# 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): 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' - [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 - [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 - [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 - [Xavier Niel buys Vodafone's 16.2% stake from UAE's E& for £4.4bn, becoming the British telecom's top shareholder](https://pollar.news/en/event/niel-takes-top-vodafone-stake): French billionaire Xavier Niel is acquiring the entire 16.2 percent stake held by Emirates Telecommunications in the British telecom giant f - [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, - [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 - [France triggers first ever 'Orsec extreme heat' plan as 24 departments face red alert on Saturday](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-triggers-extreme-heat-plan): Government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon announced the first activation of the 'Orsec chaleurs extrêmes' protocol on Friday, targeting vulnerable - [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 - [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 - [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 - [First power flows from Poland's Baltic Power offshore wind farm as Tusk calls it a pillar of energy sovereignty](https://pollar.news/en/event/baltic-power-goes-live): The first electricity from the Baltic Power offshore wind farm, a 1.2 GW project built by Orlen and Canada's Northland Power, reached the ne - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [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 - [Three arrested for arson that killed ND politician’s mother; key suspect hid on Crete](https://pollar.news/en/event/arson-arrests-after-vagia-nestora-death): Greek anti-terrorism police arrested three people on 10 July 2026, nine days after a gas-canister attack on the home of New Democracy candid - [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 - [Pinito del Oro and Natalia Sosa's clandestine love affair comes to screen in Arima León's 'Tal vez'](https://pollar.news/en/event/forbidden-love-on-the-trapeze): Arima León's debut feature, starring Adriana Ugarte and Tania Santana, opens in Spanish cinemas on July 10, telling the real-life story of c - [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 - [SK Hynix raises $26.5 billion in largest-ever US listing by a foreign company, pricing ADRs at $149 each](https://pollar.news/en/event/sk-hynix-raises-record-265bn): South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix raised $26.5 billion in its Wall Street debut, pricing 177.9 million American Depositary Shares at $149 each - [Milan court convicts ex-unionist in '30 seconds' case that overturned two acquittals, gives 14-month sentence](https://pollar.news/en/event/conviction-in-30-seconds-case): An Italian appeals court has handed a 14-month prison sentence to a former Malpensa Airport trade unionist in a case that drew national outr - [BMW global deliveries fall 4.9% in Q2 as China sales crash 30% to 117,815 units](https://pollar.news/en/event/bmw-china-crash-hits-sales): BMW Group delivered 590,962 vehicles in the second quarter, a 4.9% decline year-on-year, as a prolonged property crisis in China crushed dem - [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 - [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 - [Centre-right presents electoral law amendment to allow out-of-town voting for students, workers and patients](https://pollar.news/en/event/out-of-town-voting-proposed): After months of technical wrangling, Italy's ruling coalition has tabled a unified amendment to the electoral law that would let voters domi - [Bayer sells minority stake in contraceptives unit to Apollo for €3bn to ease litigation debt load](https://pollar.news/en/event/bayer-secures-3bn-apollo-deal): The German pharmaceuticals group will retain majority ownership and full operational control of its fast-growing long-acting reversible cont - [12 dead and 23 missing as wildfire traps motorists on wrong evacuation route in Spain's Almería province](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-fire-kills-12): A fast-moving forest fire in Andalusia's Almería province has killed at least 12 people and left 23 unaccounted for after flames engulfed ve - [EU Parliament votes to extend chat scanning rules until 2028 with end-to-end encryption exemption after chaotic session](https://pollar.news/en/event/chat-control-extended-until-2028): MEPs approved a temporary extension of the controversial 'chat control 1.0' regulation on 9 July, continuing voluntary scanning for child ab - [Newcastle disease outbreak in Valladolid forces culling of 1.2 million birds and triggers mandatory vaccination across Castile and León](https://pollar.news/en/event/12m-birds-culled-vaccine-ordered): An outbreak of Newcastle disease in Valladolid has forced the culling of over 1.2 million birds and will require the emptying of farms with - [Paz Vega issues statement after appearing on Spain's tax debtors list with 1.8 million euro debt](https://pollar.news/en/event/vega-tax-debt-reduced): Actress Paz Vega released a statement Thursday after reappearing on Spain's tax agency list of large debtors with a balance exceeding 1.8 mi - [Klopp reveals Liverpool's secret private-jet pursuit of Mbappé before his 2017 PSG move](https://pollar.news/en/event/klopps-mbappe-jet-chase): Jürgen Klopp disclosed that Liverpool flew Kylian Mbappé's family on a private jet from Nice in 2017, circling over France to avoid detectio - [Mbappe scores 8th of tournament as France beats Morocco 2:0 to reach World Cup semi-final](https://pollar.news/en/event/mbappe-fires-france-into-semis): Kylian Mbappe struck his eighth goal of the 2026 World Cup and Ousmane Dembele added a second as France dominated Morocco 2:0 in Foxborough, - [Australia confirms first deadly H5N1 bird flu case in a native seabird as total detections climb to 12](https://pollar.news/en/event/h5n1-hits-australian-seabirds): The first case of H5N1 bird flu in a native Australian seabird has been confirmed in South Australia, adding to a dozen detections since the - [France beat Morocco 2-0 as Mbappé scores and assists after missed penalty to reach World Cup semi-finals](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-morocco-quarter-final): A goal and an assist from captain Kylian Mbappé powered France past Morocco 2-0 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, sending Le - [Unbeaten Spain puts 609-minute shutout on line against Belgium in World Cup quarterfinal](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-vs-belgium-quarterfinal-2): Spain, yet to concede a goal in the tournament, faces a Belgian side that dispatched the United States 4-1. The winner meets France in the s - [NBP projects Polish inflation falling to 2.2% by 2028, GDP growth at 3.7% this year](https://pollar.news/en/event/nbp-22-inflation-by-2028): Poland's central bank released its July projection on Friday, showing CPI declining from 2.9% at end-2026 to 2.2% by end-2028, while GDP exp - [Derecho y Relaciones Internacionales tops Catalonia's 2026 university cut-off marks with 12.972](https://pollar.news/en/event/uab-degree-tops-pau-scores): The joint programme in Law and International Relations at the Autonomous University of Barcelona claimed the highest entry bar in Catalonia - [Pogacar breaks Tourmalet ascent record, descends at over 100 km/h to take Tour lead on stage 6](https://pollar.news/en/event/pogacar-dominates-tourmalet): The Slovenian rider won stage 6 in Gavarnie-Gèdre, clocking 43:12 on the Tourmalet ascent and reaching 100 km/h on the descent, opening a 2: - [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 faces Spain in World Cup quarter-final as White House weighs in on Red Devils' last rout](https://pollar.news/en/event/belgium-challenges-unbeaten-spain): The Red Devils take on Spain in Los Angeles on Friday evening, while their demolition of the USA still echoes in Washington and Rudi Garcia' - [China recovers Long March 10B booster at sea in first reusable rocket landing, narrowing SpaceX gap](https://pollar.news/en/event/china-lands-reusable-rocket): The Long March 10B's first stage was caught by a net-equipped floating platform six minutes after liftoff from Hainan Island, a milestone fo - [Israel warns US of Iranian plot to kill Trump, US intelligence sceptical of motive](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-plotted-on-trump): Israeli intelligence passed Washington a warning that Iran is developing a new plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, US media reported - [Tim Merlier wins Tour de France stage 7 in Bordeaux as Pogacar keeps yellow jersey](https://pollar.news/en/event/merlier-wins-in-bordeaux): The Belgian Soudal Quick-Step rider powered clear of Soren Waerenskjold and Biniam Girmay in a mass sprint on the 175 km flat stage from Hag - [Uber Eats and Deliveroo lift minimum hourly income for delivery drivers in France from 11.75 to 19 euros](https://pollar.news/en/event/drivers-secure-19-euro-minimum): The regulatory authority ARPE announced that Uber Eats and Deliveroo signed an amendment with unions on Friday, raising the minimum from 11. - [Polish soldiers to collect uniforms from parcel lockers as pilot reaches over 20,000 personnel](https://pollar.news/en/event/soldiers-get-uniforms-by-locker): Over 20,000 soldiers now receive their gear via InPost parcel lockers, with plans to scale to 60,000 by the end of 2026 and full deployment - [Kristin Davis: 'I didn't know how groundbreaking Sex and the City was at the time'](https://pollar.news/en/event/davis-didnt-grasp-satc-hype): Speaking on the 'Dinner's On Me' podcast, the actress who played Charlotte York said she initially thought the show was good but couldn't un - [Ann Widdecombe, former Conservative minister and Reform UK figure, dies at 78](https://pollar.news/en/event/ann-widdecombe-dies-at-78): The former Conservative minister, a fierce Eurosceptic who later joined Nigel Farage's Reform UK, made one of her final interventions in a J - [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. 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