Adopt a Granny?

How will Italy cope with its ageing population?

Have a look at the three articles from the BBC below

Italians fear a poor old age

Adopt a granny

Italy's pensions timebomb

European Population Boom?

Across Europe many governments are now recognising the trend of decreasing birth rates and realsing the long-term implications this trend will have on the economically acvtive future generations to support an ageing population. As a consequence of this there have been some interesting developments to counter the trend.

Click on this BBC article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4837422.stm to see how different European governments are encouraging women to have more children.

Click on the link below for more information about Italy paying 10,000 Euros for each child....An article from the Guardian http://observer.guardian.co.uk/europe/story/0,,1081021,00.html here is an alternative way to increase their population.