How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,223 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Democracy and elections
   8.8% of the news · usually 6.5% · 108 articles
   • Χάθηκε στον κόσμο της εικονικής πραγματικότητας ο Πρόεδρος Χριστοδουλίδης-VID (sigmalive.com)
   • Halkın Partisi Milletvekili adayı Özbir Akbaşak: Karma oyun kalkması (kibrispostasi.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. War and security
   3.3% of the news · usually 3.0% · 40 articles
   • Trump, Demokratlara karşı seçimleri kaybetmelerini "İran'la savaş" ve "hayat pahalılığına" bağladı - Kıbrıs Gazetesi - Kıbrıs Haber, KKTC Son Dakika ve Gündem Haberleri (kibrisgazetesi.com)
   • NAZA: Το ντοκιμαντέρ που φωτίζει τον μηχανισμό πίσω από τις επιθέσεις στη Γάζα προβάλλεται στην Κύπρο (philenews.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 30% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 13% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 2% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

3. Jobs and work More than usual
   2.0% of the news · usually 0.9% · 2.1× usual · 24 articles
   • Εγγεγραμμένοι άνεργοι +9,7% στην Κύπρο: Σε ποιους κλάδους αυξάνεται η πίεση (cyprusnews.eu)

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

4. Cost of living
   1.6% of the news · usually 0.6% · 2.5× usual · 19 articles
   • Güney Kıbrıs'ta enflasyon AB ortalamasının üzerinde - Kıbrıs Gazetesi - Kıbrıs Haber, KKTC Son Dakika ve Gündem Haberleri (kibrisgazetesi.com)
   • Güney Kıbrıs'ta enflasyon AB ortalamasının üzerinde: Yıllık oran yüzd (kibrispostasi.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 30% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 24% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 21% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

5. Health
   1.0% of the news · usually 1.3% · 12 articles
   • Mavi Dil hastalığına karşı Güzelyurt bölgesinde aşılama yapıldı (gundemkibris.com)
   • Güney Kıbrıs'ta 5 yılda 3 bin 816 prostat kanseri vakası kaydedildi (kibrispostasi.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

6. Immigration
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.7% · 8 articles
   • Бывший совладелец "Соликамского магниевого завода" Пестриков запросил политическое убежище во Франции (nakanune.ru)
   • Бывший совладелец Ловозерского ГОКа просит политическое убежище во Франции (severpost.ru)

   Survey · Apr 2026 23% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. Climate
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.6% · 7 articles
   • Paşinyan, Antalya'da yapılacak COP31'e katılacak - Kıbrıs Gazetesi - Kıbrıs Haber, KKTC Son Dakika ve Gündem Haberleri (kibrisgazetesi.com)
   • Νέο ταξίδι Μητσοτάκη στην Τουρκία – Το παρασκήνιο μιας πιθανής συνάντησης με τον Ερντογάν (inewsgr.com)

   Survey · 2023 82% 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)

8. AI
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.9% · 5 articles
   • Asbis revenue more than doubles as AI demand drives record quarter (cyprus-mail.com)
   • Wonderful: Η Ελλάδα στο top 3 των αγορών της εταιρείας AI των $5 δισ. -... (forbesgreece.gr)

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.3positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.4The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual2.9 words per 1,000usually 3.2The GDELT Project
• Fear0.7× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual5.7 words per 1,000usually 5.6The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual5.2 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual6.4 words per 1,000usually 6.5The GDELT Project

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