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Current topic: Alcohol and mortality from cardiovascular diseases

• Fluctuations of alcohol-related mortality
• Alcoholic cardiomyopathy as a cause of death
• The results of a survey in Izhevsk
• Binges and hazardous alcohol consumption carry the biggest threat to the heart
• The link between the cardiovascular mortality and the alcohol consumption can not be explained by errors in identifying the causes of death

European demographic barometer

• Total fertility rate in the EU-27 increased in 2002-2008 from 1.45 to 1.60
• Among the EU-27 countries, total fertility rate decreased slightly in Portugal, Luxembourg and Malta only
• Mean age of women at childbearing increased in all EU-27 countries, ranging in 2008 from 26.5 years in Bulgaria to 31.2 years in Ireland
• Proportion of out-of-wedlock births has grown steadily - in 2009 it ranged from 6.6% in Greece to 59.2% in Estonia
• Is fertility in the EU higher in the countries with a higher level of socio-economic development?

Analytical articles

• Alcohol-related mortality in the Russian Empire in 1870-1894
• Alcohol consumption and tobacco use in Estonia (cluster analysis)
• Suicidal behaviour of the population: risk factors and management capabilities
• Infant mortality in Russia: success and remaining challenges
• Some aspects of mortality studies in Barnaul in the second half of the XIX century (based on the "Population of Barnaul" database)

Russian news

• Russia's population declined by 48.3 thousand people in 2010
• Putin has urged to intensify work in the field of population policy
• Russian Federal State Statistics Service ( Rosstat) has published the preliminary results of the 2010 census
• Russian Federal State Statistics Service ( Rosstat) has called expected the results of the 2010 census
• The 2010 census in Russia showed reduction of natural population decline rate
• The quantitative gap between men and women in Russia increases
• The population growth in Moscow and St. Petersburg is associated with the quality of life in these cities
• Heat waves in 2010 increased mortality by 1%
• Mortality in the Volga Federal District exceeded fertility by 21%
• Life expectancy in Kaliningrad is 6.5 years shorter than in the "new" EU countries
• Consumer basket rose by 0.7% in March
• Pensions increased by 15.3% in February
• Ministry of Health suggests allowing families to spend maternity capital on tuition fees
• Human rights activists suggest using maternity capital for child treatment
• 13 million Russians are involved in the shadow businesses
• The overall unemployment in Russia remained stable last month
• Ministry of Health recorded the first seasonal decline of unemployment in Russia
• Russian Federal State Statistics Service ( Rosstat) will start examining the employment of graduates in 2016
• Alternative service in 2011 will be available in 125 professions
• Russians should not worry about strangers registered in their domicile
• Russian Orthodox Church will be engaged in discussing the introduction of a Muscovite's universal electronic card
• Ingushetia eliminates refugee camps
• "Legitimate" refugees in Ingushetia will receive 50 thousand roubles each from Evkurov
• Kozak will be responsible for the national policy in Russia
• The incidence for most infectious diseases has decreased
• Ministry of Health found ineffective the anti-TB campaign launched by the Global Fund
• Prisons and colonies haven't become sources of TB propagation
• Russia will create compartments for HIV-infected patients with tuberculosis
• Russian Orthodox Church will help Russian women who renounced abortion
• Ministry of Health will increasingly subsidize the well-functioning organizations of disabled persons
• "Ambulance" returns to Moscow
• Parents protest against government interference in family life
• Russia will join Convention on International Child Abduction

Eurasian news

• The population of Belarus declined by 4.6 thousand people within two months
• Brides and grooms in Minsk "aged" by two years within ten years
• The proportion of elderly people in Belarus will increase to 24% by 2015
• Uzbekistan will carry out the statistical analysis of the population for the first time
• Moldovan government has decided to reduce the number of pensioners
• Law enforcement authorities will be engaged in the search of "dead souls" in the list of pensioners
• Pensions will be indexed in Moldova from April 1
• Ministry of Education considers compulsory registration of children in Armenia extremely important
• Armenian society is skeptical towards the image of a female leader
• Azerbaijan is preparing a set of legislation changes to protect women's rights
• The nationality of Moldova's inhabitants will only be stated in birth certificates
• The unemployment is growing in Moldova
• Turkmenistan has established a minimal period required to obtain a residence permit
• Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan agreed to improve the system of control over the labor migration
• Migration Service of Tajikistan will be monitor ing the migration programs
• The imposed penalties in Azerbaijan will be added to the salaries of the employees of migration services
• There are 3.5 million Ukrainians working in Russia, but only less than 10% work legally
• 98% of remittances in Kyrgyzstan come from Russia
• Nearly half a million illegal workers from Ukraine work in Poland
• Canada is ready for a new wave of Ukrainian emigration
• Nearly 500 HIV-infected have been registered in Bishkek
• There are fewer TB patients, but the mortality is still on the rise in Moldova
• The number of diabetic patients in Belarus increases annually by 20 thousand
• Armenia anticipates to be recognized as a malaria-free zone in 2011
• Kazakhstan has launched the Healthcare development program
• Azerbaijan occupies the 109th place in the list of countries with the most advanced healthcare systems
• More than half of Tajikistan's population has no access to drinking water

World news

• India is home to 17% of world's population
• Hispanics represent the largest diaspora in the U.S.
• The percentage of foreigners residing in Lithuania is one of the lowest in the EU
• More than 300000 Latvian citizens live outside the country
• The proportion of girls among newborns in India hit the minimum
• Life expectancy in Sweden is growing
• Infant mortality in Latvia is 8 per 1000
• Danes are becoming less attracted by legitimate marriage
• The Sub-Committee on Population Policy has been formed within the Saeima of Latvia
• Children from poor areas of China suffer from malnutrition
• Latvia introduced restrictions on social benefits
• More than 13.5 thousand children in Latvia are non-citizens
• Last year the immigrants transferred to Lithuania a record amount of money
• German employers will be responsible for hiring illegal workers
• In 2010, 257.8 thousand foreigners sought asylum in the EU
• The number of refugees from C ôte d'Ivoire has exceeded 1 million
• No infectious diseases have been recorded among the immigrants on the Lampedusa island
• The Lithuanian president has signed the bill reforming schools for ethnic minorities
• Latvia has increased the penalty for failure to use the Latvian language
• The number of dead and missing in Japan has reached 28000
• UN Secretary-General outlines five key recommendations to reduce HIV transmission by 50% by 2015
• Thailand records 1.1 million total HIV/AIDS cases
• WHO has predicted two million cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the next four years
• The number of children with TB in Estonia increased by 8 times in 5 years
• Mortality from hard drugs in Germany has decreased
• 500000 people in the U.S. die every year from smoking-related diseases
• Israeli parliamentarians intend to prohibit the sale of cigarettes through automatic distributors
• Arizona decided to impose fines for over weight people and smokers
• Every third woman in the world gives birth without medical assistance
• Arizona enacts ban on abortions based on race and gender
• A measles epidemic has infected more than 21000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Almost 300000 died in 2010 natural disasters

Newspapers write about ...

• "Profile" and "Expert" about the demographic situation in Russia
• "Vedomosti" about excise duties on alcohol
• "RIA Novosti" about tobacco control in Finland
• "Polit.ru" about mortality from cancer
• "BBC" about the proposal to abandon free abortions
• "Novye Izvestiya" about the debate on the issue of abortions in the U.S.
• "Echo" about marriage, family and children in Azerbaijan
• "Moscow news" about parents' criminal liability for kidnapping
• "Rossiyskaya gazeta", "Moscow news" and "Izvestiya" about the concept of migration policy in Russia
• "Izvestiya" about the income tax for the resettled compatriots
• "Vesti.Ru" and "GZT.ru" about the problems of online registration
• "Vedomosti" about the factors of internal migration in Russia
• "Vedomosti" and "Kommersant" about the willingness of workers to migrate
• "Kommersant" about the temporarily displaced persons and refugees in Ingushetia and Ossetia
• "Vlast" about the refugees in Europe in 2010
• "Le Figaro" about the refugees from Africa to Europe
• "Polit.ru" about a possible confrontation in Yemen
• "Vzglyad" about Kozak, the curator of the national policy in Russia
• "American Thinker" about women in Chechnya
• "Russian BBC Service" about domestic violence in Tajikistan
• "Polit.ru" about the employment policy in Russia
• "Vedomosti" about the Russian labor legislation
• "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" about the views of political parties on the pension reform
• "Kommersant" about the possible reform of the social tax
• "Dengi" about the reform of the health insurance system
• "Kommersant" about the expenses on healthcare in Russia
• "BBC" about the cost-of-living index in the Russian cities
• "Expert" and "Vedomosti" about monotowns and their support
• "BBC" about urbanization and ecology
• "Corriere della Sera" about 600 cities
• "Kommersant" about the demographic deficit of the Russian army
• "The Wall Street Journal" about the sleepless elite
• "Der Spiegel" about the death penalty worldwide
• "BBC" about the disappearance of religion
• "Radio Svoboda" about the similarity of views of the deputies and the homeless

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Census 2010

• "Expert", "Vedomosti", "Ogonek" and "Novaya gazeta" about the preliminary results of the census
• "Rosbalt" and "Moscow news" about the census results
• "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" about the exaggerated rumours of Russian extinction
• "Expert" about the regional results of the census
• "Parlamentskaya gazeta" about the first conclusions from the census results
• "Frankfurter Rundschau" about the census and islamization
• "Dengi" about the cost of the census in Dagestan
• "Forbes" about who and why needs a census

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