EU sees record drop in births, data shows

Shorouk Express The fertility rate across the EU’s 27 countries stood at 1.38 live births per woman, down from 1.46 in 2022 and well below the “replacement level” of 2.1, at which a population is stable. “This is the largest annual decline recorded since 1961”, the first year for which EU-wide aggregate data is available, the bloc’s statistical agency,…

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Azerbaijan sees increase in lubricant oil production

Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 19. Azerbaijan’s lubricant oil output from January through November 2024 reached a total of 69,600 tons. The data obtained by Trend from the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan indicates that this marks a 16.2 percent increase compared to the same period in 2023. Moreover, Azerbaijan’s finished product stocks as of…

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