How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 623 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   5.5% of the news · usually 4.8% · 34 articles
   • Erdogan: Institucije opet sa strane gledaju zločine, kao u Srebrenici (klix.ba)
   • Sarajevo, la mostra di Mario Boccia torna nella città dell'assedio (balcanicaucaso.org)

   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
   2.4% of the news · usually 4.2% · 15 articles
   • Ne propustite bogati vikend-dvobroj Večernjeg lista BiH: Što bi Hrvate moglo dovesti u neočekivanu opasnost, prva presuda za femicid... (vecernji.ba)
   • NJEMAČKI AMBASADOR ČESTITAO IZETBEGOVIĆU NA IZBORNOM USPJEHU SDA: Razgovarali i o promjenama vlasti u Srbiji (slobodna-bosna.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. Immigration
   1.0% of the news · usually 0.2% · 5.1× usual · 6 articles

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

4. 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)

5. Cost of living
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.4% · 3 articles
   • Одобрен поврат 13.860.661 КМ ПДВ-а на прву некретнину (rtrs.tv)

   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. Health
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.8% · 2 articles

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

7. Climate
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1 articles
   • Mladi u Kantonu Sarajevo prezentirali 11 projekata za rješavanje klimatskih i okolišnih izazova (federalna.ba)

   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)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−2.1positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.7The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual2.7 words per 1,000usually 2.6The GDELT Project
• Fear1.1× usual0.9 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
• Anger1.1× usual8.3 words per 1,000usually 7.4The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual6.6 words per 1,000usually 6.6The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual8.1 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.