How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 662 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   5.4% of the news · usually 4.8% · 36 articles
   • ŽENEVA JE REKLA NE: Borba protiv negiranja genocida ne poznaje granice (slobodna-bosna.ba)
   • たった一度のテロが「戦争」を引き起こす…中東・南アジアの危機が示す報復の連鎖 | ニューズウィーク日本版 オフィシャルサイト (newsweekjapan.jp)

   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
   3.3% of the news · usually 3.8% · 22 articles
   • KO ĆE NASLIJEDITI MIRZU GANIĆA: Hoće li Visoko dobiti najmlađeg gradonačelnika u svojoj historiji? (slobodna-bosna.ba)
   • ГИК Бијељина: Гдје је завршио новац који је Влада Српске дозначила за провођење избора; ЦИК да испита поступање градоначелника (rtrs.tv)

   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
   1.4% of the news · usually 0.8% · 1.8× usual · 9 articles

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

4. Health
   1.1% of the news · usually 0.8% · 7 articles
   • Tužna vijest iz Sarajeva: Preminuo Jasmin Hodžić (avaz.ba)

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

5. Cost of living
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1.9× usual · 5 articles
   • Nekretnine u BiH u posljednjih pet godina skuplje oko 70 posto: Periferija mnogima jedino rješenje!? (vecernji.ba)

   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. Climate
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.2% · 2.8× usual · 3 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)

7. AI
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.3% · 1 articles
8. Immigration
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.3% · 1 articles

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.9positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.7The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual2.6 words per 1,000usually 2.6The GDELT Project
• Fear1.0× usual0.8 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual6.9 words per 1,000usually 7.6The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual6.9 words per 1,000usually 6.7The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.1× usual8.7 words per 1,000usually 7.9The GDELT Project

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