A group of Venetian residents concerned about this marked the city's population decline with a mock funeral procession.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

Many residents are concerned and feel something needs to be done about this steady demographic decline.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The European Union predicts the German economy, Europe's largest, is likely to contract by 5.4 percent this year, a larger decline than the EU average.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

In fact, the decline has been remarkably consistent. This month we lost 663,000 jobs.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03