How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 657 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Democracy and elections
   7.6% of the news · usually 6.6% · 50 articles
   • "Mücadeleci ruhunu ve mirasını yaşatacağız" (yeniduzen.com)
   • TDP'den Tahsin Mertekçi'ye veda: Mücadeleci ruhunu ve mirasını yaşata (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
   2.7% of the news · usually 3.1% · 18 articles
   • Πώς βλέπει το Ιράν το τέλος του πολέμου μετά την εκλογική ήττα Τραμπ (kathimerini.com.cy)
   • Öztürkler, TC Genelkurmay Başkanı Orgeneral Bayraktaroğlu'nu kabul etti - Kıbrıs Gazetesi - Kıbrıs Haber, KKTC Son Dakika ve Gündem Haberleri (kibrisgazetesi.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
   2.4% of the news · usually 0.9% · 2.6× usual · 16 articles

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

4. Climate
   1.4% of the news · usually 0.6% · 2.2× usual · 9 articles
   • KTMMOB, COP31 kapsamında "İklim Değişikliği Çağında Enerji Dönüşümü ve Planlama" başlıklı panel düzenleyecek - Havadis Gazetesi (havadiskibris.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)

5. AI
   1.1% of the news · usually 0.9% · 7 articles
6. Health
   0.5% of the news · usually 1.3% · 3 articles

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

7. Cost of living
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.7% · 1 articles
   • Πληθωρισμός: Αυτός ο κλέφτης (philenews.com)
   • Fitch Raises Cyprus Rating on Declining Debt (morningstar.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. Immigration
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.7% · 1 articles
   • Μεταναστευτικό: Τέσσερις χώρες της ΕΕ υπό πίεση (capital.gr)
   • Μεταναστευτικό: Στην πρώτη γραμμή της ευρωπαϊκής αλληλεγγύης η Ελλάδα το 2027 (tanea.gr)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.0positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.4The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual3.1 words per 1,000usually 3.1The GDELT Project
• Fear0.9× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual5.6 words per 1,000usually 5.7The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual4.9 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.9× usual6.1 words per 1,000usually 6.6The GDELT Project

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