How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,367 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
   2.5% of the news · usually 2.8% · 34 articles
   • Erpeldange-sur-Sûre accueille l'armée luxembourgeoise pour un exercice de 2 jours (lessentiel.lu)
   • EÚ predĺžila výcvikovú misiu pre ukrajinskú armádu do roku 2028, vyčlenila na ňu takmer 300 miliónov eur (hnonline.sk)

   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 · 29 articles
   • Australian MSPs face rising demand for AI security advice (itbrief.co.nz)
   • UE consegue ter representação nacional justa na seleção de funcionários? Pergunte ao chatbot de IA da Euronews (euronews.com)
3. Jobs and work
   2.1% of the news · usually 2.0% · 29 articles
   • Revalorisation du smic : où se situe la France par rapport à ses voisins ? (la-croix.com)
   • VÉRIF' - La France est-elle le pays européen à avoir le moins augmenté son Smic ? (tf1info.fr)

   Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. Democracy and elections
   1.7% of the news · usually 1.3% · 23 articles
   • Teddy Riner candidat à la présidentielle 2027: la réaction des personnalités (lessentiel.lu)
   • Luxembourg Signs European Protocol to Strengthen Citizen Participation in Municipalities (chronicle.lu)

   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. Health Anxious
   1.6% of the news · usually 1.1% · 22 articles
   • 457.000 millones de pasajeros-kilómetro sumaron los trenes de la UE en 2025, el máximo desde 2004, y Alemania transportó 2954 millones de viajeros, más del doble que Francia, mientras España se quedó (ecoticias.com)

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

6. Climate
   1.5% of the news · usually 1.3% · 20 articles
   • COP31: deux jeunes Luxembourgeois représentent la jeunesse du pays à Antalya (lessentiel.lu)

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

7. Cost of living More than usual
   1.5% of the news · usually 0.8% · 1.9× usual · 20 articles
   • Bernard du Plessis nommé CEO d'Eaglestone Luxembourg (paperjam.lu)
   • Eaglestone Luxembourg Appoints Bernard du Plessis as CEO (chronicle.lu)

   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)

8. Immigration
   0.5% of the news · usually 1.0% · 7 articles
   • Comisia Europeană propune al doilea ciclu de solidaritate pentru migrație. România este pe lista statelor cu risc de presiune migratorie (promptmedia.ro)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.6positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.5The 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
• Anger1.0× usual6.4 words per 1,000usually 6.3The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual6.1 words per 1,000usually 5.7The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.1× usual7.1 words per 1,000usually 6.6The GDELT Project

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