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Bled By Emigration, Abandoned Portuguese Villages Lose Hope Of Surviving
The villages of Agracoes and Povoa de Agracoes in northern Portugal look little alike - one is a run-down cluster of dilapidated old stone houses, the other has a cosier feel, with a flower-bedecked wayside shrine and chapel.
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Shrinking Portuguese Town Turns to Cash-for-Babies Scheme
Rather than turn into a ghost town, one Portuguese village facing an exodus of young adults and dwindling birth rates came up with an answer: pay parents 5,000 euros for every new baby.
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Bled By Emigration, Abandoned Portuguese Villages Lose Hope Of Surviving
The villages of Agracoes and Povoa de Agracoes in northern Portugal look little alike - one is a run-down cluster of dilapidated old stone houses, the other has a cosier feel, with a flower-bedecked wayside shrine and chapel.
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Shrinking Portuguese Town Turns to Cash-for-Babies Scheme
Rather than turn into a ghost town, one Portuguese village facing an exodus of young adults and dwindling birth rates came up with an answer: pay parents 5,000 euros for every new baby.
