How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 749 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Democracy and elections
   5.3% of the news · usually 4.2% · 40 articles
   • From Capitol protesting to lawmaker: Bentley Hudgins joins Georgia's historic new class of lawmakers (atlantanewsfirst.com)
   • Bentley Hudgins joins Georgia's historic new class of lawmakers (wrdw.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)

2. War and security
   2.9% of the news · usually 3.2% · 22 articles
   • ლავროვი: ევრაზიაში უსაფრთხოების საფრთხეები არსად გამქრალა (sputnik-georgia.com)
   • Брюссель забыл август 2008-го. Тбилиси помнит… - Наша аналитика (haqqin.az)

   Survey · Apr 2026 10% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

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

3. Climate
   1.9% of the news · usually 0.1% · 20.8× usual · 14 articles
   • საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი გაეროს კლიმატის ცვლილების კონფერენციაში მიიღებს მონაწილეობას (sputnik-georgia.com)
   • ქვრივიშვილი გაეროს COP31 კონფერენციაში მიიღებს მონაწილეობას (sputnik-georgia.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. Cost of living
   0.9% of the news · usually 0.5% · 2.0× usual · 7 articles
   • შემცირდება თუ არა ინფლაცია საქართველოში? ეროვნული ბანკის პრეზიდენტმა პირობები დაასახელა (sputnik-georgia.com)
   • Снизится ли инфляция в Грузии? Глава Нацбанка назвала главные условия (sputnik-georgia.ru)

   Survey · Apr 2026 39% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 17% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

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

5. Immigration
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.9% · 6 articles
   • Новая волна выдворений: сколько иностранцев покинули Грузию в последние дни (sputnik-georgia.ru)

   Survey · Apr 2026 16% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

6. Jobs and work
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.5% · 1.5× usual · 6 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 24% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. AI
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2 articles
   • Alte University and Tbilisi State Medical University Jointly Hosted an International Conference on "Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Medicine" (georgiatoday.ge)
8. Health
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.7% · 0 articles
   • Georgia Health Officials Urge Flu Vaccinations Ahead Of Thanksgiving Holiday (chattooga1180.com)
   • Georgia health officials urge flu shots two weeks before Thanksgiving (fox5atlanta.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 17% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−0.7positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.0The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual1.8 words per 1,000usually 2.1The GDELT Project
• Fear0.6× usual0.2 words per 1,000usually 0.3The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual7.8 words per 1,000usually 8.2The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual5.3 words per 1,000usually 5.3The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual5.3 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project

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