How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 423 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   4.7% of the news · usually 4.8% · 20 articles
   • Omar Mehmedbašić, advokat: Na otok bih ponio pare da ga kupim (avaz.ba)
   • Bihać ugostio predstavnike Udruge bošnjačkih branitelja iz Siska (federalna.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. Health
   2.6% of the news · usually 0.8% · 3.4× usual · 11 articles

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

3. Democracy and elections
   1.4% of the news · usually 4.1% · 6 articles
   • Sarajevski SDP podržao Štetu i traži vodeću ulogu u Skupštini KS: Nećemo biti ničiji privjesak (24sata.info)
   • MNT-választás: 108 974 magyar választópolgár szerepel a végleges névjegyzékben (vajma.info)

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

4. Cost of living
   0.5% 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)

5. Immigration
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.2% · 2.3× usual · 2 articles
   • Migranti nisu nestali iz BiH: Ko danas vodi računa o njima i čeka li nas nova kriza? (avaz.ba)

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

6. Jobs and work
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.8% · 2 articles

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

7. AI
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1 articles
   • Pequim reúne imprensa mundial para discutir vantagens e desafios da Inteligência Artificial – Marcia Carmo – Brasil 247 (brasil247.com)
   • Fiorentina-Juve il pronostico dell' IA | ultima chiamata per Spalletti ma Vanoli cerca punti (zazoom.it)
8. Climate
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1.5× usual · 1 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−1.4positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.7The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual2.8 words per 1,000usually 2.6The GDELT Project
• Fear1.4× usual1.1 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual6.8 words per 1,000usually 7.6The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual7.3 words per 1,000usually 6.6The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.1× usual8.4 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.