wedding News

€57
thousand In Italy, in 2012, a traditional wedding costs from about € 34,449 to € 57,703. The 3-4% more than the previous year. The calculations, made by the Observatory of the National Consumers Association, have taken into account a ceremony with 100 guests.

Marriage yes, but only for love. It is not a fairy tale, but the pure and simple reality. At least in England. It appears that the women of Her Majesty are no longer interested in the so-called "good catch". What it matters, in short, is to find the perfect  man. [...]

Romantic love is over and couple's relationship is intended as sharing of problems. This is one of the characteristics of postmodern Italian spouses identified by the CISF Family Report 2011. Which outlined the identikit of today love affairs, highlighting the profound differences with the past, especially taking into account the [...]

Contrary to predictions, the Slovenes voted against gay marriage. With the unexpected outcome of referendum last Sunday , the path on civil rights taken by Ljubljana in 2005 is going to stop, when the government adopted civil unions for same-sex couples. A setback due to the decisive role played by [...]

In Italy betraying the spouse and leaving him in a moment of difficulty is sufficient to lose all the donations received before the wedding. This is what happened to a woman of Rome, found guilty by the Court of Cassation, not only of adultery, but also for having left the [...]

Italians who want to get married abroad, with an other Italian or with a foreign citizen, are facing many difficulties in the registration of the marriage once they come back home. Especially if the wedding has been celebrated in countries where legislation on the matter is different from the Italian [...]

-30
thousand According to the latest provisional ISTAT data, between 2008 and 2010, in Italy there has been a decrease of almost 30,000 marriages: from 246,613 to about 217,000. A decline which mainly concerns the first wedding between Italian citizens, but the figures suggest also a fall in the number of the [...]

According to the latest Federconsumatori data, in 2010 getting married will cost between 2% and 5% more than the previous year. Including invitations, wedding favors, dress, restaurant, flowers, etc. etc., today in Italy people pay on average between € 33,339 and € 55,709 for a wedding.

In Italy the economic crisis does not spare even the couples who decide to get married. 91% of them, in fact, forgoes the car, 81% economizes on the wedding catering and 70% on the decorations, 75% reduces the guest list, 69% does without music and 50% postpones the honeymoon. Only [...]

The society of the Old Continent changed faster during last two decades, in Estearn and Western side of the former Iron Curtain. According to the latest Eurostat data it is the family, in particular, subjected to these profound changes. First of all, the proportion of live births outside marriage in [...]