How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 832 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
   3.9% of the news · usually 5.1% · 32 articles
   • YENİ Parti Milletvekili Namık Tan, Sırbistan'da Vucic'in kaybettiğini söyledi (haberler.com)
   • Arizona voters reject voter ID measure, approve grocery tax limits and cartel designation (kold.com)

   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. War and security
   1.1% of the news · usually 3.0% · 9 articles
   • Истребители в Сербии вылетали для перехвата самолета после сообщения о бомбе (mk.ru)
   • Жители услышали звуки взрывов, а военные подняли в небо истребители: что произошло в Сербии (news.mail.ru)

   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)

3. Health
   1.0% of the news · usually 1.1% · 8 articles

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

4. Jobs and work
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.8% · 4 articles

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

5. Climate
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1.5× usual · 3 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
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.4% · 3 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
8. Immigration
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.2% · 0 articles
   • Σαν σήμερα 6 Νοεμβρίου 1992 Συνθήκη Σένγκεν: Η Ελλάδα υπογράφει την ένταξη της – Τα οφέλη, οι 29 χώρες και γιατί η Κύπρος παραμένει εκτός - HuffPost - Ειδήσεις και Απόψεις από την Ελλάδα και τον Κόσμο (huffingtonpost.gr)
   • Политолог Белов заявил, что Грузия выпала из процессе евроинтеграции (vesti.ru)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.2positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.3The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual3.0 words per 1,000usually 2.9The GDELT Project
• Fear1.1× usual0.8 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual7.2 words per 1,000usually 7.9The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual5.7 words per 1,000usually 6.2The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.8 words per 1,000usually 7.5The GDELT Project

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