How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,898 articles that mention the country over the last 7 days. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Jobs and work More than usual
   3.2% of the news · usually 1.1% · 3.1× usual · 61 articles

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

2. AI More than usual
   3.2% of the news · usually 1.1% · 3.0× usual · 60 articles
3. Climate More than usual
   2.3% of the news · usually 0.7% · 3.1× usual · 44 articles
   • Listen: How are EU countries performing in reducing their carbon emissions? (euobserver.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 14% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. Cost of living
   2.0% of the news · usually 1.3% · 37 articles
   • Eurostat: România, cea mai mare scădere a raportului preț-venit la locuințe în 2015–2025, dar lider în UE la creșterea chiriilor și supraaglomerare în rândul tinerilor (caleaeuropeana.ro)

   Survey · Apr 2026 41% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 24% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

5. War and security
   1.9% of the news · usually 1.8% · 36 articles
   • Kingswinford Library honours First World War soldier (stourbridgenews.co.uk)
   • अबू धाबी वार्ता: रूस-यूक्रेन युद्ध पर क्या होगा फैसला? (prabhatkhabar.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% 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)

6. Democracy and elections
   0.7% of the news · usually 1.0% · 14 articles
   • Haïti - Actualité : Zapping... - HaitiLibre.com : Toutes les nouvelles d'Haiti 7/7 (haitilibre.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. Health
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.5% · 11 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

8. Immigration
   0.5% of the news · usually 1.0% · 10 articles
   • আরও ৪৪ বাংলাদেশিকে ফেরত পাঠাল ইউরোপ (ntvbd.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 29% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−0.4positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.5The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual2.4 words per 1,000usually 2.4The GDELT Project
• Fear1.1× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
• Anger0.6× usual4.2 words per 1,000usually 6.4The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual6.5 words per 1,000usually 5.8The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.4The 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.