How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 854 articles by the country’s own news sites over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Democracy and elections
   4.1% of the news · usually 5.1% · 35 articles
   • إعــلان .. عن فتح باب قبول طلبات الترشح ( نظام القائمة ) لانتخاب مقاعد النقابات الفرعية بالنقابة العامة لفنانين ليبيا. (hnec.ly)
   • Кнежевић: Мило Ђукановић политички и вербално понижава Црну Гору (politika.rs)

   Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. Health
   1.5% of the news · usually 0.9% · 1.6× usual · 13 articles
   • بعد تسجيل 6 بؤر.. تفشي طور خطير ومميت للحمى القلاعية في ليبيا وسط نقص حاد بالإمكانيات (akhbarlibya24.net)

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

3. War and security
   1.1% of the news · usually 3.0% · 9 articles
   • Sokol: Prosprska većina ne može vjerodostojno voditi CG ka EU, Mandić otvoreno veliča ratne zločince (portalanalitika.me)
   • Το χρονικό της απελευθέρωσης της Χιμάρας το 1912 (himara.gr)

   Survey · Apr 2026 10% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

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

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. Jobs and work
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.8% · 3 articles
   • إعــلان .. عن فتح باب قبول طلبات الترشح ( نظام القائمة ) لانتخاب مقاعد النقابات الفرعية بالنقابة العامة لفنانين ليبيا. (hnec.ly)

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

5. Climate
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 2 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

6. Cost of living
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 34% 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 10% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. AI
   0.1% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1 articles
   • De ce are nevoie statul ca să inoveze în era IA? La Palatul Cotroceni, pe 19 noiembrie, răspund ministrul Bogdan Dumitru, Marietje Schaake și oamenii care au digitalizat Ucraina, Estonia și Polonia (romaniapozitiva.ro)
8. Immigration
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.2% · 0 articles

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.3positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.3The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual3.0 words per 1,000usually 2.9The GDELT Project
• Fear1.0× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual7.1 words per 1,000usually 7.9The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual5.8 words per 1,000usually 6.2The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.1× usual8.0 words per 1,000usually 7.4The GDELT Project

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