Divorce
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Western Europe
Dutchman covers dating ads that encourage partners to cheat
The Dutch dating website SecondLove encourages partners who want to cheat on their spouses. It advertises on bus stations to promote this. The Dutch Bilal de Zwart thinks this is morally rejectable. Therefore, he covered the advertisements with tape and shared his action on LinkedIn. “I have blocked your promotion…
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Western Europe
Dutch Christian party: Government should do more to prevent divorces
The national authorities should work harder to decrease the number of divorces, the Dutch conservative Christian party SGP thinks. Therefore, it pleads for more state measures to save relationships. The party is organising a survey to determine the Dutch public opinion on the matter to get support for the proposal.…
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Northern Europe
Norwegian research: Lesbian marriages most unstable
Lesbian married spouses have the highest chance of divorcing. Norwegian research shows lesbian women break up more often than gay or hetero couples. According to the study, 59.1 per cent of the marriages between women in 2003 had ended in divorce by 2018. That is reported by Aftenposten and Dagen.…
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Western Europe
Blended families do not age well, research shows
Two-thirds of blended families in the Netherlands break up within five years. New research shows that the chance of success depends mainly on how far away the ex lives and whether good agreements have been made about care tasks and finances. In daily practice, quite a lot goes wrong with…
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Northern Europe
Drop in divorces in Sweden
The number of divorces in Sweden has come down during the pandemic years. One explanation is that people stick together in uncertain times. In the first half of 2022, 15,911 couples applied for divorce. In the first half of 2020, this was 18.903. This is a drop of 15.8 per…
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Southern Europe
Pope advocates better preparation for marriage in new Vatican guidelines
The Vatican published Wednesday new guidelines for clergy to help couples in preparation of their marriage. In the foreword, Pope Francis says the document is necessary to avoid celebrating “null or inconsistent” unions. Marriage preparation should become an integral part of the marriage procedure, “as an antidote to avoid the…
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Northern Europe
Number of marriages and divorces dropped in Norway
The number of divorces and separations in Norway has not been so low in 40 years. Last year, 18,000 spouses went separate ways, new figures from Statistics Norway show. The number of marriages, however, has also declined. Lockdowns due to the pandemic did not cause a spike in divorces. Last…