# 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 continues to compress competitive advantage cycles and test regulatory guardrails, whil
- [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 legal countermea
- [The war in Ukraine and its limits](https://pollar.news/en/threads/ukraine-war): The war is defined by reciprocal long-range strikes on economic infrastructure, with Ukraine targeting Russian refineries and logistics whil
- [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.

- [Dutch broadcaster Avrotros withdraws from Eurovision 2027 over Israel participation and neutrality rules](https://pollar.news/en/event/avrotros-exits-eurovision-2027): Dutch public broadcaster Avrotros has pulled out of the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Burgas, Bulgaria, returning its broadcast mandate to
- [German logistics tycoon Klaus-Michael Kuehne dies in Switzerland at 89](https://pollar.news/en/event/klaus-michael-kuehne-dies-at-89): The controlling shareholder of logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel and major Lufthansa investor passed away overnight at his home in Schindellegi
- [Hawk Fire burns 15,000 acres outside Reno as 87,000 residents face evacuation notices](https://pollar.news/en/event/reno-wildfire-prompts-evacuations): A wildfire burning outside Reno has scorched 15,000 acres and injured six people, prompting emergency declarations and school closures acros
- [Vuelta a Espana cancels stage three in Pyrenees after severe hailstorm halts peloton](https://pollar.news/en/event/vuelta-stage-3-cancelled): Organizers halted the 174-kilometre stage from Gruissan to Font-Romeu 15 kilometres from the finish as riders sought shelter from ice and he
- [Julian Alvarez faces hostility from Atletico Madrid fans as transfer window enters final week](https://pollar.news/en/event/arsenal-sign-ezri-konsa): Atletico Madrid forward Julian Alvarez was booed by home supporters during Sunday's 2-2 draw with Villarreal after expressing his desire for
- [Houthi missile strikes Saudi crude supertanker Amzan off Yanbu in the Red Sea](https://pollar.news/en/event/saudi-tanker-hit-off-yanbu): A missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck the Saudi supertanker Amzan 63 nautical miles off Yanbu on Monday, causing a deck fire while
- [Shein opens $1.77 billion Hong Kong IPO at $27 billion valuation and pledges $3.5 billion to early investors](https://pollar.news/en/event/shein-launches-hong-kong-ipo): The Singapore-based retailer is offering 280 million shares priced between HK$47.60 and HK$49.50 ahead of a September 1 trading debut, down 
- [Canada prepares retaliatory tariffs as US trade talks collapse over 50% import duties](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-canada-tariff-talks): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recalled negotiators from Washington and scheduled counter-tariffs for 8 September 2026, while Donald Tr
- [EU approves €6.1 billion military aid for Ukraine as Western leaders gather in Kyiv](https://pollar.news/en/event/kyiv-attack-kills-30-russia-advances): The European Union released a €6.1 billion weapons package on Ukraine's 35th Independence Day as UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and European
- [Spain convenes National Security Council and approves 25,000 vaccines for Ceuta](https://pollar.news/en/event/ceuta-migration-crisis-escalates): Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a National Security Council meeting for 25 August, while health authorities approved 25,000 vacc
- [Kraków driver remanded in custody after fatal crash kills two parents on sidewalk](https://pollar.news/en/event/pedestrians-struck-in-krakow): A 26-year-old motorist driving a 333-horsepower Volkswagen at an estimated 70 km/h mounted a Kraków sidewalk on 22 August 2026, killing both
- [UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin rejects FIFA presidential bid but demands Infantino resign](https://pollar.news/en/event/infantino-faces-fifa-challenge): UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has ruled out running for the FIFA presidency while warning Gianni Infantino that he will face an election
- [Raphaël Glucksmann enters 2027 French presidential race and social-democratic primary](https://pollar.news/en/event/glucksmann-prepares-presidential-bid): Place publique leader Raphaël Glucksmann confirmed his 2027 presidential bid, securing an endorsement from ecologist Yannick Jadot ahead of 
- [Singapore offers families 70,000 SGD per child to counter fertility decline](https://pollar.news/en/event/singapore-child-incentives): Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced up to 70,000 Singapore dollars per child in subsidies, parental leave, and housing support as the nat
- [United States prepares secondary sanctions on Iran as Tehran threatens Persian Gulf oil blockade](https://pollar.news/en/event/iran-threatens-sanctions-enforcers): The US Treasury is set to unveil secondary sanctions against Iran's trade partners, while Tehran threatens to halt all crude shipments throu
- [Trump announces 50% tariffs on Canadian vehicles and steel starting in 2027](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-targets-canadian-autos): US President Donald Trump announced that duties on Canadian cars, trucks, parts, and steel will rise to 50% on 1 January 2027, escalating tr
- [Hungarian air force Gripen fighter jet crashes near Szolnok as pilot ejects safely](https://pollar.news/en/event/hungarian-gripen-jet-crashes): A Hungarian military pilot survived without injury after ejecting from a JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet that crashed on military grounds near Szo
- [UK authorizes MBDA to share Storm Shadow missile technology with Ukraine](https://pollar.news/en/event/uk-transfers-missile-blueprints-to-kyiv): British Prime Minister Andy Burnham approved technical data sharing to allow Ukraine to produce SCALP and Storm Shadow cruise missiles domes
- [China's AG.AL wins $75 million Esports World Cup as Paris tournament concludes](https://pollar.news/en/event/all-gamers-win-2026-ewc): Chinese team AG.AL claimed the $7 million championship prize at the Grand Palais in Paris following seven weeks of competition across 24 vid
- [China orders recall of 4.27 million electric vehicles over door handle safety hazards](https://pollar.news/en/event/china-recalls-43m-vehicles): China's market regulator ordered nine automakers, including Tesla and Xiaomi, to recall roughly 4.27 million vehicles over interior emergenc
- [California attorney general Rob Bonta cancels Paramount settlement meeting over leaked talks](https://pollar.news/en/event/newsom-backs-merger-settlement): California Attorney General Rob Bonta called off preliminary negotiations with David Ellison over the proposed $111 billion Warner Bros. acq
- [Trump announces 50% tariffs on Canadian vehicles and steel from 2027](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-raises-canada-tariffs): US President Donald Trump pledged to double auto tariffs to 50% on January 1, 2027, following the breakdown of weekend trade negotiations an
- [US military kills two in Pacific boat strike as maritime campaign expands](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-strikes-pacific-drug-boat): U.S. Southern Command conducted a kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel along eastern Pacific trafficking routes on 23 August 2026, bringin
- [German school bus overturns on Dutch A28 motorway near Wezep, leaving eight hospitalized](https://pollar.news/en/event/dutch-bus-crash-injures-eight): A coach carrying 54 high school students from northern Germany struck a delivery van and overturned on the A28 motorway near Wezep early Mon
- [Treasury Bond Buybacks Fail to Lower Yields as US National Debt Passes $40 Trillion](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-debt-tops-40-trillion): Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doubled long-dated bond buybacks, but 10-year yields rebounded to 4.75% amid growing fiscal deficits and ri
- [Belgian satirist and pie thrower Noël Godin dies in Brussels at age 80](https://pollar.news/en/event/noel-godin-dies-at-80): Belgian writer, film critic, and anarchist humorist Noël Godin, widely known as 'l'Entarteur' for targeting public figures with cream pies, 
- [Zondacrypto Head Cooperates With Prosecutors Over 2.4 Billion Złoty Collapse](https://pollar.news/en/event/zondacrypto-head-turns-witness): Przemysław Kral, the head of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto, has agreed to cooperate with Polish prosecutors following charge
- [Andy Burnham visits Kyiv on Ukraine Independence Day and clears SCALP missile data](https://pollar.news/en/event/burnham-to-visit-kyiv): UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived in Kyiv for Ukraine's 35th Independence Day, agreeing to release classified data for local SCALP miss
- [Norway King Harald V hospitalised with bloodstream infection as palace reports deterioration](https://pollar.news/en/event/king-harald-in-hospital): Norway's 89-year-old monarch King Harald V remains stable at Rikshospitalet in Oslo after developing a bacterial blood infection during trea
- [Central Italy marks ten years since 2016 earthquake with night vigils and rebuilding calls](https://pollar.news/en/event/amatrice-marks-earthquake-decade): Towns across the Central Apennines held overnight vigils on 24 August 2026 to commemorate the 299 victims of the 2016 earthquake as official
- [French broadcaster Philippe Bouvard dies at 96 after 60-year media career](https://pollar.news/en/event/philippe-bouvard-dies-at-96): The creator and longtime host of RTL's Les Grosses Têtes died peacefully at his home in Cannes on Monday morning, prompting tributes across 
- [Donald Trump announces 50% tariff on Canadian vehicles and steel starting in 2027](https://pollar.news/en/event/trump-expands-canadian-tariffs): US President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that import levies on Canadian cars, trucks, automotive parts, and steel will rise to 50
- [Amatrice marks ten years since central Italy earthquake as reconstruction lags](https://pollar.news/en/event/amatrice-marks-earthquake-anniversary): Residents and officials gathered in Amatrice on 24 August to commemorate the 299 victims of the 2016 earthquake, with less than 40% of damag
- [Eight-year-old Louisiana girl dies after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba in Lake Claiborne](https://pollar.news/en/event/louisiana-girl-dies-from-amoeba): Lillian Smart of Ruston, Louisiana, died in hospital on Saturday after developing primary amebic meningoencephalitis following a swim in Lak
- [Romanian deputies pass integrity bill replacing detailed asset declarations with value brackets](https://pollar.news/en/event/romania-passes-integrity-reform): The Chamber of Deputies approved amendments to the National Integrity Agency law with 183 votes in favor, replacing itemized asset disclosur
- [Polish prosecutors question Romanowski location claims after safe conduct letter sent from Bendery](https://pollar.news/en/event/romanowski-location-claims-challenged): Polish prosecutors found no evidence that former deputy justice minister Marcin Romanowski is in Transnistria, after his safe conduct reques
- [Syria and Israel hold US-mediated security talks in Jordan following airbase strike](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-disputes-israeli-syria-strike): Syrian and Israeli delegations met in Amman on 23 August 2026 to de-escalate tensions following an Israeli strike on Abu al-Duhur airbase an
- [Polish novelist and translator Ignacy Karpowicz dies at 50, publisher says](https://pollar.news/en/event/ignacy-karpowicz-dies-at-50): Ignacy Karpowicz, author of Balladyny i romanse and a four-time Nike Literary Award finalist, died on 22 August 2026 at the age of 50.
- [England drops Brydon Carse from second Pakistan test after police incident in Derby](https://pollar.news/en/event/ecb-investigates-bowler-brydon-carse): Fast bowler Brydon Carse has been withdrawn from the squad for the second test against Pakistan at Lord's following an inquiry into a late-n
- [France sets annual medical deductible cap at 140 euros instead of planned 200 euros](https://pollar.news/en/event/france-caps-medical-deductibles): A draft decree submitted on 21 August raises out-of-pocket caps by 40% starting 1 October 2026, indexing costs to inflation since 2005 while
- [Arthur Fils beats Tiafoe and Coco Gauff defeats Pegula to win Cincinnati titles](https://pollar.news/en/event/arthur-fils-reaches-cincinnati-final): Arthur Fils defeated Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 to win his first ATP Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati on Sunday, while Coco Gauff beat Jes
- [Father of US sailor on USS Abraham Lincoln detained by immigration officials in Florida](https://pollar.news/en/event/us-sailor-father-detained): Federal immigration authorities in Florida have detained Luis Manuel Aviles Roa while his son Joshua Aviles completes a nine-month deploymen
- [Two trains stop 50 meters apart on same track at Kielce Herbskie station](https://pollar.news/en/event/train-near-miss-in-kielce): A Polregio regional train and a TLK service stopped 50 to 60 meters apart in Kielce after a driver passed a stop signal and a dispatcher act
- [UK demands removal of dangerous driving clips after Middlesbrough crash kills seven](https://pollar.news/en/event/multiple-killed-in-a66-crash): The UK government has called on social media platforms to remove videos promoting dangerous driving following a wrong-way collision on the A
- [Plenipotentiary Barbara Mróz-Gorgoń resigns over AI errors in 200,000 PLN national brand report](https://pollar.news/en/event/ministry-denies-brand-report-funding): Barbara Mróz-Gorgoń has stepped down as Poland's brand promotion plenipotentiary and cancelled public appearances following errors in a 200,
- [New Zealand introduces bill banning social media for under-16s with fines up to 10% of revenue](https://pollar.news/en/event/nz-proposes-social-media-ban): On 24 August 2026, New Zealand announced legislation to bar minors under 16 from social platforms, creating an online safety regulator despi
- [Kazakhstan ruling party Adilet wins 71% of votes in Kurultai parliamentary election](https://pollar.news/en/event/kazakhstan-elects-new-parliament): The newly formed pro-presidential Adilet party secured an outright majority in Kazakhstan's first unicameral Kurultai election, following a 
- [Kyle Kirkwood wins inaugural Freedom 250 IndyCar race in Washington as Donald Trump waves green flag](https://pollar.news/en/event/indycar-races-in-washington): Andretti Global driver Kyle Kirkwood won IndyCar's first Washington street race, finishing 3.09 seconds ahead of Christian Lundgaard after 1
- [Coalition of 36 nations meets in Kyiv to coordinate air defence and missile production](https://pollar.news/en/event/coalition-meets-in-kyiv): Thirty-six nations will convene in Kyiv on Ukraine's 35th Independence Day as British Prime Minister Andy Burnham prepares to share Storm Sh
- [Toddler halts MLS match between San Jose Earthquakes and Minnesota United](https://pollar.news/en/event/toddler-halts-mls-match): Play was briefly stopped during stoppage time at PayPal Park in San Jose after a toddler walked onto the field in the final minutes of Minne

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