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Greece’s demographic ‘bomb’: Births drop 44% in two decades

Annual births fell from 117,600 in 2008-09 to around 65,000 in 2025-26, while Greek women are having children at increasingly older ages, according to research by the Institute of Demographic Research and Studies

Tragedy in Patisia: 34-year-old mother died in front of her children while giving birth at home

Dead and the newborn - "I came home and found her dead, I didn't see any scissors", her husband told protothema - "In the house she had given birth to the other two children", according to neighbours' testimonies

Four Women, four Births that turned into nightmares – Mystery in Crete over childbirths at Venizeleio Hospital

Women went in to give birth and came out either with irreversible damage or the most tragic loss: that of their child

Domna Michailidou’s first post after the birth of her child, with a humorous video

The Minister of Social Cohesion and Family gave birth yesterday afternoon to a 3 kg baby boy

First birth in Britain for a woman who had a uterus transplant

The development offers new hope for women born without a uterus or those with severe malfunctions

Women do not know that 95% of their ovarian reserve is lost by the age of 35

Greece has one of the lowest birth rates globally and one of the highest average ages for women having their first child

Grandmother becomes surrogate in Heraklion: “I waited 30 years and was afraid of this moment”

Emotional moments for a family in Crete as 55-year-old grandmother delivers healthy baby boy for her daughter

Thanasis Tsaltabasis on His Daughter: “I Wanted to Be a Dad, and I Am Overjoyed”

"This feeling cannot be described in words," added the actor

Simon Porte Jacquemus and his husband became parents – Our dreams came true with you, he writes

The famous designer posted their first snapshot on Instagram - Their names are Mia and Sun

Naked mole-rats ‘never stop having babies’ – Now we know why

Most female mammals, including mice and humans, are born with a finite reserve of egg cells

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