How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 2,326 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. AI
   2.0% of the news · usually 1.7% · 46 articles
   • Regular a IA sem travar a inovação: o que divide a Europa e os EUA | WebSummit (publico.pt)
   • A Inteligência Artificial veio lembrar-nos de que escrever é uma arte (publico.pt)
2. War and security
   1.9% of the news · usually 1.7% · 44 articles
   • Marinha Grande preparada para intervir se necessário (diarioleiria.pt)
   • Vendas Novas recebe exposição sobre uniformes do Exército dos séculos XVIII e XIX (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)

3. Jobs and work
   1.9% of the news · usually 1.6% · 43 articles
   • Canal espanhol interrompe transmissão: "Consequência da greve geral" (sapo.pt)
   • La Spagna torna allo sciopero generale dopo 14 anni La protesta per la casa scuote la campagna elettorale (zazoom.it)

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

4. Health
   1.5% of the news · usually 1.8% · 34 articles
   • Arquivo de Talks - Jornal Médico (jornalmedico.pt)
   • Vacina da pneumonia: Gratuita para alguns, paga para outros? (sapo.pt)

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

5. Climate More than usual
   0.9% of the news · usually 0.2% · 4.5× usual · 21 articles
   • Quercus alerta para risco de novo fracasso climático na COP31 (bragatv.pt)
   • The Algarve may experience small tornadoes (theportugalnews.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)

6. Democracy and elections
   0.5% of the news · usually 1.0% · 11 articles
   • "O futuro começa aqui. Not there": Acampada de Lisboa prepara protesto junto à Web Summit (sol.iol.pt)
   • CCB retoma 'Missão: Democracia' com oficinas e espetáculos sobre liberdade e participação (sapo.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)

7. Cost of living
   0.1% of the news · usually 0.5% · 2 articles
   • Gestão de patrimónios: Investimento no mercado português cai 7,3% no terceiro trimestre (jornaleconomico.sapo.pt)
   • Portugal Inflation Confirmed At 3.8% (rttnews.com)

   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
   <0.1% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1 articles
   • Andorra guanya 422 residents per la immigració durant el segon trimestre (diariandorra.ad)
   • EES errors could see thousands of travellers incorrectly flagged as overstayers. Here's what to do (euronews.com)

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.0positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.4The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.2× usual3.3 words per 1,000usually 2.7The GDELT Project
• Fear1.6× usual1.0 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual4.4 words per 1,000usually 4.9The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.3× usual6.6 words per 1,000usually 5.0The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.2× usual7.8 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.