How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 3,955 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   4.8% of the news · usually 3.3% · 191 articles
   • Предавање поводом Дана примирја у Првом светском рату (beograd.rs)
   • Počasna artiljerijska paljba na Kalemegdanu povodom Dana primirja (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. Health More than usual
   2.2% of the news · usually 1.2% · 1.9× usual · 87 articles
   • Batut: Od početka 2026. godine 27 slučajeva morbila, najviše u Boru (tanjug.rs)
   • Male boginje se šire Srbijom, Batut objavio alarmantne podatke: Ovo su simptomi koji mogu da prođu neprimećeno (naslovi.net)

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

3. Democracy and elections
   1.5% of the news · usually 4.1% · 61 articles
   • Stojan Radenović otkrio šta očekuje od sednice (informer.rs)
   • Dubravka Valić Nedeljković jede na sednici REM (informer.rs)

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

4. AI More than usual Anxious
   1.0% of the news · usually 0.5% · 2.0× usual · 41 articles
   • Na dan izbora blokaderi plasirali AI oružani upad u Skupštinu i sukob u ''Ćacilendu'' (informer.rs)
   • A ChatGPT lett a kertészem - így mentettük meg a 35 ezer forintos olajfámat (mindmegette.hu)
5. Jobs and work Anxious
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.7% · 32 articles

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

6. Cost of living
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.6% · 21 articles
   • Otkriveno kada je Nada Topčagić izgubila nevinost (informer.rs)
   • 'Pasqyra' e Ramës e çon inflacionin në nivele rekord! Ushqimet më shtrenjtë se në Gjermani, Itali e Spanjë - (gijotina.com)

   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)

7. Immigration
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 7 articles

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

8. Climate
   0.1% of the news · usually 0.2% · 4 articles

   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)

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.9positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.7The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.1× usual3.9 words per 1,000usually 3.4The GDELT Project
• Fear1.1× usual1.2 words per 1,000usually 1.1The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual7.9 words per 1,000usually 8.6The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual6.8 words per 1,000usually 7.0The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual8.0 words per 1,000usually 8.3The GDELT Project

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