How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,265 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Democracy and elections
   6.1% of the news · usually 6.8% · 77 articles
   • Η σκηνοθεσία Ερντογάν στην Αττάλεια: Πρώτη σειρά για το ψευδοκράτος, δεύτερη για την Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία (tothemaonline.com)
   • Κυβέρνηση - ΔΗΣΥ: Διαφορετική ανάγνωση των δημοσκοπήσεων (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. War and security
   3.7% of the news · usually 3.1% · 47 articles
   • Υπόθεση τρομοκρατίας στην Κύπρο: Στις 25 Νοεμβρίου η απόφαση για τον 33χρονο – Ενδέχεται να καταθέσει εναντίον των άλλων τεσσάρων (tothemaonline.com)
   • Öztürkler'den şehit askerler için taziye mesajı - 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. Climate More than usual
   2.7% of the news · usually 0.7% · 4.0× usual · 34 articles
   • Μην ξεχνάμε την κλιματική κρίση (politis.com.cy)
   • Öztürkler: Erdoğan'ın, Hristodulidis'e karşı duruşu yerinde ve anlamlıydı - Gündem Kıbrıs Gazetesi (gundemkibris.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)

4. Health
   1.4% of the news · usually 1.3% · 18 articles
   • Περιπέτεια για πλήρωμα ασθενοφόρου στην Πάφο λόγω βλάβης σε πάσσαλο (dialogos.com.cy)
   • Η έγκαιρη διάγνωση στόχος Παγκόσμιας Ημέρας για Σακχαρώδη Διαβήτη (cyprusnews.eu)

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

5. Jobs and work
   1.4% of the news · usually 0.9% · 1.5× usual · 18 articles
   • Almanya'da üniversite mezunları işsizlik kıskacında - Kıbrıs Gazetesi - Kıbrıs Haber, KKTC Son Dakika ve Gündem Haberleri (kibrisgazetesi.com)

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

6. AI
   0.9% of the news · usually 0.7% · 11 articles
   • Cyprus Business Now: foreign investment, banks, energy, tourism, Keve, AI (cyprus-mail.com)
   • «ΑΙ σκοτειναί επιδιώξεις»: Το ChatGPT έχει άλλοθι. Ήταν 1959. (sigmalive.com)
7. Cost of living
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.6% · 9 articles
   • TCMB'nin yıl sonu enflasyon tahmini 29,5'e yükseldi - Kıbrıs Gazetesi - Kıbrıs Haber, KKTC Son Dakika ve Gündem Haberleri (kibrisgazetesi.com)
   • Αυξημένη ζήτηση από την ΕΕ για ακίνητα στην Κύπρο - Ανοδικά μεταβιβάσεις και πωλήσεις το 9μηνο (sigmalive.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
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.7% · 7 articles
   • Χριστοδουλίδης στον «Π»: Στόχος η ένταξη της Κύπρου στη Σένγκεν έως την 1η Ιουλίου 2027 – Σε συνεννόηση με τους Βρετανούς για Πέργαμος και Στροβίλια (politis.com.cy)
   • Hristodulidis: Yunanistan, Güney Kıbrıs'ın 1 Temmuz'da Schengen'e katılmasını hedefliyor - Kıbrıs Gazetesi - Kıbrıs Haber, KKTC Son Dakika ve Gündem Haberleri (kibrisgazetesi.com)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.2positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.3The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.1× usual3.2 words per 1,000usually 3.0The GDELT Project
• Fear1.2× usual0.8 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.6The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual5.0 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.9× usual6.2 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.