How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 3,034 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   3.5% of the news · usually 3.3% · 106 articles
   • Министарство одбране: Самозвани експерти обмањују јавност и урушавају углед Војске Србије (politika.rs)
   • Oglasilo se Ministarstvo odbrane: "Ne širite neproverene informacije o Vojsci Srbije" (naslovi.net)

   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)

2. Democracy and elections
   2.5% of the news · usually 4.4% · 75 articles
   • SNS tvrdi da je u kampanji potrošio manje novca od SL (vreme.com)
   • SRBIJA, DRAŽI I IZAZOVI POBJEDE: Više ništa isto nije, niti će ikada biti (monitor.co.me)

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

3. Health
   1.0% of the news · usually 1.2% · 31 articles
   • Kako prepoznati šugu: Prvi znaci i način prenosa - kada se jedan član zarazi, leči se cela porodica (naslovi.net)
   • Kako prepoznati šugu: Prvi znaci, način prenosa i lečenja (blic.rs)

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

4. Jobs and work
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.7% · 23 articles
   • Odbijena vam je naknada za nezaposlene? Kako možete da se žalite i koji je rok (novosti.rs)
   • Šta bi bilo kad bi evro dostigao 150 dinara? Evo kako bi slabljenje valute pogodilo običnog građanina i šta bi bilo sa minimalcem (kamatica.com)

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

5. Cost of living
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.6% · 22 articles
   • Инфлација у септембру у Србији већа него у ЕУ и еврозони (politika.rs)
   • Svi komentari - Srbija ima adut vredan 90 miliona dolara: Ovi proizvodi mogu doneti najveću zaradu (b92.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
   0.4% of the news · usually 0.5% · 11 articles
   • Zašto je AI mač sa dve oštrice? Srpski stručnjaci na Forumu u Kini, dve šanse za Srbiju (blic.rs)
   • Campo largo, oggi prima "call" per il programma: tra i primi sì un ministro per IA e Tech e l'idea di un Cern in Italia (ilmessaggero.it)
7. Climate
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 6 articles
   • У атару Вилова завршена јесења сетва озмих биљних врста - ЈМУ Радио-телевизија Војводине (rtv.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
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 5 articles

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−2.0positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.6The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.1× usual3.6 words per 1,000usually 3.4The GDELT Project
• Fear1.1× usual1.3 words per 1,000usually 1.1The GDELT Project
• Anger1.1× usual9.7 words per 1,000usually 8.8The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual7.2 words per 1,000usually 7.0The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.1× usual8.9 words per 1,000usually 8.2The GDELT Project

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