How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,416 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   3.0% of the news · usually 2.7% · 42 articles
   • Clyde Beal: The insurmountable cost of war (herald-dispatch.com)
   • Efemérides militares: España y Francia firman la Paz de los Pirineos en 1659 y cambian la frontera de Cataluña (elconfidencialdigital.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 12% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. AI More than usual Anxious
   2.1% of the news · usually 1.4% · 1.5× usual · 30 articles
   • New Luxembourg-based AI Agency Wants AI to Benefit Workers, Not Replace Them (chronicle.lu)
   • Gulliver, dai software ai robot: l'intelligenza artificiale incontra il mondo fisico (giornaledibrescia.it)
3. Health
   1.6% of the news · usually 1.1% · 22 articles
   • Soirées au Luxembourg: «Les gens venaient uniquement faire la fête pour faire la fête» (lessentiel.lu)
   • Un fléau de retour (lequotidien.lu)

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. Jobs and work
   1.6% of the news · usually 2.0% · 22 articles
   • Luxembourg : le prix du cappuccino passé au filtre (lequotidien.lu)
   • 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 9% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

5. Democracy and elections
   1.3% of the news · usually 1.4% · 18 articles
   • Milliarden-Projekt in MV: „Vielen ist die Dimension offenbar noch nicht klar" (nordkurier.de)
   • Milliarden-Projekt in MV: „Vielen ist die Dimension offenbar nicht klar" (nordkurier.de)

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

6. Cost of living
   1.2% of the news · usually 0.7% · 1.6× usual · 17 articles
   • Septembarska inflacija u SRB veća nego u EU i evrozoni, manja nego u devet zemalja EU (tanjug.rs)
   • Инфлација у септембру у Србији већа него у ЕУ и еврозони (politika.rs)

   Survey · Apr 2026 51% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 38% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. Climate
   1.0% of the news · usually 1.2% · 14 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

8. Immigration
   0.6% of the news · usually 1.0% · 9 articles
   • Portugal sem pressão migratória, mas em segundo nos alertas de retorno na UE (recordeuropa.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Immigration” 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
• Anxiety1.1× usual3.2 words per 1,000usually 3.0The GDELT Project
• Fear1.0× usual1.0 words per 1,000usually 1.0The GDELT Project
• Anger1.1× usual6.8 words per 1,000usually 6.2The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual6.2 words per 1,000usually 5.7The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.1× usual7.4 words per 1,000usually 6.5The GDELT Project

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