How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 4,128 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Democracy and elections
   3.7% of the news · usually 4.6% · 153 articles
   • Počela tišina pred izbore za članove nacionalnih saveta nacionalnih manjina (tanjug.rs)
   • Ljajić: SNS je pao na nepolitičkoj temi, od pada nadstrešnice su gasili vatru benzinom (naslovi.net)

   Survey · Apr 2026 20% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. War and security
   2.9% of the news · usually 3.4% · 121 articles
   • Vojska Srbije obnavlja 6 km puta kod Prokuplja koji povezuje tri sela (blic.rs)
   • Koliko kredita možete da imate istovremeno? Banke imaju važan uslov (blic.rs)

   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 9% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

3. Health
   1.3% of the news · usually 1.2% · 55 articles
   • Брза трака | Београд 202 (rts.rs)
   • Где деца у Србији заостају: разлике у вакцинацији, сиромаштву и образовању (politika.rs)

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

4. Jobs and work
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.7% · 29 articles
   • Ova fabrika gasi proizvodnju u Srbiji: Bez posla ostaje oko 450 radnika (naslovi.net)
   • Turska fabrika „Aster tekstil" zatvara pogon u Nišu, bez posla ostaje između 300 i 450 zaposlenih (naslovi.net)

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

5. Cost of living
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.6% · 14 articles
   • Kupovina "na reč" dolazi na naplatu: Država dala rok do 2028. godine za usklađivanje vlasništva nepokretnosti (naslovi.net)
   • Bogatstvo zarobljeno u nekretninama - kako izbeći zamku nelikvidnosti (naslovi.net)

   Survey · Apr 2026 35% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 19% 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)

6. AI
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.6% · 13 articles
   • "墨问未来：AI时代中国水墨艺术作品国际巡展"在伦敦开幕|美术馆|艺术家|当代艺术 (163.com)
   • Wonderful: Η Ελλάδα στο top 3 των αγορών της εταιρείας AI των $5 δισ. -... (forbesgreece.gr)
7. Climate
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 7 articles
   • Nišlije danas čekaju oblaci i niske temperature (naslovi.net)
   • ЧУБРИЛО НАЈАВЉУЈЕ ВРЕМЕНСКУ „ТЕСТЕРУ" Прво мраз, онда чак 24 степена, па ново захлађење и снег све ближе равници (dnevnik.rs)

   Survey · 2023 78% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

8. Immigration
   0.1% of the news · usually 0.2% · 4 articles
   • Ptica koja je nestala pre 300 godina iz Evrope viđena na 2 dana leta od Srbije: Šta uraditi ako je vidite (telegraf.rs)

   Survey · Apr 2026 7% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.7positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.6The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual3.4 words per 1,000usually 3.4The GDELT Project
• Fear0.9× usual1.0 words per 1,000usually 1.1The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual7.9 words per 1,000usually 8.8The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.1× usual7.6 words per 1,000usually 6.9The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual8.2 words per 1,000usually 8.0The GDELT Project

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