How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 3,755 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security More than usual
   8.3% of the news · usually 3.4% · 2.5× usual · 313 articles
   • Istoričarka o Danu primirja: Ljudi koji su doživeli Veliki rat verovali da je to kraj ratovanja (naslovi.net)
   • POBEDU DONELA SRPSKA VOJSKA: Nemačka potpisala primirje 11. novembra 1918. pošto je rat odlučila Srbija na Solunskom frontu (novosti.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)

2. Jobs and work More than usual
   2.2% of the news · usually 0.7% · 3.3× usual · 84 articles
   • Vučić: Nezaposlenost će biti veća, program četvorodnevne radne nedelje utopijski (blic.rs)
   • Sezonskih poslova u Srbiji ima i tokom novembra (b92.net)

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

3. Democracy and elections
   1.1% of the news · usually 4.1% · 42 articles
   • Zalagao se za sankcije Rusiji, smenjen sa funkcije: Basta navodno uhapšen na aerodromu tokom pokušaja izlaska iz Srbije (alo.rs)
   • Šta ostaje posle izborne kampanje (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)

4. Health
   1.0% of the news · usually 1.2% · 39 articles
   • Delić upozorava na širenje malih boginja: Jedna zaražena osoba može da inficira čak 15 ljudi (naslovi.net)
   • Grip u Beogradu - Informer.rs (informer.rs)

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

5. Climate
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1.6× usual · 12 articles
   • Šta je ovo, ljudi moji?! Grujići u čudu, rodilo usred novembra kad mu vreme nij (alo.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)

6. Cost of living
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.6% · 11 articles
   • Obustava stanova za mlade - Informer.rs (informer.rs)
   • 140 kvadrata za 82.900 evra: Prelepa kuća ponovo na prodaju jer je obustavljen prijem zahteva za kredite za mlade (alo.rs)

   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% · 9 articles
   • Asyl-Hammer in Österreich – Karner will Migranten ohne Prüfung an Grenze abweisen (heute.at)

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

8. AI
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.5% · 8 articles
   • AI接手运营 速卖通潜力市场"双11"成交同比增超50%|大促|跨境电商 (163.com)
   • Europenii își iau tot mai mult sănătatea în propriile mâini. De ce apelează la AI, dar continuă să aibă încredere în medici (hotnews.ro)

How the news sounds

• Tone−2.0positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.7The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.1× usual3.7 words per 1,000usually 3.4The GDELT Project
• Fear1.1× usual1.3 words per 1,000usually 1.1The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual8.9 words per 1,000usually 8.6The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual6.7 words per 1,000usually 7.0The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual8.1 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.