How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 378 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. War and security
   4.0% of the news · usually 4.5% · 15 articles
   • Ushtarët e KFOR-it marrin pjesë në marshimin tradicional "DANCON" në Kampin e Novosellës – Lajmi.net (lajmi.net)
   • Esercito: cambio al comando della Brigata "Pinerolo" (leccesette.it)

   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. Health
   1.3% of the news · usually 1.0% · 5 articles
   • Në QKUK nis aplikimi i teknikës së avancuar të radioterapisë për trajtimin e kancerit të mushkërive (24-ore.com)

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

3. Democracy and elections
   1.1% of the news · usually 2.6% · 4 articles
   • A do garojë për kryetar të LDK-së? Haziri: E shoh procesin ndryshe- Bajrami, Gashi e Rama emra kredibilë (zeri.info)
   • "Kudo Që Shkoj, Përsëri Tek Ti Kthehem", Vuçiç Këndon Për Kosovën Pas Humbjes Në Zgjedhje (VIDEO) (aktuale.mk)

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

4. Immigration
   0.5% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2 articles

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

5. AI
   0.3% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1 articles
   • the old fairy tales as re-told by artificial intelligence.... (yourdemocracy.net.au)
6. 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)

7. Cost of living
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.2% · 0 articles

   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)

8. Jobs and work
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.3% · 0 articles

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

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.4positive minus negative words per 100usually −1.7The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.9× usual2.7 words per 1,000usually 3.1The GDELT Project
• Fear0.8× usual0.6 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
• Anger1.0× usual9.0 words per 1,000usually 8.9The GDELT Project
• Sadness0.9× usual9.9 words per 1,000usually 10.9The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.3 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual10.5 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.