How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,116 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   2.6% of the news · usually 2.9% · 29 articles
   • Пронајдени и безбедно отстранети две гранати од Првата светска војна кај Прилеп (mkd.mk)
   • ДЗС: безбедно отстранети две минофрлачки гранати од 75 mm од Прва светска војна во Прилепско (telma.com.mk)

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

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

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. Jobs and work More than usual
   2.1% of the news · usually 1.2% · 1.8× usual · 23 articles
   • Преку документарецот „До први" ССМ со конкретни лица и ситуации колку може да се издржи со минимална плата (time.mk)
   • Moldova, printre țările europene unde abonamentul Netflix necesită peste o oră de muncă (ziarulnational.md)

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

3. Health
   1.7% of the news · usually 2.0% · 19 articles
   • Грипот се шири во Македонија (libertas.mk)
   • ГРИПОТ ЗАБРЗАНО СЕ ШИРИ НИЗ МАКЕДОНИЈА - Неверојатно што покажуваат податоците на ИЈЗ (vecer.mk)

   Survey · Apr 2026 16% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. Cost of living
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.9% · 8 articles
   • Hrvat otkrio kako je od 7000 € došao do 90.000 € u osam godina: 'Samo sam radio jednu stvar' (dnevno.hr)
   • POSLOVNI POTEZ O KOJEM BRUJI INTERNET: Hrvat otkrio kako je od 7.000 eura došao do 90.000 eura za osam godina (slobodna-bosna.ba)

   Survey · Apr 2026 45% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 28% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 2% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

5. Immigration
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1.8× usual · 8 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)

   Survey · Apr 2026 20% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

6. Democracy and elections
   0.6% of the news · usually 1.7% · 7 articles
   • Европските стандарди не завршуваат пред вратите на Брисел! (novamakedonija.com.mk)
   • Zgjedhjet në Bërvenicë, Sulejmani: BDI po manipulon derisa politikat konstruktive të VLEN-it i dhanë komunë shtesë (almakos.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. AI
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1.6× usual · 3 articles
   • 【亚历山大东征到过印度】AI答 - 博客 (wenxuecity.com)
8. Climate
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.3% · 3 articles

   Survey · 2023 81% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

   Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” 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
• Anxiety1.1× usual2.8 words per 1,000usually 2.5The GDELT Project
• Fear1.6× usual0.9 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual6.2 words per 1,000usually 6.5The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual5.9 words per 1,000usually 6.1The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.9× usual6.8 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.