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Civil weddings to be held in a small circle
Municipal authorities across Greece are starting to put a cap on the number of people who can be in attendance during civil wedding ceremonies as part of the bid to contain the Covid-19 epidemic.
The measure comes as local authorities brace for a rise in applications for civil weddings after the government on Monday announced a ban on church ceremonies and services.
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Indian couple tie the knots in $1.1 million ceremony in Antalya
An Indian couple who live in Chile got married with a massive ceremony in Antalya, one of Turkey's major tourist attractions.
Some 350 attendants traveled from Chile for the wedding, while a crew of 43 people, including 23 chefs and their assistants arrived in Antalya from India.
Indian couple ties the knot in $1.1 million ceremony in Antalya
An Indian couple who live in Chile got married with a massive ceremony in Antalya, one of Turkey's major tourist attractions.
Some 350 attendants traveled from Chile for the wedding, while a crew of 43 people, including 23 chefs and their assistants arrived in Antalya from India.
Marriages down, divorces up in Turkey
Fewer people in Turkey got married in 2019 while more got divorced compared to the previous year, said the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on Feb. 26.
"The number of couples who got married was 554,389 in 2018, [versus] 541,424 in 2019, decreasing 2.3 percent," TurkStat said in a statement.
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Valentine's Day 2020: Romanians get married later in life, divorce less than before (analysis)
Romanians get married at older ages than 30 years ago and they divorce much less, a sign of the fundamental changes that the Romanian society went through after the 1989 Revolution, shows an analysis carried out by the consulting company Frames. "In 2020, marriage has turned into an event that many young people try to postpone as much as possible.
Cyprus pledges crackdown on sham marriages
Cyprus is preparing new legislation to curb the large number of sham marriages that are being conducted to help individuals obtain residency permits and potentially easier access to the European Union, the country's interior minister said Wednesday.
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Happily ever after? Data shows no more
A woman, identified as M.G., in Turkey's Aegean city of İzmir, left her husband after 11 years of marriage.
"When I found out my husband was cheating on me with another woman, I told him I no longer wanted to live with him. I was a housewife with two children at the time," she told Anadolu Agency, asking to remain anonymous.
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Parents still foot children's wedding bill
Greek parents still foot a significant portion of the bill for their children's weddings, recent research shows.
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Demand for Indian weddings in Turkey grows apace: Official
The demand for the Indian weddings in Turkey has been growing apace, said an official from the International MICE and Wedding Forum (IMWF) on May 13.
Most expensive Indian wedding in Turkey takes place in Antalya
With its historic sites and holiday resorts, Turkey has become a draw for many Indian couples who are looking for countries with cultural affinity for their weddings.