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Fewer than 400,000 babies were born in Italy in 2022, deepening what has been referred to as a “national emergency.” The country’s population has declined to historically low levels, according to figures released by the EU nation’s National Institute of Statistics.

Helsinki’s decision to throttle the issuance of visas to Russian citizens is discriminatory, Moscow says Finland’s decision to dramatically decrease the number of visas it grants to Russian citizens has been noted by Moscow, which will react to the move in due course, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.