How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,213 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Democracy and elections
   5.9% of the news · usually 6.8% · 72 articles
   • ΚΕ: Ευελπιστούμε σε επίλυση Κυπριακού πολύ πριν τις προεδρικές εκλογές (sigmalive.com)
   • Πρόεδρος: Υπήρξε πρόοδος και σε άλλα θέματα πέραν των ανακοινωθέντων (kathimerini.com.cy)

   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. Climate More than usual
   4.2% of the news · usually 0.7% · 6.5× usual · 51 articles
   • Συνάντηση Ερντογάν – Γκουτέρες στην Αττάλεια στο περιθώριο της COP31 (dialogos.com.cy)
   • COP31: Συνάντηση Ερντογάν με τον ΓΓ του ΟΗΕ Αντόνιο Γκουτέρες στην Αττάλεια (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)

3. War and security
   4.1% of the news · usually 3.0% · 50 articles
   • «Τα δικά μας μαχητικά αεροσκάφη» (philenews.com)
   • Η τιμή του πετρελαίου υποχωρεί κάτω από τα 90 δολάρια (dialogos.com.cy)

   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)

4. Health
   1.6% of the news · usually 1.3% · 19 articles
   • First replacement animals arrive at FMD affected farm (cyprus-mail.com)
   • Στις 78.084 οι διαβητικοί στην Κύπρο-Ενημερωτικές δράσεις από τον Σύνδεσμο (sigmalive.com)

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

5. Jobs and work
   1.2% of the news · usually 0.9% · 14 articles
   • Νίκη Κεραμέως: Πληρώθηκαν σχεδόν όλοι οι εργαζόμενοι της Pizza Fan - Ξεκινούν οι παραγγελίες από αύριο (newsit.gr)
   • Νίκη Κεραμέως: Πληρώθηκαν σχεδόν όλοι οι εργαζόμενοι της Pizza Fan – Ξεκινούν οι παραγγελίες από αύριο (inewsgr.com)

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

6. Immigration
   1.1% of the news · usually 0.7% · 1.6× usual · 13 articles
   • Μεταναστευτικό: Τι ευρωπαϊκή στήριξη μπορεί να λάβει η Κύπρος το 2027 (cyprusnews.eu)
   • «رحيل بلا عودة».. ما الذي يدفع الإسرائيليين إلى الهجرة العكسية؟ (elwatannews.com)

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

7. AI
   1.0% of the news · usually 0.9% · 12 articles
   • Cyprus Business Now: banks, tech, trade corridors, cars, trade deficit, AI (cyprus-mail.com)
   • Kıbrıslı Türk girişimci Bekir Çağlıyan'ın geliştirdiği Parla AI, aylı (kibrispostasi.com)
8. Cost of living
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.6% · 6 articles
   • Küresel piyasalar ABD enflasyon verisine odaklandı - Kıbrıs Gazetesi - Kıbrıs Haber, KKTC Son Dakika ve Gündem Haberleri (kibrisgazetesi.com)
   • Инфляция в Молдове достигла 10,8%. Насколько еще могут вырасти цены? (newsmaker.md)

   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)

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.1positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.4The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.8× usual2.6 words per 1,000usually 3.0The GDELT Project
• Fear0.8× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual4.8 words per 1,000usually 5.6The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual4.8 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.9× usual5.7 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.