How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 673 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   3.0% of the news · usually 2.8% · 20 articles
   • No show, hausse des prix, acomptes : dans l'Horeca, clients et patrons se font-ils la guerre ? "Le client est roi, seulement s'il se comporte bien" (dhnet.be)
   • Sutra polaganje venaca na Novom groblju povodom Dana primirja u Velikom ratu (telegraf.rs)

   Survey · Apr 2026 15% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

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

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. Jobs and work
   2.8% of the news · usually 1.5% · 1.9× usual · 19 articles
   • Le gouvernement doit allonger 210 millions d'euros supplémentaires pour aider les CPAS face à la réforme du chômage en Belgique (lavenir.net)
   • Rencontre 'apaisée et constructive' entre le gouvernement de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles et les syndicats des enseignants (rtbf.be)

   Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

3. Democracy and elections
   2.1% of the news · usually 2.0% · 14 articles
   • "Han pasado casi 10 años desde que Vox entró en gobiernos y, que yo sepa, no ha vuelto el NO-DO; lo único que pasó es que un puñado de socialistas, empezando por los de arriba, se quedaron sin trabajo (cope.es)
   • (LOKALNE VOLITVE) V Idriji so bistvena stanovanja, lahko tudi v kozolcih (primorske.si)

   Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. AI
   1.8% of the news · usually 1.7% · 12 articles
   • Wanneer de AI-agent gaat shoppen, maakt datakwaliteit het verschil (retaildetail.be)
   • When the AI agent goes shopping, data quality makes all the difference (retaildetail.eu)
5. Climate
   1.3% of the news · usually 1.0% · 9 articles
   • Un rapport alerte sur la situation à la mer du Nord: "Nous devons maintenant accélérer les choses" (lalibre.be)
   • EU fordert Österreich zu mehr Anstrengungen für Klimaziele auf (orf.at)

   Survey · 2023 58% 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)

6. Health
   1.0% of the news · usually 1.2% · 7 articles
   • LIVE "Netwerkproblemen nog niet opgelost": ziekenwagens UZ Brussel zeker tot morgen omgeleid, bijzonder druk op spoed AZ Jan Portaels (vrt.be)
   • Τάσος Βασιλειάδης (Joist Innovation Park): Από τη Λάρισα στις Βρυξέλλες – Το παλιό σιδηρουργείο που έγινε διεθνής κόμβος ψηφιακής καινοτομίας (Δείτε φωτογραφίες) (protothema.gr)

   Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. Cost of living
   0.9% of the news · usually 0.7% · 6 articles
   • Capitol in Eupen für 1,4 Millionen Euro auf dem Immobilienmarkt (brf.be)
   • Καταθέσεις: Πρόταση για λογαριασμούς με κρατικό επιτόκιο (newpost.gr)

   Survey · Apr 2026 36% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 16% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

8. Immigration
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.5% · 4 articles
   • 13 Migranten vor der französisch-belgischen Küste aus Seenot gerettet (brf.be)
   • Belgjika përkujton 70-vjetorin e emigracionit shqiptar me ekspozitë kushtuar diasporës (telegrafi.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 16% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.8positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.6The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual2.9 words per 1,000usually 3.4The GDELT Project
• Fear0.8× usual0.9 words per 1,000usually 1.2The GDELT Project
• Anger1.1× usual6.4 words per 1,000usually 6.1The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual6.5 words per 1,000usually 6.1The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual8.5 words per 1,000usually 8.7The GDELT Project

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