How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 430 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   4.4% of the news · usually 4.6% · 19 articles
   • ​​6-vjet nga arrestimi i krerëve të UÇK-së, Krasniqi: U dënuan për postet politike që bartën, nuk do t'i lëmë vetëm (telegrafi.com)
   • Kandiq i kërkon BE-së të reagojë ndaj shtrembërimit të fakteve për luftën në Kosovë dhe gjenocidin në Srebrenicë (telegrafi.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 13% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “The conflict in the Middle East” 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 2.6% · 10 articles
   • Gashi: LDK është shembull i demokracisë (gazeta10.com)
   • Andrews ready to end war, cut fuel costs and fix Medicaid (postandcourier.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

3. Cost of living
   1.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 6.8× usual · 5 articles
   • Kusari-Lila: Nëse nga nesër s'ka ulje të çmimit e derivateve, do ta kthejmë çmimin tavan (kosovarja-ks.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 54% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 29% 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)

4. Immigration
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1 articles

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

5. Jobs and work
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.4% · 1 articles

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

6. AI
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.3% · 0 articles
   • 漫评｜AI不够、军工来凑？欧盟想"换道超车"但换不来战略自主 (81.cn)
   • ITALIANI.ITALIANI ALL'ESTERO - GIORNATA INTERNAZ. PER PORRE FINE AI CRIMINI CONTRO I GIORNALISTI - ANCHE L'ITALIA FRA I MEMBRI DELLA MEDIA FREEDOM COALITION / News / Italian Network (italiannetwork.it)
7. Climate
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.0% · 0 articles

   Survey · 2023 67% 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)

8. Health
   0.0% of the news · usually 1.0% · 0 articles
   • Почнуваат како настинка, но не се обична детска болест – Првите симптоми и компликации од морбилите (press24.mk)

   Survey · Apr 2026 20% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.0positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.7The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.8× usual2.5 words per 1,000usually 3.1The GDELT Project
• Fear0.8× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
• Anger0.9× usual7.7 words per 1,000usually 8.9The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual10.3 words per 1,000usually 10.9The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.3The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.9× usual9.9 words per 1,000usually 10.8The GDELT Project

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