How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 739 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 4.9% · 35 articles
   • TRAŽIO JE FOTOGRAFIJU BRATA, A SAČUVAO SJEĆANJE NA GENERACIJE DJECE: 'SB' u Historijskom muzeju, prikazan film 'Sniper Alley - To My Brother' (slobodna-bosna.ba)
   • U Istočnom Sarajevu naslikan mural o egzodusu Srba, u fokusu četnički vojvoda (oslobodjenje.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
   3.1% of the news · usually 3.7% · 23 articles
   • POLITIČKI POTRES U REPUBLICI SRPSKOJ: Nebojša Vukanović otkrio šta je Milorad Dodik ponudio Branku Blanuši, spomenuo i Nenada Nešića... (slobodna-bosna.ba)
   • Konaković: Diplomatski pasoši su dodijeljivani isključivo zaslužnim pojedincima (federalna.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
   1.6% of the news · usually 0.8% · 2.0× usual · 12 articles

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

4. Climate
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.2% · 5.1× usual · 6 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)

5. Health
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.8% · 6 articles

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

6. AI
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.3% · 2.1× usual · 5 articles
7. 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)

8. Immigration
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 2 articles

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.5positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.7The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.1× usual2.8 words per 1,000usually 2.6The GDELT Project
• Fear1.3× usual1.1 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual6.5 words per 1,000usually 7.3The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual5.8 words per 1,000usually 6.7The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.9× usual7.1 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.