How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 2,547 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   1.9% of the news · usually 2.9% · 48 articles
   • Amerikancu ili Rusu od ratova koje vode njihove zemlje važnija je jedna stvar (vecernji.hr)
   • FOTO Predstavljen mural poginulim braniteljima Ivi Hušku i Josipu Pavličeviću u Kelemenu (varazdinske-vijesti.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 More than usual
   1.3% of the news · usually 0.8% · 1.6× usual · 33 articles
   • Europa prosvjeduje protiv AI podatkovnih centara, Bruxelles želi utrostručiti njihove kapacitete (advance.hr)
   • AI bi mogao ostaviti građane bez jeftine struje: Norveška povukla ručnu kočnicu (vecernji.hr)
3. Health
   1.1% of the news · usually 0.8% · 27 articles
   • U novom broju Varaždinca pročitajte... - Varaždinske Vijesti (varazdinske-vijesti.hr)
   • Capak o cijepljenju protiv gripe: Velik je interes, gužve su već počele (index.hr)

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

4. Democracy and elections
   0.8% of the news · usually 1.0% · 19 articles
   • Vi må aldrig glemme november 1989 (jyllands-posten.dk)
   • Hrvatska nacionalna vizija osvojila 16 mandata i odnela apsolutnu pobedu na izborima (naslovi.net)

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

5. Climate
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.3% · 2.1× usual · 18 articles
   • Larger EU sunflower seed harvest expected - Biofuels International Magazine (biofuels-news.com)
   • Almanya dâhil 9 AB ülkesi için sera gazı uyarısı (dw.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)

6. Immigration
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.3% · 1.8× usual · 12 articles
   • Comisia Europeană propune al doilea ciclu de solidaritate pentru migrație. România este pe lista statelor cu risc de presiune migratorie (promptmedia.ro)
   • Abschiebe-Irrsinn in NRW: Charter-Maschine für einen Asylbewerber (derwesten.de)

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

7. Cost of living
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.6% · 11 articles
   • Što o tijeku stečaja kaže jedan od većih dioničara i vjerovnika: "Kupljene nekretnine želim vratiti u Varteks" (varazdinske-vijesti.hr)
   • U centru Zagreba prodaje se stan za 8 milijuna eura, jedan detalj ostavlja bez riječi (dnevno.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)

8. Jobs and work
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.5% · 11 articles
   • EU social benefits expenditure up 5pct in 2025 - EUbusiness.com | EU news, business and politics (eubusiness.com)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.8positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.4The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.3× usual3.9 words per 1,000usually 3.1The GDELT Project
• Fear1.3× usual1.3 words per 1,000usually 1.0The GDELT Project
• Anger1.4× usual9.8 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual6.7 words per 1,000usually 7.2The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.9× usual8.6 words per 1,000usually 9.4The GDELT Project

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