Lockdown bambino bust: 9 months on, Italy births fall 22 percent, News
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Demographics experts have been predicting a baby bust across Europe for 2021.
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Baby bust: Italy faces a 'demographic winter
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The battle for births: how the far right are exploiting Italy's 'demographic winter', Italy
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Baby bust: Italy faces a 'demographic winter
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Baby bust: Italy faces a 'demographic winter
Italy approves 24 billion-euro budget that aims to boost household spending and births
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Posts spread false claims on declining Italian birth rate
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Baby bust: Italy faces a 'demographic winter