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 A publicity campaign encouraging Italians to have more babies – by reminding women that the older they get, the less fertile they become – has backfired on the Italian government. https://www.thelocal.it/20160901/italy-embarrassing-baby-making-campaign-backfires Thu, 01 Sep 2016 17:42:00 +0200 italy-embarrassing-baby-making-campaign-backfires Italy had the lowest rate of births in the EU last year, with just eight babies born for every 1,000 residents, according to figures published by Eurostat on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160708/italy-has-the-lowest-birth-rate-in-the-eu-report Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:58:52 +0200 italy-has-the-lowest-birth-rate-in-the-eu-report Italy's unemployment rate fell to 11.5 percent in May, Istat, the national statistics office, said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160701/italys-unemployment-rate-falls-in-may Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:34:08 +0200 italys-unemployment-rate-falls-in-may It’s been almost two years since Prime Minister Matteo Renzi introduced an €80-a-month ‘baby bonus' for low-and-medium income families. https://www.thelocal.it/20160517/why-italys-facing-a-birth-rate-apocalypse Tue, 17 May 2016 13:50:12 +0200 why-italys-facing-a-birth-rate-apocalypse Italy’s average youth unemployment rate fell to 40.3 percent in 2015 – the first time the rate for the year has fallen since 2007. https://www.thelocal.it/20160310/italys-youth-jobless-rate-falls-for-first-time-since-2007 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:05:58 +0100 italys-youth-jobless-rate-falls-for-first-time-since-2007 Italy's jobless rate rose to 11.4 percent in December, up from 11.3 percent in November, according to figures from the national statistics office, Istat. https://www.thelocal.it/20160202/italian-unemployment-goes-up-again Tue, 02 Feb 2016 12:46:11 +0100 italian-unemployment-goes-up-again Italy’s GDP growth rate slowed in the third quarter, rising 0.2 percent on the second quarter as international trade weakened. https://www.thelocal.it/20151113/italys-growth-rate-slows-in-q3 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:14:20 +0100 italys-growth-rate-slows-in-q3 Italy may be a country famed for its family values but fewer Italians are getting married. https://www.thelocal.it/20151113/i-dont-fewer-italians-are-getting-hitched Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:25:08 +0100 i-dont-fewer-italians-are-getting-hitched Italy’s unemployment rate fell for the third consecutive month in September, the national statistics agency, Istat, said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151030/italys-jobless-rate-slides-again-in-september Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:09:25 +0100 italys-jobless-rate-slides-again-in-september Italy’s unemployment rate fell below 12 percent in August, the national statistics agency, Istat, said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151001/italys-jobless-rate-falls-further Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:45:57 +0200 italys-jobless-rate-falls-further Italy’s unemployment rate fell to 12 percent in July – the lowest level in two years, the national statistics agency, Istat, said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150901/italys-jobless-rate-at-lowest-level-in-two-years Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:19:50 +0200 italys-jobless-rate-at-lowest-level-in-two-years The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has dampened the optimism over Italy’s recovery after saying it will take almost 20 years for the country to get its unemployment rate down to pre-crisis levels. https://www.thelocal.it/20150728/italy-needs-20-years-to-bring-jobless-rate-down-imf Tue, 28 Jul 2015 13:25:52 +0200 italy-needs-20-years-to-bring-jobless-rate-down-imf The stereotypical image of Italian parents surrounded by their large brood has well and truly been confined to history after it was revealed the population growth rate is almost at zero. But why aren’t Italians having babies? https://www.thelocal.it/20150616/why-italians-arent-having-more-babies Tue, 16 Jun 2015 15:01:27 +0200 why-italians-arent-having-more-babies Italy has the second highest caesarean delivery rate in Europe, mainly because doctors perceive the procedure to be safer as it allows them to mitigate problems that may arise during natural childbirth, the co-author of a report published on Monday told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20150309/italys-c-section-rate-secpnd-highest-in-europe Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:06:24 +0100 italys-c-section-rate-secpnd-highest-in-europe Italy registered 509,000 births in 2014, the lowest total since the country's unification in 1870, according to official statistics, prompting a government warning that the country is "dying". https://www.thelocal.it/20150213/dying-italys-birth-numbers-hit-historic-low Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:26:00 +0100 dying-italys-birth-numbers-hit-historic-low The unemployment rate in Italy fell slightly to 12.9 percent in December, while the youth jobless rate also dropped, statistics agency Istat said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150130/italys-jobless-rate-dipped-in-december Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:12:00 +0100 italys-jobless-rate-dipped-in-december Earlier this week, Pope Francis said that being a good Catholic does not mean you have to "breed like rabbits" and appealed to the world’s Catholics to be more responsible when it comes to parenting. The Local asked people in Italy, where the birth rate continues to dwindle, what they thought. https://www.thelocal.it/20150122/what-do-you-think-of-the-popes-rabbit-rant Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:26:00 +0100 what-do-you-think-of-the-popes-rabbit-rant Italy's unemployment rate rose against analysts' expectations in September, increasing the pressure on Prime Minister Matteo Renzi who is battling trade unions over measures to overhaul the job market. https://www.thelocal.it/20141031/renzi-under-pressure-as-jobless-rate-rises Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:06:00 +0100 renzi-under-pressure-as-jobless-rate-rises Italy’s jobless rate fell 12.3 percent in August, from 12.6 percent in July, but youth unemployment hit a record high of 44.2 percent. https://www.thelocal.it/20140930/youth-unemployment-hits-record-high-in-august Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:32:00 +0200 youth-unemployment-hits-record-high-in-august Italy’s unemployment rate rose again in July after falling slightly in June, and now stands at 12.6 percent, the same rate recorded in April and May. https://www.thelocal.it/20140829/italys-jobless-rate-back-at-126-percent Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:07:00 +0200 italys-jobless-rate-back-at-126-percent