Population Depletion Threatens the Economies of Eastern Europe

Nine of the countries that are at serious risk of losing a large proportion of their population over the coming decades are from Eastern Europe, whose younger generations have moved to the West to find a job. This is stated in a Bloomberg report, based on UN data, cited by FOCUS.

The document notes that the young working-class population leaves the former Eastern Bloc countries and goes to the West in a way that resembles the industrial revolution. For example, Latvia has lost 25% of its population in the last 27 years...