# Pollar News > Polish AI-powered news aggregator and public data platform. Pollar organizes, summarizes, and contextualizes daily events using AI — no clickbait, only verified facts. All original content is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Pollar News is operated by **Pollar P.S.A.**, a company registered in Kraków, Poland. - KRS: 0001194489 | NIP: 6772540681 - Address: ul. Piastowska 46/12, 30-067 Kraków, Poland - Contact: [contact@pollar.news](mailto:contact@pollar.news) **Canonical domain: https://pollar.news** (pollar.pl redirects here and is deprecated). ## What Pollar Does - Aggregates and summarizes news articles from Polish and international press using AI - Publishes a Brief — a concise AI-generated summary of the day's most important events - Publishes opinion pieces (felietony) with AI-generated analysis and commentary on economics, geopolitics, and Polish politics - Provides an AI Assistant (chatbot) for conversational access to news and data - Provides open data dashboards: Sejm (parliament), stock market (GPW), air quality, real estate prices, energy mix, crime statistics, and more - Tracks Polish parliamentary activity: votes, MPs, committees, legislative processes - Available in Polish, English, and German — all pages accessible via language prefix (`/en/...`, `/de/...`) - Supports user accounts with bookmarks, MP following, voting alerts, and personalized notifications - Installable as a Progressive Web App (PWA) with dark mode support ## Our Values - **Reliability** — information should serve understanding, not profit; facts over emotions - **Quality over quantity** — amplifying the signal, eliminating the noise; grouping related stories and presenting different perspectives - **Respect for the reader** — every moment should leave readers more informed, not more anxious; building tools for thinking people ## Team - **Jakub Dudek** (Developer, Kraków) — builds the entire technical infrastructure, from frontend to backend — jakubdudek@pollar.news - **Bartosz Kasprzycki** (Product & Marketing, Berlin) — ensures intuitive UX and delivers value without information overload — bartoszkasprzycki@pollar.news - **Ignacy Nowina Konopka** (B2B & Business, Warszawa) — drives business development and strategic partnerships — ignacykonopka@pollar.news ## Sections - [Home](https://pollar.news/): Latest aggregated news events with category and country filtering - [Brief](https://pollar.news/brief): AI-generated daily news summary with executive summary, thematic sections, key insights, and word of the day - [Opinion Pieces (Felietony)](https://pollar.news/felieton): AI-generated analysis and commentary - [Topics](https://pollar.news/topic): Weekly AI-generated thematic reviews — clusters of related events analyzed across multiple sources - [AI Assistant](https://pollar.news/asystent): Conversational AI chatbot for asking questions about current events and data - [Archive](https://pollar.news/archiwum): Historical events archive with category filtering - [Blog](https://pollar.news/blog): Articles and announcements - [Newsletter](https://pollar.news/newsletter): Daily newsletter digest organized by category - [Event Map](https://pollar.news/mapa): Interactive map of current events across Poland - [Connections Game](https://pollar.news/powiazania): Daily word puzzle (NYT Connections-style) with 4 categories of 4 words each - [Event Graph](https://pollar.news/graf): Force-directed network graph showing relationships between events - [Terminal](https://pollar.news/terminal): Real-time news ticker with trending scores, market data, and keyboard navigation - [Weather](https://pollar.news/pogoda): Current weather conditions across 16 Polish voivodeship cities with interactive map and temperature colors - [News Sources](https://pollar.news/sources): All tracked press sources with political orientation and ownership classification ## Languages The entire platform is available in three languages. Use a URL prefix to access translated versions: - **Polish** (default): [pollar.news](https://pollar.news/) — no prefix needed - **English**: [pollar.news/en](https://pollar.news/en/) — e.g. `/en/brief`, `/en/sejm`, `/en/event/{id}` - **German**: [pollar.news/de](https://pollar.news/de/) — e.g. `/de/brief`, `/de/sejm`, `/de/event/{id}` All news events, briefs, opinion pieces, and UI elements are translated. Hreflang tags are included for SEO. ## Stock Market (Giełda) - [Stock Market Overview](https://pollar.news/gielda): Live WIG20, mWIG40 quotes from GPW (Warsaw Stock Exchange) - [Stocks](https://pollar.news/gielda/akcje): Individual stock quotes with price, change, volume - [Indices](https://pollar.news/gielda/indeksy): Market indices with historical charts - Stock detail pages with historical price charts (1 day, 5 days, 1 month, 1 year, 5 years) - Auto-refreshing every 30 seconds ## Parliament (Sejm) - [Sejm Overview](https://pollar.news/sejm): Statistics, polls, live sessions, MP rankings - [MPs](https://pollar.news/sejm/poslowie): Full list of 460 MPs with voting history, attendance rates, and party affiliation - [Clubs](https://pollar.news/sejm/kluby): Parliamentary clubs and caucuses with membership - [Votes](https://pollar.news/sejm/glosowania): Archive of all parliamentary votes with detailed results - [Committees](https://pollar.news/sejm/komisje): Standing and special committees with sittings - [Sessions](https://pollar.news/sejm/posiedzenia): Session calendar and agendas - [Bills](https://pollar.news/sejm/druki): Legislative documents with AI-generated summaries - [Legislative Processes](https://pollar.news/sejm/procesy): Bill tracking from submission to presidential signature - [Interpellations](https://pollar.news/sejm/interpelacje): MP questions to government ministers - [Written Questions](https://pollar.news/sejm/zapytania): Parliamentary written inquiries - [Live Streams](https://pollar.news/sejm/transmisje): Video streams from Sejm sessions and committees Data sourced from the official [Sejm API](https://api.sejm.gov.pl/). ## Open Data - [Air Quality](https://pollar.news/dane/srodowisko/powietrze): Live PM2.5/PM10 data from GIOŚ stations with interactive map - [Names](https://pollar.news/dane/spoleczenstwo/imiona): Most popular given names in Poland by year and gender (GUS) - [Surnames](https://pollar.news/dane/spoleczenstwo/nazwiska): Surname statistics and geographic distribution (GUS) - [Energy](https://pollar.news/dane/ekonomia/energia): Poland's energy mix, generation balance, and electricity prices (URE) - [Eurostat](https://pollar.news/dane/ekonomia/eurostat): GDP, inflation, unemployment, and population vs. EU with cross-country comparison - [Real Estate](https://pollar.news/dane/ekonomia/mieszkania): Average housing prices per m² in major Polish cities - [Railways](https://pollar.news/dane/transport/kolej): Passenger and freight transport statistics - [Ports](https://pollar.news/dane/transport/porty): Cargo throughput at Polish seaports - [Crime](https://pollar.news/dane/bezpieczenstwo/przestepczosc): Police crime and detection statistics with trends Data sourced from GIOŚ, GUS, URE, Eurostat, and Open-Meteo. ## User Features - **Accounts**: Sign up with email, Google, or Apple - **Bookmarks**: Save events to read later - **Follow MPs**: Track specific members of parliament - **Voting Alerts**: Get notified when followed MPs vote - **Category Alerts**: Get notified about new events in favorite categories - **Read History**: Track which events you've read - **Dark Mode**: Light, dark, and system theme options - **Country Filtering**: Filter news by country (e.g. `/kraj/polska`, `/en/country/germany`) - **Search**: Full-text search across all content (keyboard shortcut: Cmd+K / Ctrl+K) ## Structured Data Pollar News publishes schema.org JSON-LD markup on all pages: - `NewsArticle` for events and opinion pieces - `LiveBlogPosting` for breaking/trending events with live updates - `NewsMediaOrganization` for the publisher - `Person` for MPs (with role: Poseł na Sejm RP) - `BreadcrumbList`, `FAQPage`, `Speakable` ## Legal & Licensing - [Terms of Service](https://pollar.news/regulamin): Section 7 contains the full CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license terms - [Privacy Policy](https://pollar.news/polityka-prywatnosci) - [Cookie Settings](https://pollar.news/cookies) - [Contact](https://pollar.news/kontakt) All original articles, summaries, briefs, and opinion pieces published by Pollar News are licensed under [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). 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