How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 684 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   6.6% of the news · usually 4.9% · 45 articles
   • Šibenik se oprostio od heroja iz Gruda: Branimir Marić ispraćen uz vojne počasti (vecernji.ba)
   • Suđenje Mlaći i Cikotiću: Svjedok odbrane tvrdi da nije dobijao naredbe od optuženog (avaz.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
   2.2% of the news · usually 3.7% · 15 articles
   • Počelo formiranje nove Vlade TK: Saznajemo kako su koalicioni partneri podijelili resore (faktor.ba)
   • POČINJE NOVA POLITIČKA IGRA U TUZLI: Konstituiše se Skupština TK, slijedi izbor delegata u Dom naroda FBiH (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. Cost of living
   1.2% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2.9× usual · 8 articles
   • Očekivani rast BDP-a BiH 2,3 odsto (capital.ba)
   • Sarajevo Waves: Investirajte u prostor, lokaciju i budućnost (klix.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)

4. Jobs and work
   1.0% of the news · usually 0.8% · 7 articles

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

5. Health
   0.7% 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)

6. Climate
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.2% · 3.6× usual · 4 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. 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)

8. AI
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.3% · 0 articles

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.5positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.7The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual2.4 words per 1,000usually 2.6The GDELT Project
• Fear0.7× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual6.9 words per 1,000usually 7.4The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual6.0 words per 1,000usually 6.7The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.9 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.