How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 756 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
   6.6% of the news · usually 4.6% · 50 articles
   • Georgian Parliament passes electoral code amendments in first reading, tightening election appeal rules (georgiatoday.ge)
   • Geotimes - სიახლეები (geotimes.ge)

   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. Climate More than usual
   3.3% of the news · usually 0.2% · 15.8× usual · 25 articles
   • ყაველაშვილი COP31-ზე: საქართველო მოწყვლადია კლიმატური რისკების მიმართ (sputnik-georgia.com)
   • ინვესტიციები და „შუა დერეფნის" განვითარება: ყაველაშვილმა უზბეკ კოლეგასთან შეხვედრა გამართა (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)

3. War and security
   3.2% of the news · usually 3.3% · 24 articles
   • A few thoughts as we go about our business today & every other day . . . (mantecabulletin.com)
   • "Ти - маленька су**а" - російський боєць UFC Нурмагомедов зі спини напав на грузинського ексчемпіона Двалішвілі (daily.com.ua)

   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)

4. Immigration
   0.9% of the news · usually 0.9% · 7 articles

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

5. Health
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.5% · 3 articles
   • კალაძე: პროგრამის ამოქმედებიდან ფილტვის კიბოს სკრინინგი 10 ათასზე მეტმა მოქალაქემ ჩაიტარა (sputnik-georgia.com)
   • New study finds daytime light exposure may lower dementia risk (wsbradio.com)

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

6. AI
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 2 articles
7. Cost of living
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.6% · 2 articles

   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)

8. Jobs and work
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.7% · 0 articles

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−0.6positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.1The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual2.1 words per 1,000usually 2.0The GDELT Project
• Fear1.1× usual0.3 words per 1,000usually 0.3The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual7.9 words per 1,000usually 8.3The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual5.1 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual5.5 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.