How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,017 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   5.5% of the news · usually 5.4% · 56 articles
   • Na východnú hranicu sa dostanú už do piatich minút. Slovenské nebo opäť strážia naše vlastné stíhačky (ta3.com)
   • Náčelníci generálnych štábov krajín V4 rokovali o obrannej spolupráci (teraz.sk)

   Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 8% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. Health
   2.3% of the news · usually 2.0% · 23 articles
   • Slovensko prišlo o najznámejšiu babičku internetu. Zomrela Blue Grandma, mala 91 rokov (ta3.com)
   • 24hod.sk - Zdravie (24hod.sk)

   Survey · Apr 2026 9% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

3. Democracy and elections
   2.0% of the news · usually 3.7% · 20 articles
   • Molčan tesne nezvládol tajbrejkovú drámu, Djokovič prišiel o 19. ATP Finals (spravy.pozri.sk)
   • Trnavský župan a primátorka zložia sľuby, krajské a mestské zastupiteľstvá čakajú prvé zasadnutia (24hod.sk)

   Survey · Apr 2026 10% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. Jobs and work More than usual
   2.0% of the news · usually 0.9% · 2.1× usual · 20 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

5. AI
   1.0% of the news · usually 0.7% · 10 articles
   • Fotografka Julia Fullerton-Batten o AI: Používať cudzie obrázky vytvorené pomocou počítača je proti mojim zásadám - Kultúra - Správy (pravda.sk)
   • Kuriéri a taxikári čoskoro dostanú nové práva. Súvisia aj s AI s algoritmami (zive.aktuality.sk)
6. Climate
   0.9% of the news · usually 0.6% · 1.5× usual · 9 articles

   Survey · 2023 75% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

   Survey · Apr 2026 2% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. Cost of living
   0.6% of the news · usually 0.8% · 6 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 46% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 25% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

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

8. Immigration
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.1% · 2.2× usual · 2 articles

   Survey · Apr 2026 5% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−2.2positive minus negative words per 100usually −2.1The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.1× usual2.7 words per 1,000usually 2.5The GDELT Project
• Fear0.9× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.6The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual9.1 words per 1,000usually 9.6The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual8.5 words per 1,000usually 8.3The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual11.3 words per 1,000usually 11.2The GDELT Project

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