How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,271 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   1.8% of the news · usually 3.0% · 23 articles
   • Foto - Varaždinski vatrogasci u Vukovaru: U fokusu djelovanje vatrogastva tijekom Domovinskog rata (evarazdin.hr)
   • Srijeda u Muzeju posvećena Belgiji: Predavanje o zemlji čokolade, piva, bogate povijesti i kulture (evarazdin.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. Jobs and work
   1.3% of the news · usually 0.5% · 2.4× usual · 16 articles
   • Dezastrul economic din România e văzut de la Bruxelles: țara noastră, printre țările cu cele mai mici salarii medii anuale ajustate din UE,în 2025 (stiripesurse.ro)

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

3. Health
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.8% · 8 articles
   • Jutarnji list - U Zagreb stiglo 70 tisuća doza cjepiva protiv gripe, evo kada kreće cijepljenje i na kojim lokacijama (jutarnji.hr)
   • BOLESNO! Prvo javili DA JE SKOČILA SA TERASE A ONDA ONA REKLA: TREBA MI PSIHIJATAR! Ava Karabatić JE ŽIVA! (naslovi.net)

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

4. Cost of living
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.6% · 7 articles
   • Vladin plan za obuzdavanje inflacije ima jednu veliku rupu. Banke bi mogle proći bez ekstra poreza (glasistre.hr)
   • Septembarska inflacija u SRB veća nego u EU i evrozoni, manja nego u devet zemalja EU (tanjug.rs)

   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. Climate
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.3% · 6 articles
   • Nakon hladnog vikenda stiže zatopljenje. Bit će i do 20 stupnjeva (index.hr)
   • Ακριβότερη έως 30% η λευκή τρούφα – Πώς η κλιματική αλλαγή απειλεί τον πολυτιμότερο μύκητα στην Ευρώπη | Ειδήσεις για την Οικονομία (cyprusnews.eu)

   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)

6. AI
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.8% · 4 articles
   • Kinezi pokazali bioničkog voditelja i kako misle obuzdati AI u medijima (tportal.hr)
   • Svjetski medijski samit: Usvojen "Pekinški konsenzus" o korištenju AI (novilist.hr)
7. Immigration
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.2% · 4 articles
   • Austrija će vjerojatno i 2027. biti izuzeta od obaveza primanja izbjeglica i azilanata. Spomenuta i Hrvatska (vecernji.hr)
   • Promena: Holandija će 2027. morati da prihvati tražioce azila iz drugih članica EU (telegraf.rs)

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

8. Democracy and elections
   0.2% of the news · usually 1.0% · 3 articles
   • Jutarnji list - Vojni analitičar kojeg su otjerali iz Srbije: 'Omiljeni scenarij službama bio je 'hrvatski problem', sad su prešli na plan B' (jutarnji.hr)
   • RIK utvrdio konačan broj birača za izbore za nacionalne savete: Pravo glasa ima 481.785 građana (glas-javnosti.rs)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.6positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.4The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.6× usual4.8 words per 1,000usually 3.1The GDELT Project
• Fear1.4× usual1.4 words per 1,000usually 1.0The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual6.4 words per 1,000usually 7.5The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.4× usual9.9 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual9.7 words per 1,000usually 9.3The GDELT Project

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