How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 533 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Immigration More than usual
   4.9% of the news · usually 0.2% · 21.2× usual · 26 articles
   • Moldova își stabilește prioritățile pentru aderarea la UE. Cristina Gherasimov a discutat cu experții despre recomandările Comisiei Europene (news.yam.md)
   • Vreme rece în toată Moldova. Temperaturile coboară până la -3 grade. Prognoza pentru 7 noiembrie (news.yam.md)

   Survey · Apr 2026 14% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. Jobs and work
   1.9% of the news · usually 0.3% · 7.5× usual · 10 articles
   • Câți șomeri sunt de fapt în Moldova (news.yam.md)
   • Rezervele valutare ale Moldovei au explodat în octombrie! Injecția de bani europeni a umflat conturile BNM (news.yam.md)

   Survey · Apr 2026 17% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

3. War and security
   1.9% of the news · usually 2.5% · 10 articles
   • VIDEO // Ministrul Apărării, Anatolie Nosatîi, dezminte informațiile privind revenirea forțată a diasporei în cazul instituirii stării de asediu sau război: „Acest lucru nu este prevăzut în proiect" (news.yam.md)
   • Nosatîi dă asigurări că proiectul privind starea de asediu și război nu prevede întoarcerea forțată în țară a cetățenilor (news.yam.md)

   Survey · Apr 2026 16% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “Security and defence” 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)

4. Democracy and elections
   1.5% of the news · usually 4.6% · 8 articles
   • Numărul alegătorilor din UTA Găgăuzia (tribuna.md)
   • Mai mulți observatori internaționali au fost acreditați pentru monitorizarea alegerilor regionale (tribuna.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)

5. AI
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.5% · 2 articles
   • DECLARAȚIA PSRM privind campania coordonată de discreditare a candidatului Fiodor Gagauz la alegerile pentru funcția de bașcan al Găgăuziei – PSRM – Partidul Socialiștilor din Republica Moldova (socialistii.md)
6. Health
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.5% · 2 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 13% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. Climate
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 2% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

8. Cost of living
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 52% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 27% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.4positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.6The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.1× usual3.0 words per 1,000usually 2.8The GDELT Project
• Fear1.5× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.4The GDELT Project
• Anger1.1× usual8.9 words per 1,000usually 8.0The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual6.3 words per 1,000usually 5.6The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual13.1 words per 1,000usually 12.6The GDELT Project

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