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 in the past year recorded the highest mortality rate seen in the post-war period, according to new figures released on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210611/italys-mortality-rate-in-2020-highest-ever-recorded-since-world-war-ii Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:34:17 +0200 italys-mortality-rate-in-2020-highest-ever-recorded-since-world-war-ii Italy suffered its highest number of deaths since World War II last year due to the coronavirus pandemic with over 100,000 deaths more than average, according to new figures released on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20210326/more-people-died-in-italy-in-2020-than-in-any-year-since-world-war-ii Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:35:09 +0100 more-people-died-in-italy-in-2020-than-in-any-year-since-world-war-ii 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