How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 435 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   2.5% of the news · usually 2.4% · 11 articles
   • Samo mir je svet, ne vojna (gorenjskiglas.si)
   • Slovenački ministar odbrane: Veća izdvajanja za odbranu su sredstvo odvraćanja (tanjug.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 5% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. Democracy and elections
   2.3% of the news · usually 2.8% · 10 articles
   • Bojan Požar: Meščevih groženj ne jemljem več resno. Posnetek je najverjetneje naročil sam. (siol.net)
   • RIK utvrdio konačan broj birača za izbore za nacionalne savete: Pravo glasa ima 481.785 građana (glas-javnosti.rs)

   Survey · Apr 2026 12% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

3. Jobs and work
   2.1% of the news · usually 1.0% · 2.2× usual · 9 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. AI
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.3% · 2.7× usual · 3 articles
   • KI-Pionier Geoffrey Hinton: „Die Menschen fürchten sich nicht genug" (profil.at)
5. Climate
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.5% · 3 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

6. Immigration
   0.7% of the news · usually 0.2% · 4.3× usual · 3 articles
   • Portugal sem pressão migratória, mas em segundo nos alertas de retorno na UE (recordeuropa.com)
   • Austrija će vjerojatno i 2027. biti izuzeta od obaveza primanja izbjeglica i azilanata. Spomenuta i Hrvatska (vecernji.hr)

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

7. Health
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.6% · 2 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 22% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

8. Cost of living
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.4% · 0 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 39% 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 18% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.1positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.8The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual2.3 words per 1,000usually 2.6The GDELT Project
• Fear0.9× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual7.2 words per 1,000usually 6.9The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual6.4 words per 1,000usually 6.8The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.6 words per 1,000usually 7.5The GDELT Project

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