Demographics

Millennials will become the largest spenders on hotels as early as 2017, claims Sabre.

Sabre’s vice president of marketing for hospitality solutions Sarah Kennedy Ellis presented at ITB a sneak preview of some research into millennial trends in hospitality.

TripBarometer measures global travel trends among TripAdvisor customers and business owners and for this edition particular attention is paid to the needs and behaviors of three different generations – Millennials, Generation X and Baby Boomers when traveling for business and/or vacation.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is hoping to stem Turkey's rising tide of divorces, as the new government's first action since retaining its parliamentary majority in the Nov. 1 general election.

According to a study conducted by New York-based NGO ‘HelpAge International’, Greece is a ‘demographic ticking time bomb’. The data published in Greek newspaper ‘Kathmerini’ revealed that the population of Greece is ageing at an alarming rate, while it is turning into one of the most dangerous place for pensioners to live in.

Bulgaria's population could fall to just over 5 million by the last quarter of this century, taking it back to the same population level that the country had in 1920.

The alarming forecast comes from the country's National Statistical Institute, which is studying the Balkan country's demographic prospects.

Former President of Romania Ion Iliescu believes that for Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the PSD-UNPR-PC (Social Democrat Party - National Union for Progress of Romania - Conservative Party) candidate in the elections, age may become an advantage, while "the dynamic of the younger generations may bring him a further boost".

As of end-December 2013 the population of Bulgaria was 7,245,677 persons representing 1.5% of the EU population, ranking the country at the 16th place immediately after Austria.

The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner Nils Muiznieks called on the Montenegrin authorities on Sunday to educate health professionals and adopt strict guidelines in order to prevent selective abortions.

According to the UN, some 100 girls are born for every 110 boys in Montenegro, while the usual ratio is 100 to 102-104.

Immigrants will slow down the ageing of Bulgaria's population, but will not solve the demographic problem in the long term, shows a study of Bulgaria's Academy of Sciences (BAN).