{{Transclude selected current events | <search pattern 1> | ... | <search pattern n> | not1= | ... | notn= | days= | max= | none= | dates= | more= |header= |footer= }}

Basic

{{Transclude selected current events| search pattern }}

Multiple search patterns

{{Transclude selected current events| search pattern | second search pattern | third search pattern }}

Add as many search patterns as needed

With patterns to exclude items

{{Transclude selected current events| search pattern | not=search pattern to exclude from results }}

Add additional search patterns to exclude items from results using |not2=, |not3=, etc.

As a portal component which only displays when news items are found

{{Transclude selected current events| header= header template | footer= footer template | other parameters }}

As a suggestion generator, e.g. on the portal talk page

{{Transclude selected current events| wikitext=yes | other parameters }}

|1=, |2=, |3= ...

Search patterns for items

|not1=, |not2=, |not3= ...

Search patterns for excluding items

|days=

Number of days to search through for current events (counting backwards from the current day); default is 30 (nb. you may find large numbers equal to several years won't work for technical reasons).

|max=

Maximum number of items to display; default is 6

|wikitext=

Set to yes to display the wikitext of the items, e.g. when using this template just to generate suggestions

|none=

Wikitext to display if no matching items are found; default is "No recent news"

|dates=

Set to mdy to use MDY-formatted dates (e.g. Dec 24, 2024 rather than 24 Dec 2024)

|more=

Wikitext to show at the bottom of the list; OR

Set to yes to show More current events... link at the bottom of the list

|header=

Wikitext to show above the items; typically {{Box-header}} or {{Box-header colour}} or similar (with appropriate parameters filled in)

If set, this template only displays output when items are found (overriding |more= if set)

|footer=

Wikitext to show below the items; defaults to {{Box-footer}}

Can only be used in conjunction with |header=

Search patterns are Lua patterns, which are similar to regular expressions. This means that ^$()%.[]*+-? characters have special meaning, such as . matching any character. To search for those characters themselves, they need to be escaped by prefixing a %

For piped links, both the target article name as well as the displayed text are searched for matches. External links are not searched for matches.

B Tip: To make a letter in a search pattern case-insensitive, put both the upper-case and lowercase letter inside square-brackets, i.e. [Aa]pple will match both An apple is... and Apples are....

Europe

{{Transclude selected current events|Europe}}

20 December 2024 – Hungary–Poland relations

Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons Hungary's ambassador to protest the Hungarian government's decision to grant asylum to former Polish deputy justice minister Marcin Romanowski, who is wanted under the European Arrest Warrant for alleged corruption. Poland also recalls its ambassador to Hungary Sebastian Kęciek for consultations. (AP)

19 December 2024 – Georgia–United Kingdom relations, Georgia–United States relations, 2024 Georgian post-election protests

The United Kingdom and the United States impose sanctions on Georgian officials, including Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri, in response to alleged violent crackdowns on pro-European protests. (EFE)

18 December 2024 – 2024 Georgian presidential election, 2024 Georgian parliamentary election, 2024 Georgian post-election protests

In an address to the European Parliament, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili urges the European Union to economically and politically pressure the current Georgian government into holding new elections, claiming that recent elections represented a "new form of invasion" by Russia. (Euronews) (AP)

15 December 2024 – Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, becoming the 12th member and the first European member. (Reuters)

12 December 2024 – Enlargement of the European Union

The European Union approves of Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen Area in 2025. (Al Jazeera) (Euronews)

12 December 2024 –

Edith Heard, biologist specialist of epigenetics and director-general of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, is awarded the CNRS Gold Medal, France's highest research award. (CNRS - Le Journal)

Europe (as portal component that is only displayed when there is news; limited to a maximum of 4 items)

{{Transclude selected current events|Europe|header={{Box-header color|In the news}}|max=4}}

United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected current events|United Kingdom}}

Europe OR United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected current events|Europe|United Kingdom}}

Europe AND United Kingdom

{{Transclude selected current events|Europe.*United Kingdom|United Kingdom.*Europe|days=10}}

United Kingdom AND NOT Australia

{{Transclude selected current events|United Kingdom|not=Australia}}

SomethingWithNoMatches

{{Transclude selected current events|SomethingWithNoMatches}}

• {{Template cache}} – companion template