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TIRANA, Sept. 27 – With birth rates having hit a historic low and the population rapidly growing older due to drastic changes in lifestyle and massive migration following the collapse of the hardline communist regime in the early 1990s, the Albanian government has unveiled a social reform encouraging Albanian parents to have more children through a sharp hike in baby bonuses. Prime Minister Edi Rama says parents will receive up to 120,000 lek (€945) in cash bonuses for their newborns starting next year in hikes of up to 24-fold as part of incentives promoting higher birth rates and increasing child…
