhine bottleneck near Kaub have effectively split Europe's most important inland waterway, forcing ships to s - [Lech Poznań reaches Faroe Islands after 24-hour fog ordeal, Europa League match moved to 21:45](https://pollar.news/en/event/lech-flight-diverted-to-bergen): Dense fog at Vágar airport forced Lech Poznań's plane to divert to Bergen, delaying their Europa League qualifier against KI Klaksvik by ove - [Romanowski allegedly requests bail guarantee from Russia-controlled Transnistria; Moldova denies his presence](https://pollar.news/en/event/romanowski-surfaces-in-transnistria): Former Polish deputy justice minister Marcin Romanowski sent a bail-guarantee request to a Warsaw court from Tiraspol, Transnistria, a Russi - [PiS expels 40 parliamentarians including former PM Morawiecki over Rozwój Plus split](https://pollar.news/en/event/pis-expels-40-over-morawiecki-split): The PiS disciplinary court expelled 38 MPs and 2 senators, including former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, for joining the Rozwój Plus p - [Businessman Lavitola confesses to ordering bomb attack on journalist Ranucci's home near Rome](https://pollar.news/en/event/lavitola-arrested-over-ranucci-bombing): Valter Lavitola told a judge he commissioned the October 2025 bombing at Sigfrido Ranucci's Pomezia home to boost the journalist's security - [Masked Górnik hooligans attack Hungarian fans in Zabrze pizzeria before Europa League qualifier](https://pollar.news/en/event/hooligans-attack-hungarian-fans): Around 50 to 100 masked hooligans associated with Górnik Zabrze attacked Ferencváros Budapest fans at a pizzeria in Zabrze on August 12, sma - [French firefighters declare 'intensive mobilization' after talks with Interior Minister yield no concrete commitments](https://pollar.news/en/event/firefighters-call-september-mobilization): Nine unions of French professional firefighters left a two-hour meeting with Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez on August 13 saying they receiv - [Air India mandates drug tests for over 5,000 pilots after captain tests positive for cannabis](https://pollar.news/en/event/air-india-mandates-pilot-drug-tests): Air India will begin mandatory substance screening for its more than 5,000 pilots on August 13, after a captain involved in an August 4 mid- - [Svalbard fines person 50,000 kroner for waking sleeping polar bear with ship horn](https://pollar.news/en/event/fog-horn-wakes-polar-bear): A person was fined 50,000 Norwegian kroner (about 4,550 euros) on 13 August 2026 for using a ship's fog horn to wake a sleeping polar bear i - [Polish president signs Personal Investment Accounts law with tax exemptions up to PLN 100,000](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-signs-investment-account-law): President Karol Nawrocki signed legislation creating Personal Investment Accounts (OKI), exempting zloty investment assets from the 19-perce - [Berlin Volksbühne cancels Black community swimming event after racist threats](https://pollar.news/en/event/black-youth-pool-event-cancelled): The Berlin Volksbühne and association EOTO cancelled a swimming afternoon for Black children and youth planned for Friday at the Volksbad po - [Trump sued over Truth API service selling early access to his Truth Social posts for up to $100,000 a month](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-sued-over-truth-social-feed): The Intercept and Freedom of the Press Foundation filed suit on August 12 in Manhattan, arguing that Truth API's paid early access to Trump' - [Two-kilometre embankment fire damages railway line near Krefeld, disrupts multiple train routes](https://pollar.news/en/event/fire-disrupts-krefeld-railway): A roughly two-kilometre embankment fire along the railway between Krefeld and Meerbusch on 12 August damaged cable ducts and signal technolo - [Wildfire in Siviri, Chalkidiki triggers sea evacuation of 481 as fire front subsides by nightfall](https://pollar.news/en/event/chalkidiki-wildfire-481-evacuated-by-sea): A wildfire that broke out around 14:00 on 13 August in Siviri, Chalkidiki, prompted a large-scale sea evacuation of 481 people. The active f - [Ukrainian drones overwhelm US armored brigade during Combined Resolve exercise in Germany](https://pollar.news/en/event/ukrainian-drones-rout-us-troops): Ukrainian drone operators from the 412th Nemesis Regiment repeatedly neutralized a 3,500-strong US armored brigade during the Combined Resol - [Spanish Super Cup 2027 moves to Istanbul as Saudi Arabia hosts Asian Cup](https://pollar.news/en/event/super-cup-moves-to-istanbul): The 2027 Spanish Super Cup will be played at Istanbul's Atatürk Olympic Stadium from February 2 to 7, leaving Saudi Arabia for the first tim - [Suspicious object at Bavarian station halts rail traffic, found to be a deliberate dummy](https://pollar.news/en/event/suspicious-object-halts-german-trains): A suspicious object found on the tracks at Treuchtlingen station in Bavaria brought train traffic to a standstill on 13 August before police - [Farage faces record 34 candidates in Clacton by-election he triggered over donation probe](https://pollar.news/en/event/clacton-by-election-farage-vs-binface): Voters in Clacton-on-Sea will head to the polls on Thursday for a by-election triggered by Nigel Farage's resignation, with the Reform UK le - [Benfica visits Hearts with 6-1 first-leg lead in Europa League qualifier](https://pollar.news/en/event/benfica-visits-hearts-in-europa-league): Benfica travels to Edinburgh's Tynecastle Park holding a 6-1 first-leg lead over Hearts, with a Europa League playoff tie against Denmark's ## Search and discovery - [Search](https://pollar.news/en/search): full-text + semantic search across all events - [Sitemap](https://pollar.news/sitemap.xml): every public URL across the four locales - [News sitemap](https://pollar.news/sitemap-news.xml): Google News feed, last 48h of events - [Full content dump](https://pollar.news/llms-full.txt): all current event summaries + thread state-of-play in one markdown file (preferred when you want pollar context in a single fetch) ## About + policies - [What is Pollar](https://pollar.news/en/about): the service in plain terms — free, four languages, reader-funded, no ads, self-hosted cookieless analytics, every article lists its sources - [Pollar News iOS app](https://pollar.news/en/app): the free iPhone app — brief, live coverage with Lock Screen Live Activities, offline reading - [Pollar vs other news apps](https://pollar.news/en/compare): factual comparisons with Apple News, Google News and Kagi News - [Editorial team](https://pollar.news/en/about/editorial): the humans behind Pollar Editorial - [Editorial standards](https://pollar.news/en/editorial-standards): sourcing, AI assistance, independence, diversity of coverage - [Corrections policy](https://pollar.news/en/corrections): how mistakes are corrected - [AI policy](https://pollar.news/en/ai-policy): which models, what's automated, what's edited - [Privacy](https://pollar.news/en/privacy)