In the nearest years, Ukraine will preserve its total birth rate, according to a forecast by national experts aired during a video conference, entitled "Depopulation in Ukraine and Russia - Similarity and Differences". Ella Libanova, Director of the Institute for Demography and Social Studies (IDSS) at the National Academy of Sciences, said that in recent years the fertility situation has slightly improved in Ukraine - a rise started in 2002. The highest rates of its rise were registered in 2006 and 2008. Read the entire article here.
