How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 790 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
   3.4% of the news · usually 2.5% · 27 articles
   • NSD: Nepokorne komite čuvali plamen slobode i onda kada je izgledalo da je svaka nada ugašena (portalanalitika.me)
   • حفل تكريمي في سبلين لإطلاق كتاب «النبوة» للشهيد إسماعيل سلام إسماعيل – قناة المنار (almanar.com.lb)

   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)

2. Democracy and elections
   1.9% of the news · usually 5.6% · 15 articles

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

3. Cost of living
   1.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 4.7× usual · 10 articles
   • ДАН - Analiza preko 5.000 oglasa za prodaju pokazala: Kvadrat stana u Crnoj Gori 3.348 eura (dan.co.me)

   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)

4. Health
   1.0% of the news · usually 0.9% · 8 articles

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

5. Climate
   0.9% of the news · usually 0.3% · 3.3× usual · 7 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. Jobs and work
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.6% · 4 articles

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

7. AI
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 2 articles
8. Immigration
   0.1% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1 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× usual2.9 words per 1,000usually 2.9The GDELT Project
• Fear0.8× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual7.7 words per 1,000usually 7.7The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual6.8 words per 1,000usually 6.1The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.1× usual8.1 words per 1,000usually 7.6The GDELT Project

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