The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy's population still getting older despite increase in foreign residents Italy's population has barely risen since 2011, new figures show - and the slight increase is only due to immigration. https://www.thelocal.it/20201215/italys-population-still-getting-older-despite-increase-in-foreign-residents Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:46:51 +0100 italys-population-still-getting-older-despite-increase-in-foreign-residents Italy's low birth rate 'plunging further due to coronavirus crisis' The coronavirus crisis has hit Italy's already historically-low birth rate, new projections from the national statistics agency reveal. https://www.thelocal.it/20201125/italys-low-birthrate-plunging-further-due-to-coronavirus Wed, 25 Nov 2020 14:49:13 +0100 italys-low-birthrate-plunging-further-due-to-coronavirus How ageing Italy plans to bump up its birth rate in 2020 Italy’s birth rate hit a record low in 2018, making it the least procreative country in the EU. Here are the measures the government is planning to introduce in 2020 to encourage Italians to be parents. https://www.thelocal.it/20191030/how-ageing-italy-plans-to-bump-up-its-birth-rate-in-2020 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 12:38:18 +0100 how-ageing-italy-plans-to-bump-up-its-birth-rate-in-2020 Italy is in a 'demographic recession' not seen since World War One Italy's active population is shrinking at a rate not seen since the days when World War One and a deadly pandemic were wiping out people by the thousands, the latest figures from the national statistics office show. https://www.thelocal.it/20190620/italy-is-in-a-demographic-recession-not-seen-since-world-war-one Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:59:44 +0200 italy-is-in-a-demographic-recession-not-seen-since-world-war-one Italians had 12,000 fewer babies in 2016 The number of births in Italy fell by more than 12,000 last year, the country’s national statistics office said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20171128/italy-2016-declining-birth-rate Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:18:06 +0100 italy-2016-declining-birth-rate This is what Italy's population will look like in 50 years The population of Italy will decrease by seven million over the next 50 years, according to national statistics agency Istat. https://www.thelocal.it/20170426/this-is-how-italys-population-will-look-in-50-years-time Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:41:02 +0200 this-is-how-italys-population-will-look-in-50-years-time Italy set to double baby bonus to fight birth rate 'apocalypse' Italy’s health minister is proposing doubling a ‘baby bonus’ incentive for couples to have more children to combat what she calls a catastrophic decline in the country’s birth rate. https://www.thelocal.it/20160515/italy-set-to-double-baby-bonus-to-fight-birth-rate-apocalypse Sun, 15 May 2016 18:36:24 +0200 italy-set-to-double-baby-bonus-to-fight-birth-rate-apocalypse Foreign births on the rise in Italy: report More children are being born to foreign parents in Italy while the number of Italian births continues to drop, according to a report by statistics agency Istat. The figures also revealed the country's most popular baby names. https://www.thelocal.it/20131128/foreign-births-on-the-rise-in-italy-report Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:35:00 +0100 foreign-births-on-the-rise-in-italy-report