How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,462 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
   3.2% of the news · usually 2.8% · 47 articles
   • L'Armée fête la Saint-Martin à Diekirch (lequotidien.lu)
   • La Chine «soutiendra fermement» Cuba pour s'opposer aux sanctions américaines (lessentiel.lu)

   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. Jobs and work More than usual
   2.8% of the news · usually 1.8% · 1.6× usual · 41 articles
   • OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.0% in September 2026, while youth unemployment rate reaches 11.5% (hellenicshippingnews.com)
   • Sánchez, UGT y CCOO hacen de España el país de la UE que más dificulta la creación de empleo (libertaddigital.com)

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

3. AI Anxious
   2.0% of the news · usually 1.4% · 29 articles
   • Intelligence artificielle : le Luxembourg perd du terrain (lequotidien.lu)
   • Brasil fica em 54º lugar em ranking global de inteligência artificial com 70 países; Nvidia lidera entre empresas (globo.com)
4. Climate
   1.9% of the news · usually 1.3% · 27 articles
   • Luxembourg to Demonstrate Climate Commitments at COP31 in Türkiye (chronicle.lu)
   • Switzerland moves two places up Climate Change Performance ranking (swissinfo.ch)

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

5. Health Anxious
   1.5% of the news · usually 1.2% · 22 articles
   • Tageblatt.lu | Grippe-Impfungen | Versorgungsengpässe bei Impfstoff sollen bis Ende der Woche beendet sein (tageblatt.lu)
   • Santé: Plus de 11 000 cas d'Ebola recensés en RDC, la moitié mortels (lessentiel.lu)

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

6. Cost of living
   1.2% of the news · usually 0.8% · 17 articles
   • «Maintenir les données en Europe et sous contrôle» (paperjam.lu)
   • Eurostat: România, cea mai mare scădere a raportului preț-venit la locuințe în 2015–2025, dar lider în UE la creșterea chiriilor și supraaglomerare în rândul tinerilor (caleaeuropeana.ro)

   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. Democracy and elections
   1.1% of the news · usually 1.4% · 16 articles
   • Habijan: Ukidaju se plave potvrde za birače bez važeće osobne iskaznice (novilist.hr)
   • Now Tories bid to stop repeat of migrant MSP election row (dailymail.com)

   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
   1.1% of the news · usually 1.0% · 16 articles
   • Femmes Pionnières du Luxembourg: 16 immigrées racontent leur parcours (lessentiel.lu)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.4positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.5The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual2.8 words per 1,000usually 3.0The GDELT Project
• Fear0.8× usual0.9 words per 1,000usually 1.0The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual5.9 words per 1,000usually 6.3The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual5.7 words per 1,000usually 5.7The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual6.7 words per 1,000usually 6.7The GDELT Project

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