How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,222 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Democracy and elections
   6.6% of the news · usually 6.6% · 80 articles
   • MEMUR DEVLETİNDE, SEÇMENİN HESABI... - Kıbrıs Gazetesi - Kıbrıs Haber, KKTC Son Dakika ve Gündem Haberleri (kibrisgazetesi.com)
   • Διάδρομος EMC: Navtex από Κύπρο και Ελλάδα για έρευνα εγκατάστασης καλωδίου οπτικών ινών (ikypros.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
   2.9% of the news · usually 3.1% · 35 articles
   • Σε τροχιά επανεκκίνησης οι έρευνες για την ηλεκτρική διασύνδεση Ελλάδας-Κύπρου (sigmalive.com)
   • ΗΠΑ – Ιράν: Κοντά σε συμφωνία για τον τερματισμό του πολέμου (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. Immigration
   1.6% of the news · usually 0.7% · 2.4× usual · 19 articles
   • Κομισιόν: Γιατί η Κύπρος εξακολουθεί να θεωρείται χώρα υπό μεταναστευτική πίεση (dialogos.com.cy)
   • Cyprus still under migration pressure despite fall in irregular crossings (cyprus-mail.com)

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

4. Health
   1.2% of the news · usually 1.3% · 14 articles

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

5. Jobs and work
   1.1% of the news · usually 0.9% · 13 articles
   • Eurostat: Αυξήθηκε στα €29.547 ο μέσος ετήσιος μισθός στην Κύπρο το 2025 (sigmalive.com)
   • Μισθοί Κύπρος: Στα €29.547 ο μέσος ετήσιος μισθός (philenews.com)

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

6. Climate
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.6% · 8 articles
   • KTMMOB, COP31'de enerji dönüşümü ve planlama paneli düzenleyecek (kibrispostasi.com)
   • Copernicus: Το 2026 αναμένεται ως το δεύτερο θερμότερο έτος που καταγράφηκε (sigmalive.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)

7. Cost of living
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.7% · 8 articles
   • Güneyde yıllık enflasyon yüzde 4,4 (yeniduzen.com)
   • Güney Kıbrıs'ta tüketiciler harcamalarını kısıtlıyor: Enflasyon yüzde (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)

8. AI
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.9% · 4 articles
   • Yapay zeka modelleri kendi kendini daha hızlı eğitmeye başladı - Kıbrıs Gazetesi - Kıbrıs Haber, KKTC Son Dakika ve Gündem Haberleri (kibrisgazetesi.com)

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.2positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.4The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual2.9 words per 1,000usually 3.1The GDELT Project
• Fear0.7× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
• Anger1.1× usual6.0 words per 1,000usually 5.6The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual4.8 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.1× usual6.9 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.