How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 2,508 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 2.8% · 45 articles
   • U ratnom dnevniku upoznala sam Krležu koji se bojao i dok je spavao, a Zagorki sam na grobu rekla da smo napokon objavili cijelu 'Gordanu' (vecernji.hr)
   • Iz Srednje Bosne za Vukovar pješice krenulo 15 branitelja (vijesti.hrt.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. Cost of living
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.5% · 16 articles
   • Amerikanac pokazao bunker u Zagorju nakon obnove vrijedne 40.000 eura (index.hr)
   • Kvadrat stana u Splitu 4068 eura, Murter i Slivno na dnu s 2500 eura (vecernji.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)

3. AI
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.8% · 14 articles
   • Hrvatske kompanije moći će se oglašavati na ChatGPT-u: OpenAI širi poslovanje (novilist.hr)
   • Spotify uvodi nove glasove za značajku AI DJ (tportal.hr)
4. Health
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.8% · 13 articles
   • Zagrepčani u tramvaju besplatno provjeravali zdravlje: Liječnici upozorili na ozbiljne posljedice (net.hr)
   • 'Gospodine, imate šećer 18! Kad ste zadnji put bili na kontroli?' (24sata.hr)

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

5. Jobs and work
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.5% · 8 articles
   • In Svizzera la disoccupazione ILO sale al 5,6% nel terzo trimestre (laregione.ch)
   • Disoccupazione in netto aumento in Svizzera: sale al 5,6%, giovani al 12,6% (tio.ch)

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

6. Climate
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.3% · 5 articles

   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
   0.2% of the news · usually 1.0% · 4 articles
   • Stiže velika promjena za birače: Ministar Habijan najavio ukidanje jedne potvrde (poslovni.hr)
   • Moldova, pe locul 77 în clasamentul democrației: doar 16% dintre țări au democrații depline (ziarulnational.md)

   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. Immigration
   0.1% of the news · usually 0.3% · 3 articles
   • MUP predstavio nove pravilnike o migracijama: Evo koliko je ljudi spriječeno u ilegalnom prelasku (dnevnik.hr)
   • „Најбарани во ЕУ"- „Европол" со листа на најбарани бегалци осомничени за злосторства врз деца и стари лица (telma.com.mk)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−2.1positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.4The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.1× usual3.3 words per 1,000usually 3.1The GDELT Project
• Fear0.9× usual1.0 words per 1,000usually 1.1The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual7.4 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual6.7 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.1× usual10.0 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.