How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 2,063 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   3.1% of the news · usually 2.9% · 64 articles
   • Milenijska fotografija za legendarne Pume (vijesti.hrt.hr)
   • Riječki HDZ glasao za zabranu ZDS-a. Sad poručuju da se ne odnosi na HOS (index.hr)

   Survey · Apr 2026 13% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. AI
   1.0% of the news · usually 0.8% · 20 articles
   • Ivan Ivanković putem AI analizirao sjednice gradskih vijeća velikih gradova (net.hr)
   • Riječki znanstveni mostovi o izazovima AI-ja: Uvoditi nove mogućnosti, ali i baštiniti tradiciju (novilist.hr)
3. Immigration
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.2% · 3.6× usual · 17 articles
   • Europska komisija: 'Hrvatska se suočava s ozbiljnom migracijskom situacijom' (tportal.hr)
   • Jutarnji list - EK svrstala Hrvatsku među države s ozbiljnom migracijskom situacijom za 2027. (jutarnji.hr)

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

4. Cost of living
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.6% · 15 articles
   • FOTO Rijetkost na tržištu: Prodaje se veliki stan u srcu Trogira, pogledajte cijenu (dnevnik.hr)
   • Inflacija u Hrvatskoj ubrzala treći mjesec zaredom (telegram.hr)

   Survey · Apr 2026 58% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 21% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 12% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

5. Jobs and work
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.5% · 11 articles
   • România, printre țările UE cu cea mai mică creștere a cheltuielilor sociale în 2025. Avans de doar 0,7% (capital.ro)
   • România, Bulgaria, Grecia și Ungaria au avut cele mai mici salarii medii anuale ajustate din UE, în 2025 (stirileprotv.ro)

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

6. Climate
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 7 articles
   • Osijek započeo sadnju više od 700 novih stabala (index.hr)
   • Tri mrtve želve karete v okolici Strunjana: najverjetneje ne gre za naravno smrt (24ur.com)

   Survey · 2023 82% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. Democracy and elections
   0.3% of the news · usually 1.1% · 7 articles
   • Insajder otkriva što Plenković trenutno 'kuha' iza kulise: 'Jeste vidjeli što je bilo u Topuskom, Sisku i Petrinji?' (dnevno.hr)
   • Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης: Το ενδεχόμενο να είναι ο Ραφαέλ Ναδάλ ο επόμενος πρόεδρος ή μια κίνηση στρατηγικής (inewsgr.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

8. Health
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.8% · 7 articles
   • Pola milijuna Hrvata boluje od ove bolesti, a mnogi toga nisu ni svjesni (tportal.hr)
   • "Moj sin je zbog kocke završio u zatvoru: 'Kao da vam se sruši cijeli svijet'" (varazdinske-vijesti.hr)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.3positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.4The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.1× usual3.3 words per 1,000usually 3.1The GDELT Project
• Fear1.0× usual1.0 words per 1,000usually 1.0The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual6.6 words per 1,000usually 7.5The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual7.0 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual9.4 words per 1,000usually 9.2The GDELT Project

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