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Greece Eliminates Tax on Children's Health Insurance
Greece eliminated the 15% tax on children's health insurance premiums, impacting about 2 million children under 18, lowering costs and improving access to private healthcare.
Greece Eliminates Tax on Children's Health Insurance
Greece eliminated the 15% tax on children's health insurance premiums, impacting about 2 million children under 18, lowering costs and improving access to private healthcare.
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32% Bias Score
South Korea Birth Rate Rebounds, but Long-Term Outlook Remains Bleak
South Korea's 2024 birth rate increased by 3.6% to 238,300, reversing a decade-long decline, but analysts warn this is likely temporary due to factors like pandemic-delayed marriages and remains unsustainable given a total fertility rate below 1.0.
South Korea Birth Rate Rebounds, but Long-Term Outlook Remains Bleak
South Korea's 2024 birth rate increased by 3.6% to 238,300, reversing a decade-long decline, but analysts warn this is likely temporary due to factors like pandemic-delayed marriages and remains unsustainable given a total fertility rate below 1.0.
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48% Bias Score
German Study Shows Widespread Income Insecurity Among Working Women
A DGB study reveals that 53 percent of working women in Germany lack long-term financial security due to lower wages, part-time employment, and career interruptions, while 70 percent cannot support themselves and a child; the study highlights the need for increased childcare investment and greater p...
German Study Shows Widespread Income Insecurity Among Working Women
A DGB study reveals that 53 percent of working women in Germany lack long-term financial security due to lower wages, part-time employment, and career interruptions, while 70 percent cannot support themselves and a child; the study highlights the need for increased childcare investment and greater p...
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44% Bias Score
Russia Boosts Maternity Benefits, Nizhny Novgorod Offers 1 Million Rubles Per Child
Russia increased 2025 maternity benefits, with maximum payments reaching 1,100,750 rubles for multiple births and 68,995 rubles monthly for childcare, though increases lag inflation; maternity capital rose 7.3%; Nizhny Novgorod will pay 1,000,000 rubles per child.
Russia Boosts Maternity Benefits, Nizhny Novgorod Offers 1 Million Rubles Per Child
Russia increased 2025 maternity benefits, with maximum payments reaching 1,100,750 rubles for multiple births and 68,995 rubles monthly for childcare, though increases lag inflation; maternity capital rose 7.3%; Nizhny Novgorod will pay 1,000,000 rubles per child.
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44% Bias Score
Putin Addresses Russia's Demographic Challenges and Family Support Program Accessibility
President Putin's year-end press conference addressed Russia's demographic challenges, highlighting concerns about low birth rates (1.41) and accessibility issues within family support programs, including benefits, mortgages, and integration of migrant children into education, promising investigatio...
Putin Addresses Russia's Demographic Challenges and Family Support Program Accessibility
President Putin's year-end press conference addressed Russia's demographic challenges, highlighting concerns about low birth rates (1.41) and accessibility issues within family support programs, including benefits, mortgages, and integration of migrant children into education, promising investigatio...
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32% Bias Score
Russia Bans "Childfree Propaganda" Amid Declining Birth Rate
Russia's declining birth rate has prompted a new law banning "childfree propaganda," imposing substantial fines on individuals and organizations promoting anything counter to the government's pro-natalist policies, despite the low percentage of Russians stating a desire to remain childless.
Russia Bans "Childfree Propaganda" Amid Declining Birth Rate
Russia's declining birth rate has prompted a new law banning "childfree propaganda," imposing substantial fines on individuals and organizations promoting anything counter to the government's pro-natalist policies, despite the low percentage of Russians stating a desire to remain childless.
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76% Bias Score
Russia Offers £1,000 to Pregnant Schoolgirls to Boost Birth Rate
Russia is introducing a £1,000 payment for pregnant schoolgirls as young as 16 in an attempt to boost the country's birth rate, which has fallen to a record low of 1.5 children per woman, following a population slump of almost 8,000 people in the Oryol region.
Russia Offers £1,000 to Pregnant Schoolgirls to Boost Birth Rate
Russia is introducing a £1,000 payment for pregnant schoolgirls as young as 16 in an attempt to boost the country's birth rate, which has fallen to a record low of 1.5 children per woman, following a population slump of almost 8,000 people in the Oryol region.
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64% Bias Score
Rostov Oblast Implements Measures to Combat Declining Birth Rate
Rostov Oblast lawmakers addressed declining birth rates by expanding social support for families, including increased maternity capital and a 300,000 ruble payment for third or subsequent children to families where parents are under 36, aiming to counter delayed childbearing due to career focus amon...
Rostov Oblast Implements Measures to Combat Declining Birth Rate
Rostov Oblast lawmakers addressed declining birth rates by expanding social support for families, including increased maternity capital and a 300,000 ruble payment for third or subsequent children to families where parents are under 36, aiming to counter delayed childbearing due to career focus amon...
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60% Bias Score
Turkey Launches Financial Aid Program to Boost Birth Rates
Turkey's President Erdoğan declared 2025 the "Year of the Family," launching initiatives including a 5,000 lira one-time payment for first-born children after January 1st, 2025, monthly payments for subsequent children, and 150,000 lira interest-free loans for young couples.
Turkey Launches Financial Aid Program to Boost Birth Rates
Turkey's President Erdoğan declared 2025 the "Year of the Family," launching initiatives including a 5,000 lira one-time payment for first-born children after January 1st, 2025, monthly payments for subsequent children, and 150,000 lira interest-free loans for young couples.
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60% Bias Score
German Parental Allowance Loses 38% Purchasing Power Since 2007
A study by the Institute of the German Economy (IW) reveals that Germany's parental allowance (Elterngeld) has lost 38 percent of its purchasing power since 2007 due to uncompensated inflation, impacting the middle class and exceeding a broken governmental promise to adjust the allowance.
German Parental Allowance Loses 38% Purchasing Power Since 2007
A study by the Institute of the German Economy (IW) reveals that Germany's parental allowance (Elterngeld) has lost 38 percent of its purchasing power since 2007 due to uncompensated inflation, impacting the middle class and exceeding a broken governmental promise to adjust the allowance.
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56% Bias Score
Turkey's Declining Birth Rate Strains Social Systems
Turkey's birth rate has significantly decreased from 1.35 million in 2014 to 958,408 in 2023, resulting in increased strain on social security and healthcare systems; the government is launching research and forming a new board to address this issue.
Turkey's Declining Birth Rate Strains Social Systems
Turkey's birth rate has significantly decreased from 1.35 million in 2014 to 958,408 in 2023, resulting in increased strain on social security and healthcare systems; the government is launching research and forming a new board to address this issue.
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56% Bias Score
SPD Proposes Expanded Parental Leave and Enhanced Maternity Protection in Election Program
The SPD's proposed election program expands German parental leave benefits to 18 months, increases the payout to 80 percent of net income for a flexible six-month period (if shared equally), adjusts minimum and maximum benefit amounts, extends post-parental leave job protection to three months, and ...
SPD Proposes Expanded Parental Leave and Enhanced Maternity Protection in Election Program
The SPD's proposed election program expands German parental leave benefits to 18 months, increases the payout to 80 percent of net income for a flexible six-month period (if shared equally), adjusts minimum and maximum benefit amounts, extends post-parental leave job protection to three months, and ...
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44% Bias Score
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