# 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 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): Ukraine's drone campaign against Russian refineries broadens as Washington pursues a limited ceasefire covering energy and grain targets, wi - [The Middle East after Gaza](https://pollar.news/en/threads/middle-east): The Gaza war triggered a fundamental realignment of Middle Eastern power and a direct US-Iran military conflict, shifting influence toward G - [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. - [Pope Leo XIV draws 700,000 to outdoor Paris Mass on Champs-Elysees](https://pollar.news/en/event/pope-visits-france): Pope Leo XIV celebrated open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde on Saturday before 700,000 worshippers, marking the focal point of a four-day - [Bangkok declares disaster zone across all 50 districts as flooding impacts 84,000 people](https://pollar.news/en/event/bangkok-declares-disaster-zone): Bangkok declared a disaster zone across all 50 districts on Saturday after nearly 300 millimetres of rain flooded streets, filled canals, an - [George Russell wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Kimi Antonelli limits title damage from 16th](https://pollar.news/en/event/verstappen-leads-in-baku): George Russell held off Max Verstappen by 0.196 seconds to win in Baku on Saturday, while teammate Kimi Antonelli recovered from 16th to fif - [Brazil bans online betting and digital casinos days ahead of presidential vote](https://pollar.news/en/event/brazil-bans-online-betting): President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued an executive decree prohibiting online betting platforms, freezing new deposits immediately and o - [Six dead after Athens building collapse following suspected gas leak in Plaka](https://pollar.news/en/event/building-collapses-in-athens-blast): Greek rescue teams recovered the bodies of all six missing people, including four American tourists and an elderly British-Greek couple, fol - [Iran proposes seven-day plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz as Trump weighs renewed strikes](https://pollar.news/en/event/montenegro-visits-new-york): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented a seven-day roadmap to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief, but r - [Republic of Ireland players vote to play Nations League match against Israel in Hungary](https://pollar.news/en/event/ireland-to-play-israel-fixtures): A majority of Republic of Ireland players voted to proceed with Sunday's UEFA Nations League match in Debrecen after four hours of squad tal - [FDA advisory panel narrowly endorses Grail's Galleri multi-cancer blood test](https://pollar.news/en/event/fda-panel-backs-galleri-test): An FDA advisory panel voted 6-4 to affirm the effectiveness of Grail's Galleri screening, clearing a hurdle ahead of the agency's final deci - [German Olympic Committee chooses Munich over Rhine-Ruhr to bid for Summer Games](https://pollar.news/en/event/munich-wins-olympic-bid): The German Olympic Sports Confederation voted on Saturday in Baden-Baden to back Munich over Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr for the 2036, 2040, or 2044 - [Manchester City found guilty of 114 Premier League financial breaches, face potential relegation](https://pollar.news/en/event/city-guilty-on-114-charges): An independent commission has upheld 114 of 115 Premier League charges against Manchester City over financial reporting between 2009 and 201 - [Mount Etna ash cloud shuts Catania airport until Sunday with all flights halted](https://pollar.news/en/event/etna-shuts-catania-airport): Volcanic ash from Mount Etna's northeast crater forced the suspension of all flights at Catania airport on Saturday, extending closures unti - [Pakistani Taliban suicide car bombing kills 11 at north-west police checkpoint](https://pollar.news/en/event/pakistan-suicide-bombing-kills-11): A suicide car bomber attacked a joint security checkpoint in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, killing at least 11 people - [White House excludes CNN from Air Force One trip after federal judge orders media access restored](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-bans-three-newsrooms): The White House removed CNN from the presidential travel pool for a trip to Tennessee on 26 September 2026, two days after a federal judge o - [Thousands protest in Madrid over Ceuta border crisis and demand snap elections](https://pollar.news/en/event/madrid-protests-over-ceuta-crisis): Demonstrators gathered in Madrid on Saturday to oppose the Spanish government's handling of migrant arrivals in Ceuta, calling for Prime Min - [Roberto Vannacci faces backlash and potential legal action over AI-altered photo of Matilde Siracusano](https://pollar.news/en/event/siracusano-threatens-vannacci-lawsuit): Italian Undersecretary Matilde Siracusano announced she is weighing legal action against MEP Roberto Vannacci after he posted an AI-edited p - [Germany selects Munich over Cologne for 2036, 2040, or 2044 Olympic bid](https://pollar.news/en/event/munich-wins-german-olympic-bid): The German Olympic Sports Confederation selected Munich on Saturday to lead a prospective bid for the Summer Olympic Games in 2036, 2040, or - [SPD threatens to block Linnemann care reform over nursing home co-payments](https://pollar.news/en/event/spd-opposes-care-reform): The Social Democratic Party has rejected draft care reforms by Health Minister Carsten Linnemann, demanding a 1,500-euro monthly cap on nurs - [US and China establish bilateral communication hotline for artificial intelligence incidents](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-china-create-ai-hotline): The White House announced a bilateral communication channel with Beijing to manage AI security incidents, following talks between Donald Tru - [Jarosław court remands Ukrainian suspect to psychiatric ward after fatal abbey stabbing](https://pollar.news/en/event/fatal-stabbing-at-jaroslaw-abbey): A district court in Jarosław ordered three months of psychiatric hospital detention for a 31-year-old man suspected of killing a priest and - [Former Italy Striker Daniel Osvaldo Hospitalized in Intensive Care After Lung Surgery](https://pollar.news/en/event/daniel-osvaldo-in-intensive-care): Former Roma and Juventus forward Daniel Osvaldo is in intensive care at a public hospital in Buenos Aires province following emergency lung - [Supreme Court blocks Missouri congressional map and revives federal voter database](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-nixes-missouri-map): The US Supreme Court halted an appellate order to enforce a Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri, while separately allowing the ad - [Germany urges expanded Frontex powers and fast-track deportations after Ceuta border surge](https://pollar.news/en/event/eu-discusses-frontex-expansion): German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called for a 24-hour Frontex rapid reaction unit and fast-track deportation mechanisms during a - [German unions mobilize tens of thousands across 15 cities against proposed social cuts](https://pollar.news/en/event/german-unions-protest-social-cuts): Tens of thousands of workers joined rallies organized by the DGB trade union federation across 15 German cities on Saturday, rejecting plann - [Codacons files complaint over €10,000 Oasis Rome tickets as police warn of online fraud](https://pollar.news/en/event/oasis-rome-tickets-hit-10000): Consumer group Codacons has lodged complaints with Italian prosecutors and regulators after Oasis tickets for Rome 2027 appeared on secondar - [Three-year-old boy dies after being crushed by car in Kościerzyna garage](https://pollar.news/en/event/fatal-car-accident-in-koscierzyna): A three-year-old boy died on Saturday after being crushed by a car in a residential garage on Kartuska Street in Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voi - [Jürgen Klopp rotates goalkeeper as Germany hosts Greece in Nations League](https://pollar.news/en/event/klopp-confirms-nuebel-start): Alexander Nübel will start in goal for Germany against Greece on Sunday in Augsburg, while Florian Wirtz will begin on the bench after joini - [French court sentences far-right militants to 26 and 19 years for killing rugby star Aramburu](https://pollar.news/en/event/le-priol-denies-murder-intent): A Paris court sentenced former far-right group members Loik Le Priol and Romain Bouvier to 26 and 19 years in prison for the 2022 shooting o - [Spanish opposition groups march in Madrid to demand snap elections and Pedro Sánchez trial](https://pollar.news/en/event/madrid-march-targets-pedro-snchez): Demonstrators gathered in Madrid on Saturday for a march organized by Sociedad Civil Española, demanding general elections before 15 Novembe - [Berlin Linke votes for coalition talks with SPD and Greens following election win](https://pollar.news/en/event/berlin-housing-expropriation-battle): Die Linke's Berlin party congress voted almost unanimously on 25 September to open exploratory coalition talks with the SPD and Greens, foll - [Two-car collision in Opole injures 17-year-old pedestrian after vehicle hits sidewalk](https://pollar.news/en/event/car-strikes-pedestrian-in-opole): A Toyota and a Seat collided at the intersection of Ozimska and Reymonta streets in Opole on Saturday morning, sending one car onto the side - [Evenepoel targets road race double in Montreal as Pogacar sits out injured](https://pollar.news/en/event/evenepoel-leads-montreal-road-race): Following his fourth consecutive time-trial title, Remco Evenepoel enters Sunday's 273km road race on the Mont Royal circuit as two-time def - [Liverpool reappoint Julian Ward as sporting director to succeed Richard Hughes](https://pollar.news/en/event/julian-ward-returns-to-liverpool): The 45-year-old executive returns for a second spell at Anfield following Richard Hughes's move to Al-Hilal, working alongside manager Andon - [Pope Leo XIV draws 700,000 to Paris open-air Mass during four-day visit to France](https://pollar.news/en/event/pope-draws-700000-in-paris): Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass at Place de la Concorde following a youth vigil at Stade de France and meetings with state leaders - [OpenAI confirms autonomous AI agents accessed US government and Australian health portals](https://pollar.news/en/event/openai-agents-probe-government-sites): Autonomous software agents developed by OpenAI accessed systems at the US Commerce Department and SEC while attempting intrusions across mul - [Lawyer hospitalized in intensive care after client acid attack in Messina](https://pollar.news/en/event/messina-lawyer-acid-attack): A 58-year-old lawyer is in intensive care with deep burns across 20% of his body after a female client threw a caustic liquid at him in Mess - [Spanish F-18 jets scramble in Romania during Russian drone strikes near Danube border](https://pollar.news/en/event/spanish-f-18s-scramble-in-romania): Two Spanish F-18 fighter jets scrambled from Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base after Romanian radar detected aerial targets near Vylkove on the U - [TikTok agrees to pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle youth addiction lawsuit](https://pollar.news/en/event/tiktok-settles-alabama-lawsuit): TikTok and parent company ByteDance agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and implement daily usage limits for minors, averting a stat - [Pope Leo XIV visits France, meeting Macron and addressing 80,000 youth in Paris](https://pollar.news/en/event/french-visit-by-pope): Pope Leo XIV traveled to Paris for his first apostolic visit to France, meeting President Emmanuel Macron, addressing assisted dying laws, a - [Zinedine Zidane begins France tenure with 1-0 Nations League win over Turkey as Kylian Mbappé suffers knee injury](https://pollar.news/en/event/zidane-leads-first-france-training): Zinedine Zidane started his tenure as France manager with a 1-0 victory against Turkey in the Nations League, but captain Kylian Mbappé sust - [Demi Vollering headlines 172-rider field in 180.4 km world championship road race in Montreal](https://pollar.news/en/event/womens-world-road-race-begins): The 180.4-kilometer elite women's road race starts in Montreal with 172 cyclists, featuring Tour de France winner Demi Vollering and defendi - [Poland and US advance talks on permanent base for 5,000 troops and Patriot PAC-3 hub](https://pollar.news/en/event/poland-seeks-us-base): Polish defense officials held three days of talks in Washington on establishing a permanent US military installation for 5,000 troops and se - [Pope Leo XIV visits Paris to address artificial intelligence, migration and European peace](https://pollar.news/en/event/leo-xiv-in-france): Pope Leo XIV opened a four-day journey across France with addresses on multilateralism at the Élysée Palace, artificial intelligence at UNES - [Heidenau Town Council Passes Joint CDU and AfD Motion to Halt Future Stolpersteine Memorials](https://pollar.news/en/event/heidenau-bans-stolpersteine): Lawmakers in Heidenau, Saxony voted 13 to 6 to end the installation of Stolpersteine brass memorial cobblestones on public walkways, resolvi - [Siegfried Mureșan submits 16-ministry cabinet proposal as Traian Băsescu defends nomination](https://pollar.news/en/event/murean-files-cabinet-list): Prime Minister-designate Siegfried Mureșan submitted his governance program and cabinet structure to the Romanian Parliament on Saturday, wh - [Rosario Fiorello announces return to Rai1 with satirical social media teaser](https://pollar.news/en/event/fiorello-returns-to-rai1): Italian entertainer Rosario Fiorello published a promotional video mimicking Brad Pitt to announce his comeback on Rai's flagship television - [Sumar threatens to boycott Tuesday cabinet meeting over Spanish housing decree](https://pollar.news/en/event/sumar-threatens-cabinet-boycott): Spain's junior coalition partners will refuse to attend the Council of Ministers on Tuesday unless PSOE approves measures to ban evictions a - [OpenAI acknowledges autonomous bots attempted to breach US and Australian government sites](https://pollar.news/en/event/openai-bots-target-government-sites): Autonomous agents from the artificial intelligence laboratory accessed records at the SEC and Census Bureau during the summer of 2026 while - [Saudi defenses intercept two Houthi drones over Riyadh and missile over Khamis Mushait](https://pollar.news/en/event/saudi-intercepts-houthi-drones): Saudi air defenses destroyed two Houthi drones flying toward Riyadh and a ballistic missile aimed at Khamis Mushait on 26 September 2026, fo - [Hackers steal 500 gigabytes of data from Spanish rail operator Renfe using AI tools](https://pollar.news/en/event/spanish-rail-operator-hacked): Spanish rail operator Renfe reported a data breach exposing passenger names and email addresses after attackers penetrated infrastructure ma - [George Russell wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Alpine teammates crash out in Baku](https://pollar.news/en/event/russell-takes-baku): George Russell converted pole position into victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, finishing ahead of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar ## 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 - 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