How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 2,069 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Jobs and work Anxious
   2.1% of the news · usually 1.8% · 44 articles
   • Desemprego Açoriano Cai para 4,3%: Um recorde (sapo.pt)
   • Sindicatos acordam subida de salários com BCP em 3% (executivedigest.sapo.pt)

   Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. AI
   1.8% of the news · usually 1.8% · 38 articles
   • Nova SBE quer usar dados e Inteligência Artificial para aproximar desempregados das empresas (executivedigest.sapo.pt)
   • A IA recomenda, o consumidor paga e os burlões podem lucrar muito nesta Black Friday (sapo.pt)
3. War and security
   1.7% of the news · usually 1.7% · 35 articles
   • PSP pode dar tréguas nas acampadas até ao Mercado de Natal se o risco se mantiver reduzido (dn.pt)
   • Drone português da Tekever descola e aterra pela primeira vez num porta-aviões da Marinha britânica (eco.sapo.pt)

   Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “The conflict in the Middle East” 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)

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. Health
   1.4% of the news · usually 1.9% · 29 articles
   • Homens chegam mais tarde à consulta com doença venosa e hemorroidária. O que explica o atraso no diagnóstico? (sapo.pt)
   • Tuberculose: mitos e verdades (dnoticias.pt)

   Survey · Apr 2026 40% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

5. Democracy and elections
   0.7% of the news · usually 1.1% · 15 articles
   • Estamos Doentes (observador.pt)
   • Castro Verde celebra 50 anos do Poder Local Democrático dia 12 de dezembro | Rádio Voz da Planície - 104.5FM (vozdaplanicie.pt)

   Survey · Apr 2026 1% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

6. Immigration
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.1% · 3.9× usual · 9 articles
   • Over 782,000 emigrated from Portugal in five years (theportugalnews.com)
   • Autarquia de Lamego disponibiliza gabinete de apoio à integração de cidadãos migrantes (jornaldocentro.pt)

   Survey · Apr 2026 11% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. Cost of living
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.5% · 7 articles
   • Mogadouro entre os concelhos mais baratos do país para comprar casa para renovar (jornalnordeste.com)
   • Hipoges reforça aposta na gestão de Sociedades de Investimento Coletivo em Portugal via Finprop Capital (jornaleconomico.sapo.pt)

   Survey · Apr 2026 44% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 32% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

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

8. Climate
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 4 articles
   • Atapuerca avanza hacia una excavación más sostenible (elcorreodeburgos.com)
   • Skeptical Science New Research for Week #45 2026 (skepticalscience.com)

   Survey · 2023 90% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

   Survey · Apr 2026 2% 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−0.2positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.3The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual2.6 words per 1,000usually 2.7The GDELT Project
• Fear0.9× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual4.6 words per 1,000usually 4.9The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual5.0 words per 1,000usually 5.0The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual6.7 words per 1,000usually 6.7The GDELT Project

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