Panagiota Diamanti, who inspired the "New Life in the Village" program, bids farewell to the family of eight leaving Fourna for Naxos with a heartfelt message

The government is preparing measures ranging from higher child and birth benefits to tax breaks, housing support and expanded parental leave, as it seeks to encourage young couples to have children

New ELSTAT figures show Greece aging faster than most of the EU, with 182 people over 65 for every 100 children

In Chrysomilia, near Trikala, young couples are staying in the village and raising large families, with local officials saying 70% of couples have three or more children

Eurostat data in its Demography of Europe 2026 report show that Greece is ageing faster than most of its European Union peers

Greece’s relocation efforts highlight the challenge of reversing rural depopulation, as aging communities and declining birth rates reshape the country’s future.

Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said support for families will be his top political priority, while also addressing the country’s demographic challenge, rising prices, New Democracy’s finances and water management during an interview

Greece recorded 15,946 live births during the first three months of 2026, a modest 0.4% increase from a year earlier, while stillbirths declined and most births were to Greek mother

A Chios conference highlighted how border islands like Psara and Oinousses face vanishing populations and a shrinking pool of couples of childbearing age

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras says limited access to affordable housing is delaying family formation, adding pressure to the country's shrinking and aging population.

Greece’s Speaker of Parliament is sounding the alarm. “Future historians will write about a state and a society committing gradual demographic suicide,” Nikitas Kaklamanis warned, referring to the country’s population decline.

Speaking at a conference on Greece’s demographic challenges, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis also confirmed a €150 support payment per child will be distributed in June as part of broader family support measures

An upcoming conference will bring together policymakers, scientists and institutions to address population decline and its impact on society, the economy and regional sustainability.

The complex issue now figures as the most pressing problem facing Greek society today, literally a “double whammy” entailed in a shrinking population intertwined with an increasingly aging one.

One in four Greeks is 65 or older - the third highest in the EU

Greek regional authorities have submitted a €22.46 million development plan aimed at addressing long-standing economic and demographic challenges in the Agrafa mountain region, seeking funding under the EU-backed “Central Greece 2021–2027” program. According to a regional statement, €5 million of the plan would be financed directly through the Central Greece operational program. The initiative forms […]

Nevertheless, the Greek government again dismissed the prospect of another hike in retirement age

Today, one in five residents in Greece is over 65. By 2050, one in three will be over 65

According to official figures by the ELSTAT births fell by 4.2% compared with the previous year.

Pierrakakis said the upcoming reform would focus on supporting families to counter declining birth rates and the demographic crisis in the country