How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 2,196 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   3.4% of the news · usually 4.7% · 75 articles
   • Häkkänen: Pohjoismaat valmistelevat puolustussopimusta (iltalehti.fi)
   • Konkarimetsästäjä Oiva Suni jakoi oppejaan supikoirien ja minkkien pyynnistä (esaimaa.fi)

   Survey · Apr 2026 15% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 12% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. Jobs and work
   1.3% of the news · usually 1.0% · 28 articles
   • Colombia ocupa el sexto lugar en los países con más desempleo de la OCDE (elnuevosiglo.com.co)
   • В Германии число безработных с высшим образованием достигло рекордных 372 тысяч (news.mail.ru)

   Survey · Apr 2026 48% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

3. Health
   1.1% of the news · usually 0.9% · 23 articles
   • Luuletko tietäväsi kaiken seksitaudeista? Kokeile, saatko testistä täydet 10 pistettä (iltalehti.fi)
   • Kainuun hyvinvointialueelle lisää influenssarokotteita – rokotteita ja rokotusaikoja on saatavilla (kainuunsanomat.fi)

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. Immigration More than usual
   1.1% of the news · usually 0.2% · 4.4× usual · 23 articles
   • Analyysi: Verolistoille ovat nousseet maahan­muuttajat, ja siihen on selvät syyt | Talous (yle.fi)
   • MTV: Näin paljon venäläisiä työntekijöitä tullut Suomeen hyökkäyssodan aikana – Supo: Tämä on riski (iltalehti.fi)

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

5. Democracy and elections
   0.4% of the news · usually 1.7% · 9 articles
   • Låt unga pröva demokratin i praktiken (nyan.ax)
   • Kansainvälinen hiihtoliitto avaa Ylelle, miten se menetti 94 miljoonaa euroa – ex-pomo Eliasch saattaa joutua oikeuteen (yle.fi)

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

6. Climate
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.9% · 7 articles
   • Poikkeuksellinen talviennuste julki – Suomeen voi iskeä tavanomaista kylmempi talvi (iltalehti.fi)
   • "Tuomiopäivän jäätikkö" on romahtanut ennenkin – jo 1,5 asteessa – Tekniikan Maailma (tekniikanmaailma.fi)

   Survey · 2023 66% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

   Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. AI
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.3% · 4 articles
   • Ue, doppio summit a Dublino: focus su Ucraina e intelligenza artificiale - il Fatto Nisseno - Caltanissetta notizie, cronaca, attualità (ilfattonisseno.it)
   • Ue, doppio summit a Dublino: focus su Ucraina e intelligenza artificiale • Vivere San Benedetto notizie per la città e il territorio (viveresanbenedetto.it)
8. Cost of living
   0.1% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1 articles
   • DN Direkt – Klart: Finland stoppar ryska idrottare (dn.se)
   • Üzemanyagárak: kiderült, hol áll Magyarország az uniós rangsorban – a dízeleseknek különösen fájhat a tankolás (vg.hu)

   Survey · Apr 2026 27% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 18% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 1% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−0.9positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.6The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.7× usual2.0 words per 1,000usually 2.7The GDELT Project
• Fear1.1× usual1.1 words per 1,000usually 1.0The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual6.0 words per 1,000usually 6.9The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.8× usual7.3 words per 1,000usually 8.6The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.2× usual12.0 words per 1,000usually 10.0The GDELT Project

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