{"id":48510,"date":"2023-02-19T12:31:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T11:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=48510"},"modified":"2023-02-19T16:08:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T15:08:29","slug":"south-heading-towards-extinction-gjirokastra-and-korca-the-cities-with-the-fewest-births-in-the-past-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/south-heading-towards-extinction-gjirokastra-and-korca-the-cities-with-the-fewest-births-in-the-past-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"South heading towards extinction? 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