How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 615 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   4.9% of the news · usually 4.8% · 30 articles
   • Zeničanima stižu za 35 posto uvećani računi za grijanje, uslugu moraju plaćati na samo šest rata (faktor.ba)
   • Dvostruki šok za Zeničane: Računi za grijanje veći za 35 posto, a ukida se i plaćanje na 12 rata (vecernji.ba)

   Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. Democracy and elections
   3.7% of the news · usually 4.2% · 23 articles
   • OD EVROPSKOG FOKUSA DO FUSNOTE: BiH sve dalje od članstva u Evropskoj uniji (rtvusk.ba)
   • Izvještaj Evropske komisije o BiH ne može biti iznenađenje: Evropski put je od fokusa došao do fusnote (klix.ba)

   Survey · Apr 2026 10% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

3. Jobs and work
   1.0% of the news · usually 0.8% · 6 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 14% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. Health
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.8% · 5 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

5. Cost of living
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 40% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 25% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

6. Immigration
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1 articles
   • Michigan, laboratoire de la démographie musulmane américaine (causeur.fr)

   Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. AI
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.4% · 0 articles
8. Climate
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.2% · 0 articles

   Survey · 2023 77% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

   Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.8positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.7The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual2.6 words per 1,000usually 2.7The GDELT Project
• Fear1.0× usual0.8 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
• Anger1.1× usual7.9 words per 1,000usually 7.4The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual6.7 words per 1,000usually 6.6The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.8 words per 1,000usually 7.8The GDELT Project

News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.