Fertility
Baby boomers are retiring
The country's social security system is in for seven difficult years, as up until 2030 the generation of baby boomers will be rushing to retire.
Experts point out that although the "great exodus" began in 2022 and will last until 2030, with about 165,000 to 200,000 people retiring annually, the bulk of retirements will occur from 2025 onward.
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Elon Musk raises alarm on Greece’s ‘population collapse’
Billionaire Elon Musk addressed Greece's low birth rate in a post on Platform X on Monday.
Musk referenced concerns about "population collapse" by sharing a screenshot from a relevant article from the US independent broadcasting media The People's Voice.
Agioi Anargyroi: Kyriaki was pregnant and miscarried after her boyfriend beat her, her father says
Her parents and friends did not understand from the beginning that the termination of the pregnancy was not her choice
Tiny hybrid robot can identify, capture a single cell
Inspired by biological “swimmers” such as bacteria and sperm the researchers developed a micro-robot with the ability to move around the body
Japan Records Largest Population Decline in 2023 as Births Plummet to Record Low
In a concerning trend for Japan's demographic landscape, the year 2023 saw a significant decline in the number of newborns, marking a record low in the country's history. According to government data reported by Kyodo News, Japan's population shrank by its largest ever margin, with births plummeting by 5.1 percent compared to the previous year, totaling just 758,631 infants.
South Korea birth rate falls to all-time low
South Korea's birth rate fell to a record low last year, the government said Wednesday, despite having poured billions of dollars into efforts to encourage women to have more children and maintain population stability.
The country has one of the world's longest life expectancies and lowest birth rates, a combination that presents a looming demographic challenge.
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Alabama university pauses IVF treatments after court ruling
An Alabama university temporarily halted in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments on Wednesday after the high court in the southern U.S. state ruled that frozen embryos outside the womb are children.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) said it had paused IVF treatments "as it evaluates the Alabama Supreme Court's decision that a cryopreserved embryo is a human being."
Surrogacy in Greece: ‘You know they are not your children’
L.D., aged 32, gave birth to twins by caesarean section in September. The midwives did not place the newborns on her chest, as is customary. There were other arms waiting for them with anxiety, love and emotion, a few floors above. Those of 37-year-old F.P. and her husband. They had been trying to become parents for years but one miscarriage followed another. F.P.
Demographic crisis and immigration
Immigration is a topic that is sure to animate any political discussion and campaign. Unmanaged it risks elevating the extreme right to positions of power. And yet the flip side of all this is an enormous opportunity to boost Western liberal democracy and infuse it with the dynamism it now lacks.
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CIA Report: Bulgaria Ranks 11th in Fastest Shrinking Nations Globally
Bulgaria has been identified as the 11th fastest shrinking nation globally and the 25th highest aging nation, according to a recent CIA report cited by Nova TV. The United Nations has corroborated these findings, highlighting the overall fertility rate as a key indicator. Europe's rate stands at 1.5, falling short of the 2.1-point threshold necessary to maintain population stability.