How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,591 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   2.6% of the news · usually 1.9% · 41 articles
   • Sõja ülevaade: 1718. päev - Venemaa surve kasvab, aga kallima hinnaga (lounaeestlane.ee)
   • 1185 bases militares de USA en todo el mundo (kaosenlared.net)

   Survey · Apr 2026 22% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. Health
   2.3% of the news · usually 1.8% · 36 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

3. Democracy and elections More than usual
   2.1% of the news · usually 1.2% · 1.9× usual · 34 articles
   • [최연혁 교수의 정치분석] ①말과 권력: 78년 한국 국회 담론의 궤적 (newspim.com)
   • رقمنة الاستحقاقات الانتخابية (hespress.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. AI
   1.4% of the news · usually 1.1% · 22 articles
   • Los votantes de EE UU dieron un palo a la IA. La Bolsa tardó en entenderlo (elpais.com)
   • All is fair in books and coffee at Frankfurt, despite AI anxieties and geopolitical unease (indiatimes.com)
5. Cost of living
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.6% · 13 articles
   • Инфлација у септембру у Србији већа него у ЕУ и еврозони (politika.rs)
   • Inflacija u septembru u Srbiji veća nego u EU i evrozoni (glas-javnosti.rs)

   Survey · Apr 2026 45% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 26% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 2% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

6. Jobs and work
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.4% · 8 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. Immigration
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 4 articles
   • Promena: Holandija će 2027. morati da prihvati tražioce azila iz drugih članica EU (telegraf.rs)
   • Jelentősen javult a migrációs helyzet az Európai Unióban (profitline.hu)

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

8. Climate
   0.1% of the news · usually 0.2% · 2 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 2% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−0.5positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.3The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.1× usual2.7 words per 1,000usually 2.5The GDELT Project
• Fear1.2× usual1.0 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
• Anger1.1× usual6.1 words per 1,000usually 5.6The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual8.7 words per 1,000usually 8.1The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual13.0 words per 1,000usually 12.5The GDELT Project

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