Europe · Thursday, 5 November 2026
Latvia
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
Breakout
Breakout
Markus Trienke, CC BY-SA 2.0 4Dog
Sustained
Ralfs Cimermanis, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Top today
Breakout
Breakout
Markus Trienke, CC BY-SA 2.0 4Dog
Sustained
New
Anton Nosik, CC BY 3.0 ScAvenger (Jānis Vilniņš), CC BY-SA 3.0 New
Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0 10Airplane
Sustained
Franchises and brands here
- Ice Age franchise
Topics that belong to the same franchise, brand, series or maker on Wikidata, among the topics on the country pages today.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 429 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Kāpēc Latvijā tik ilgi klusēja par Otrā pasaules kara bērniem? (ir.lv)
- 001半全场：町田三场零封，申花能把下半场攻势续上吗？ (163.com)
Survey · Apr 2026 14% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
- 05. November 2026 - Die internationale Presseschau (deutschlandfunk.de)
Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
Survey · Apr 2026 27% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
Survey · Apr 2026 1% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
- Sõja ülevaade: 1716. päev – Ukraina energiakriis süveneb (AI poolt kokku pandud info) (lounaeestlane.ee)
- ITALIANI.ITALIANI ALL'ESTERO - GIORNATA INTERNAZ. PER PORRE FINE AI CRIMINI CONTRO I GIORNALISTI - ANCHE L'ITALIA FRA I MEMBRI DELLA MEDIA FREEDOM COALITION / News / Italian Network (italiannetwork.it)
- Avrupa'da gıda enflasyonu: Fiyat artışında hangi ülkeler öne çıkıyor? (euronews.com)
- Swedbank Provides EUR 130 Million in Financing to Akropolis Group (manilatimes.net)
Survey · Apr 2026 39% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
Survey · Apr 2026 29% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.5positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.8The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.9× usual3.1 words per 1,000usually 3.3The GDELT Project
- Fear1.3× usual1.1 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
- Anger1.0× usual6.4 words per 1,000usually 6.7The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.1× usual8.7 words per 1,000usually 8.0The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual10.2 words per 1,000usually 10.1The GDELT Project
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0 Sustained
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
By category
Business & economy
Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0 Sustained
Fashion & beauty
FLOTUS – Melania Trump, Public domain
Movies & TV
Breakout
Breakout
Music
New
Anton Nosik, CC BY 3.0 Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Celebrities & creators
Medium Quality, CC BY 3.0
Politics & world affairs
Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Sports
Jaan Künnap, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Bassfish22, CC BY-SA 4.0
Travel & places
ScAvenger (Jānis Vilniņš), CC BY-SA 3.0 New
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, Public domain Rising
Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 3Riga
Industries here
Media & entertainment 23Music 22Tech & software 22Sports & fitness 5Travel & tourism 4Government & public sector 4Advertising & marketing 3Telecom & internet 3Education 3Gaming 2Health & pharma 2Food & beverage 1Restaurants & hospitality 1Retail & e-commerce 1Fashion & beauty 1Cars & mobility 1Transport & logistics 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Economy
- Inflation3.0%Oct 2026 · ±0.0 pts since Sept 2026Eurostat
- Unemployment7.3%Sept 2026Eurostat
- Consumer confidence99.4100 = long-run averageMay 2026 · −0.6 since Apr 2026OECD
- Central bank rate2.50%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
- Real house prices7.9%Q2 2026 · +0.6 pts since Q1 2026BIS
- GDP growth2.1%2025 · +2.2 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment13.0%2025 · −0.7 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
Business
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Information Systems
- Ecology
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Society
- People online92.7%2024 · +0.5 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Top concern39.0%Rising prices / inflation / cost of livingApr 2026European Commission, Standard Eurobarometer · CC BY 4.0
- Trust the national government25.0%Standard Eurobarometer 105Apr 2026 · −6.0 pts since Nov 2025European Commission, Standard Eurobarometer · CC BY 4.0
- Trust in the national government28.7%OECD Trust Survey2023 · +4.2 pts since 2021OECD Trust Survey
- Trust the media43.0%Standard Eurobarometer 105Apr 2026European Commission, Standard Eurobarometer · CC BY 4.0
- Trust scientists74.0%Standard Eurobarometer 105Apr 2026European Commission, Standard Eurobarometer · CC BY 4.0
Charts
Netflix · TV
1The One About Matthew Perry
Breakout
2Nobody Wants This
Falling
3Lupin
5A Couple of Lies
6Below
Falling
7Love Is Blind
10The Diplomat
Falling
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Collision Course
Breakout
2Surviving Hurricane Otis
New
3Animals
Falling
4White Chicks
5Ice Age: Collision Course
Falling
6KPop Demon Hunters
Immanuel Giel, CC BY 3.0 7Shrek
8Ice Age: Continental Drift
9Unabomber
10Ice Age
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1МАЯК X
2VILLIAN & madk1d
3Tate McRae
4Toxis
5HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté
6By Indiya
7Катрин Штоль
8Voskresenskii
9Adéla
10Kai Angel
Show the top 100
Apple Music · 2026-11-06
App Store · Free apps
1Vinted: Sell vintage clothes
2Claude by Anthropic
3Mans Tele2
4Google Gemini
5eID Scan
6ChatGPT
7Stockmann
8Luminor Bloom
9Mego Draugs
10IKEA – Home furnishings
Show the top 100
App Store · 2026-11-06
App Store · Paid apps
1iReal Pro
2Chromagraph Camera
3BimmerRefs
4AnkiMobile Flashcards
5Threema for iOS
6Blitzer.de PRO
7SETS 6000. cMate
8swimstats live
9Alon Dictaphone-Voice Recorder
10HealthFit
Show the top 50
App Store · 2026-11-06
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.