# 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. - [Spain and Italy impose reciprocal border controls in Schengen dispute over Ceuta migration crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-ultimatum-to-italy): Spain will impose border controls on flights and ships from Italy from midnight August 8 until September 7, after Italy refused to lift its - [US appeals court blocks Trump's $400 million White House ballroom, Supreme Court appeal next](https://pollar.news/en/event/court-blocks-trump-ballroom-project): A federal appeals court in Washington upheld an injunction on Friday halting construction of Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroo - [Ceuta migrant crisis: 72,000 crossed on 30 July, 79 bodies recovered as EU states split over response](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): An estimated 72,000 people crossed from Morocco into Spain's enclave of Ceuta on 30 July, leaving at least 79 bodies recovered and exposing - [Rodri Hernández rejects Real Madrid and chooses Barcelona as City and Barça negotiate transfer fee](https://pollar.news/en/event/rodri-says-yes-to-barcelona): Ballon d'Or winner and 2026 World Cup MVP Rodri Hernández has turned down Real Madrid, involving Mourinho, and chosen Barcelona, with Manche - [Colombia's de la Espriella sworn in as president in Cali, pledging oil revival, security crackdown and Christian values](https://pollar.news/en/event/colombias-new-president-sworn-in): Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as president of Colombia on 7 August 2026 in Cali, the first inauguration outside Bogotá, promising to - [Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv region kills three, including a child](https://pollar.news/en/event/russia-strikes-kyiv-three-dead): Russian forces struck the Kyiv region overnight on Saturday, killing three people including a child and wounding three others, as ballistic - [Amanda Knox's Fringe comedy 'Cartwheel' sells out as Kercher family demands cancellation](https://pollar.news/en/event/knox-comedy-show-sparks-fringe-row): Amanda Knox's sold-out stand-up show at the Edinburgh Fringe, inspired by the 2007 murder of her flatmate Meredith Kercher, has drawn condem - [Infantino rallies South American and African backing as Norway demands resignation over abandoned World Cup sale plan](https://pollar.news/en/event/uefa-threatens-world-cup-boycott): FIFA President Gianni Infantino has secured backing from African and South American federations after abandoning a plan to sell World Cup co - [Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign collective defense pact in Mecca](https://pollar.news/en/event/mecca-defense-pact-signed): Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a joint defense pact in Mecca on 7 August 2026, declaring that an armed attack on any one of them w - [FIFA president Infantino faces Telegraph investigation over alleged UEFA severance payment to 'lover'](https://pollar.news/en/event/infantino-uefa-payoff-scandal): A Daily Telegraph investigation alleges UEFA paid a six-figure severance to a woman described as Gianni Infantino's lover during his time as - [President Nawrocki signs four bills, sends registered-pledge law to Constitutional Tribunal](https://pollar.news/en/event/nawrocki-signs-four-bills): President Karol Nawrocki signed four bills on 7 August 2026, covering housing buyer protection, Polish-flag shipping, financial-supervision - [Norwegian football federation demands immediate resignation of FIFA president Gianni Infantino](https://pollar.news/en/event/norway-demands-infantino-exit): The Norwegian Football Federation became the first national federation to publicly demand FIFA president Gianni Infantino's immediate resign - [US expects Iran-Oman deal on Strait of Hormuz soon as Sunni powers sign defense pact](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-pauses-iran-strikes): A US official said Friday that Washington expects an agreement between Iran and Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz soon, pledging to lift t - [Sporting opens 2026/27 I Liga at Estrela da Amadora as Borges manages Suárez row and depleted squad](https://pollar.news/en/event/sporting-opens-season-at-estrela): Sporting will visit Estrela da Amadora on Saturday at 20:30 to open the 2026/27 I Liga, with Rui Borges managing a Luis Suárez training cont - [KATSEYE leader Sophia Laforteza takes mental health hiatus, second member to step back](https://pollar.news/en/event/second-katseye-member-takes-hiatus): Sophia Laforteza, leader of the multinational girl group KATSEYE, is temporarily stepping away from promotional activities on medical advice - [Francesco Guccini dies at 86: private funeral in Pavana, public tribute planned for September in Bologna](https://pollar.news/en/event/guccini-dies-at-86): Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini died on 6 August 2026 at 86 in Pavana. A private funeral was held on 8 August, with a public com - [15-year-old stabbed during town festival in Kamienna Góra, two 16-year-olds held by police](https://pollar.news/en/event/teen-stabbed-at-polish-town-festival): A 15-year-old boy was seriously wounded with a sharp instrument on Friday evening in Kamienna Góra, Lower Silesia, during the town's annual - [Spanish police dismantle Mediterranean smuggling network, 78 arrested in Spain and Algeria](https://pollar.news/en/event/78-arrested-in-smuggling-bust): Spanish authorities, working with Europol and police in France, Portugal and Poland, announced on 7 August the dismantling of a network that - [US payrolls unexpectedly fall 23,000 in July, stocks rise as rate-hike odds recede](https://pollar.news/en/event/yen-won-surge-on-intervention): The US economy lost 23,000 nonfarm jobs in July, far missing economist forecasts of 80,000 new hires, as June's figure was revised down to 2 - [Cassidy backs Blanche for attorney general, securing 50th Senate vote for confirmation](https://pollar.news/en/event/cassidy-backs-blanche-for-ag): Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana announced Friday he will vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general, providing the 50th S - [Solar eclipse on August 12 will darken Spanish skies, with France seeing near-total obscuration](https://pollar.news/en/event/solar-eclipse-looms-over-europe-august-12): A solar eclipse on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, the first observable in Europe since 1999, will cross Spain in totality while France sees a p - [Ceuta migration crisis: rumor drove 72,000 across border as Russia-linked accounts spread far-right narratives](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-crisis-fuels-disinformation): A social media rumor that the border was open drove an estimated 72,000 people from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, leaving at le - [Gabriel Attal files complaint over Russian interference targeting French presidential campaign](https://pollar.news/en/event/attal-sues-over-russian-interference): Gabriel Attal, candidate for France's 2027 presidential election, filed a legal complaint in Paris on Friday evening citing foreign interfer - [Berlin Volksbühne opens free outdoor pool amid debate over theater funding](https://pollar.news/en/event/berlin-theater-opens-outdoor-pool): Matthias Lilienthal, new intendant of Berlin's Volksbühne, has opened a free 25-meter swimming pool on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, funded by 300,0 - [Jesús Cintora to replace Javier Ruiz in Mañaneros 360 from 24 August as RTVE reshuffles daytime line-up](https://pollar.news/en/event/cintora-replaces-ruiz-on-tve-mornings): Jesús Cintora will replace Javier Ruiz as presenter of Mañaneros 360 from 24 August, part of a wider reshuffle of RTVE's current-affairs pro - [Two drones over German Patriot repair base in Mechernich follow explosive drone at Leipzig airport](https://pollar.news/en/event/leipzig-airport-shut-overnight): Unidentified drones were detected over a Bundeswehr base in Mechernich where Patriot systems are serviced, days after an explosive drone was - [Thai school shooting leaves nine dead including gunman, PM vows new gun law](https://pollar.news/en/event/school-shooting-near-bangkok): A 14-year-old student killed his grandparents and then opened fire at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, killing six and injuring at least 15 befor - [Polish government sets 2027 minimum wage at 4,950 PLN after tripartite talks fail](https://pollar.news/en/event/polands-2027-minimum-wage-set): The Council of Ministers published a draft regulation setting the minimum monthly wage at 4,950 PLN brutto from January 2027, a 3 percent ri - [Niewiadoma-Phinney wins Mont Ventoux stage and takes Tour de France Femmes lead](https://pollar.news/en/event/niewiadoma-takes-tour-lead): Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney attacked on the final climb of stage 7 to win on Mont Ventoux and seize the yellow jersey, leading the Tour de - [Solar eclipse on 12 August sparks glasses shortage and scientific anticipation in Iberia](https://pollar.news/en/event/century-long-eclipse-drought-ends-in-spain): A total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026 has triggered a scramble for protective eyewear across Spain and Portugal, with free glasses sold ou - [Over 56,000 ferry passengers depart Greek ports as August holiday exodus peaks](https://pollar.news/en/event/greek-ports-hit-august-travel-peak): Over 56,000 ferry passengers are departing Attica ports on Saturday 8 August as Greece's August holiday exodus peaks ahead of the 15 August - [Trump renews effort to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook after Supreme Court setback](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-renews-bid-to-fire-feds-cook): The White House sent Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook a letter on Wednesday giving her until August 26 to respond to mortgage fraud allega - [Spain and Italy impose tit-for-tat border controls over Ceuta migration crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-italy-border-control-dispute): Spain imposed border checks on travelers from Italy after Rome refused to lift its own controls tied to the Ceuta migration crisis, escalati - [South Korean football association apologises over sexual services for foreign referees](https://pollar.news/en/event/kfa-apologises-over-referee-scandal): South Korea's football association apologised after JTBC reported the KFA provided sexual services to foreign referees during 2011-2012 qual - [US Senate passes sweeping Russia and Iran sanctions bill 86-11, House vote set for September](https://pollar.news/en/event/senate-passes-russia-sanctions-86-11): The U.S. Senate voted 86-11 on Friday to pass the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, authorizing tariffs up to 100% - [Deepest partial solar eclipse since 1999 to darken UK and Irish skies on 12 August](https://pollar.news/en/event/rare-solar-eclipse-on-12-august): On 12 August, the moon will obscure up to 95% of the sun across the UK and Ireland in the deepest partial solar eclipse since 1999, with saf - [Hurkacz squanders two match points and exits ATP 1000 Montreal to Van de Zandschulp](https://pollar.news/en/event/hurkacz-out-in-montreal): Hubert Hurkacz squandered two match points and fell to Botic van de Zandschulp in the third round of the ATP 1000 tournament in Montreal, lo - [Spain imposes retaliatory border controls on Italy after Rome refuses to lift checks tied to Ceuta migration crisis](https://pollar.news/en/event/spain-italy-border-control-clash): Spain began retaliatory border controls on passengers arriving from Italy by sea and air after Rome refused to lift its own checks on Spanis - [Far-right millionaire lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella sworn in as Colombia's president](https://pollar.news/en/event/colombia-swears-in-far-right-president): Abelardo de la Espriella, a 48-year-old millionaire lawyer and political novice, was sworn in as Colombia's president on Friday in Cali, pro - [Wildfire contained at Ahladia near Sitia in Lasithi, Crete, as island faces category 4 fire risk](https://pollar.news/en/event/crete-wildfire-contained): A wildfire that broke out on the evening of 7 August at Ahladia near Sitia, in the Lasithi regional unit of Crete, was contained after midni - [Polish fuel prices set to ease as wholesale costs fall, but government stalls on subsidy return](https://pollar.news/en/event/polish-fuel-prices-may-drop): Diesel above 8 zł and Pb95 at 7.55 zł per litre could drop 20-40 groszy by mid-August as wholesale prices retreat, but the government has de - [Storms flood Rzeszów: hospital inundated, over 200 firefighter interventions across Podkarpacie](https://pollar.news/en/event/rzeszow-flooded-by-severe-storms): Severe storms flooded Rzeszów and the Podkarpacie voivodeship on 7 August 2026, inundating a hospital, cutting power to over 3,000 customers - [British music producer William Orbit dies at 69, shaped Madonna's Ray of Light](https://pollar.news/en/event/producer-william-orbit-dies-at-69): British producer William Orbit, who shaped Madonna's Ray of Light and worked with Blur, U2 and All Saints, died on July 23 at his London hom - [Partial solar eclipse on 12 August 2026 will cover up to 90% of the sun across Germany](https://pollar.news/en/event/solar-eclipse-to-cover-90-of-sun): On Wednesday, 12 August 2026, a partial solar eclipse will cover up to 90% of the sun across Germany, with the total eclipse path crossing I - [Pope Leo XIV to meet clergy abuse victims during September France visit](https://pollar.news/en/event/pope-to-meet-abuse-victims-in-france): Pope Leo XIV will privately meet victims of clerical sexual abuse during his September 25-28 apostolic trip to France, the Vatican announced - [Bezzecchi shatters Silverstone track record in MotoGP pre-qualifying despite injury return](https://pollar.news/en/event/bezzecchi-breaks-silverstone-record): Marco Bezzecchi set a 1'56"280 lap in pre-qualifying for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, breaking the track record by nearly a second - [Explosive drone kicked out of air by bus driver at Leipzig/Halle airport; Russia calls incident a provocation](https://pollar.news/en/event/drone-found-at-leipzig-airport): A bus driver kicked an explosive-laden drone out of the air at Leipzig/Halle airport near Ukrainian Antonov cargo planes, prompting a federa - [German states suspend Sunday truck driving ban as record-low water cripples Rhine, Elbe and Danube shipping](https://pollar.news/en/event/truck-ban-lifted-over-low-river-water): Four German states have temporarily lifted Sunday and holiday truck driving bans to let freight move from drought-stricken rivers to the roa - [Peru and Mexico restore diplomatic relations after nine-month asylum dispute](https://pollar.news/en/event/peru-mexico-restore-relations): Lima and Mexico City resumed diplomatic relations on 7 August after Peru granted safe-conduct to former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez, convic - [Greek Supreme Court prosecutor archives Predator wiretapping case for third time despite new evidence and conviction](https://pollar.news/en/event/predator-case-archived-for-third-time): Greece's Supreme Court prosecutor Evangelos Bakelas rejected all four requests to reopen the Predator spyware investigation on 7 August 2026 ## 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)