How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 814 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
   6.3% of the news · usually 4.7% · 51 articles
   • Bir haber ve bir Instagram paylaşımına 8 yıl ceza istemi (bianet.org)

   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
   3.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 15.2× usual · 26 articles
   • მიხეილ ყაველაშვილი თურქეთში რეჯეფ თაიფ ერდოღანს შეხვდა (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
   3.0% of the news · usually 3.4% · 24 articles
   • Бійка між бійцями UFC Нурмагомедовим та Двалішвілі в Абу-Дабі: поліція заявила про вісьмох затриманих (unn.ua)
   • JEZIV 'GRAD DUHOVA' IZGRADILI SU RATNI ZAROBLJENICI U MRAČNOM DOBU SSSR-a: Onda je 1991. uslijedio strašan događaj (slobodna-bosna.ba)

   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. Cost of living
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.6% · 4 articles
   • ანალიტიკოსებმა საქართველოში ინფლაციის პროგნოზი შეამცირეს (sputnik-georgia.com)
   • Аналитики снизили прогноз по уровню инфляции в Грузии (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)

6. Health
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.5% · 3 articles
   • Georgia DPH: Get Your Flu Shot Before the Holidays (921wlhr.com)

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

7. AI
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 2 articles
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−0.7positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.0The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.1× usual2.2 words per 1,000usually 2.0The GDELT Project
• Fear1.3× usual0.3 words per 1,000usually 0.3The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual8.7 words per 1,000usually 8.3The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual4.9 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.3The GDELT Project

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