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Business

China taxes condoms for first time in 30 years to boost births

The removal of a tax exemption reflects Beijing’s concerns over ageing, labour shortages, and slowing long-term growth.

02/12/2025

Health news

Research shows delayed motherhood can increase risk of breast cancer

Research shows that having a first child after age 30 increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer by 40 per cent to 45 per cent.

18/08/2025

Europe in Motion

Rock bottom birth rates: What are Europe's least fertile nations?

While parents should have at least two babies to keep Europe's population stable, current birth rates barely exceed one. Will the new wave of over-60-year-old boomer fathers save the continent?

18/07/2025

Health news

Annual births in Japan fall for 16th straight year

The number of births in Japan last year hit another record low, new data shows.

05/06/2025

Romania

Romania registers lowest natality rate in last 100 years

There has been a downward trend since 1960 in the number of children born in the EU. In 2024, Romania recorded its lowest natality rate in the last 100 years.

12/02/2025

Healthcare

As fertility treatments become more common in Europe, who has access?

Access to fertility treatments varies across Europe even as these procedures become more common.

30/12/2024

Europe in Motion

EU records lowest births in 2023 in over a decade

Experts believe the decline in birth rate may be driven by factors such as concerns over climate change, the pandemic, and the highest inflation surge in a generation.

05/12/2024

Health news

Europe's fertility crisis: Which countries are having fewer babies?

For the first time since 1960, the number of live births in the EU has fallen below 4 million, one of the lowest fertility rates in the world.

28/09/2024

wellbeing

Tokyo wants to launch a dating app to boost marriage and childbirth

Tokyo City Hall is developing a dating app as the country’s birth rate is plummeting to an all-time low.

06/06/2024

Italy

Why is Italy so old?

Declining birth rates and better survival odds for older people have significantly aged Italy’s population, causing economists to worry about the country’s future.

28/02/2024

Work

This company is paying its workers €70,000 per baby to have children

The Korean company has already paid a total of €4.8 million to employees who have given birth since 2021 in a bid to halt plunging birth rates in the country.

25/02/2024

Greenland

Forced contraception: Greenland women seek compensation in Denmark

Denmark tried to reduce the birth rate in the Arctic territory, once its colony, during the 1960s.

03/10/2023

The Cube

Is Germany encouraging its citizens not to have babies for the planet?

Some social media users shared what they believe was a government campaign poster in the metro aimed at curbing the country’s population. However, it turned out to be a poster for a 2020 documentary.

11/09/2023