How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,784 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security Anxious
   3.4% of the news · usually 4.3% · 60 articles
   • Йордан Божилов: За нас е неприемливо някой да диктува къде ще бъде България. Ние сме избрали да бъдем част от НАТО и от ЕС (focus-news.net)
   • Изтребителите F-16 още не са оборудвани за дежурства. България не може да купи още самолети поне до 2030 г. – Mediapool.bg (mediapool.bg)

   Survey · Apr 2026 18% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

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

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. Health More than usual
   1.9% of the news · usually 1.1% · 1.7× usual · 34 articles
   • Все още няма притивогрипни ваксини в аптеките (novinite.bg)
   • Продължава търсенето на противогрипни ваксини в аптеките (cross.bg)

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

3. Jobs and work
   1.3% of the news · usually 1.0% · 23 articles
   • Парадокс на пазара на труда – безработицата пада, но заетостта също намалява (frognews.bg)
   • Близо половината безработни у нас търсят работа повече от година (vesti.bg)

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. AI
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.8% · 14 articles
   • Радев в Дъблин: среща за AI и Украйна (fakti.bg)
   • Маркетинг пазарът търси анализ и AI, а едва 38% от българите на 16-74 години имат основни дигитални умения (actualno.com)
5. Cost of living
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.6% · 13 articles
   • Столична община заведе дело за къпалня „Мария Луиза" и Летния театър в Борисовата градина (cross.bg)
   • Общината съди за къпалня „Мария Луиза" (fakti.bg)

   Survey · Apr 2026 52% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 20% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 1% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

6. Democracy and elections
   0.7% of the news · usually 2.7% · 12 articles
   • Терзиев би се съгласил да е "резерва" на Гюров на кметските избори (segabg.com)
   • Коментари - Борисов: Някой от олигарсите на Радев се е огледал в имотите на веригите и ги гони (dnes.dir.bg)

   Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. Immigration
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.3% · 8 articles
   • Дом в Соборном Одесской области: 70 квартир получили ВПЛ (odessa-life.od.ua)

   Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

8. Climate
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.4% · 6 articles
   • Новини - Емисиите на парникови газове в ЕС намаляват с 0,5% през второто тримесечие на 2026 г. (publics.bg)

   Survey · 2023 74% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

   Survey · Apr 2026 3% 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−1.5positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.5The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual3.0 words per 1,000usually 2.8The GDELT Project
• Fear1.1× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual7.2 words per 1,000usually 7.4The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual6.9 words per 1,000usually 6.7The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.9× usual6.7 words per 1,000usually 7.2The GDELT Project

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