How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 2,262 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Jobs and work
   1.6% of the news · usually 1.7% · 37 articles
   • Taxa de desemprego na OCDE estabiliza em 5% em setembro (executivedigest.sapo.pt)
   • Desemprego jovem na OCDE no máximo de 2026 – Observador (observador.pt)

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

2. AI
   1.6% of the news · usually 1.8% · 35 articles
   • Gonçalo Matias defende IA para transformar o Governo em um 'Estado agêntico' (dn.pt)
   • Comissão Europeia lamenta atraso nas gigafábricas de IA, mas destaca avanços e novos prazos (dn.pt)
3. Health
   1.5% of the news · usually 1.9% · 34 articles
   • Quando mudar de óculos não chega (sapo.pt)
   • Cada vez mais funchalenses aderem aos serviços da Clínica em Casa (dnoticias.pt)

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

4. War and security
   1.1% of the news · usually 1.7% · 25 articles
   • Kyndryl cria nova unidade em Portugal e nomeia Nuno Guerra Santos para liderar (executivedigest.sapo.pt)
   • Guerras santas, guerras justas y otras guerras – INFOVATICANA (infovaticana.com)

   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)

5. Climate
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.2% · 4.0× usual · 18 articles
   • Preço dos combustíveis ajuda a travar emissões de CO2, mas será temporário (publico.pt)
   • Cuiabá recebe evento nacional sobre recursos hídricos, mudanças climáticas e prevenção de desastres (gazetadigital.com.br)

   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)

6. Democracy and elections
   0.6% of the news · usually 1.1% · 13 articles
   • "Não se duvida do compromisso de Portugal com a Ucrânia" (observador.pt)
   • Five things to know about Cape Verde ahead of presidential vote (standardmedia.co.ke)

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

7. Cost of living
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.5% · 8 articles
   • Eating out in Portugal is getting more and more expensive (theportugalnews.com)
   • Governo renova expropriações para alargamento da linha vermelha do Metropolitano de Lisboa (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. Immigration
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 4 articles
   • Pedidos de regresso de imigrantes aumentam mais de 40% (sapo.pt)
   • Pedidos de regresso de imigrantes aumentam mais de 40% – Observador (observador.pt)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−0.9positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.4The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.3× usual3.7 words per 1,000usually 2.7The GDELT Project
• Fear1.5× usual0.9 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
• Anger0.8× usual4.2 words per 1,000usually 4.9The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.0The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.2× usual7.9 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.