Marriage

The European Court of Justice in Brussels ruled on Tuesday that member states may not obstruct the freedom of residence of a European Union citizen by refusing to grant their same-sex spouse the right of residence.

A court in Ankara has concluded a case of an unmarried couple labelled as "domestic violence" for the first time in Turkey and sentenced the accused partner to pay alimony.

The British Prince Harry and the American actress Megan got married at the Windsor Castle. During the wedding, there were 600 guests.

The two of them exchanged marriage vows and rings.

Meghan Markel's dress was made by the British designer Clare Waight Keller, the first female artistic director of the French fashion house "Givenchy".

The active wedding season has begun, and in Plovdiv more and more newlyweds choose to marry the Ancient Theater. The emblematic place for the city is preferred mostly by couples in which one is a foreigner. There is also interest in the houses in the Old Town, many of which have recently been restored.

The Court of Cassation has ruled in an unprecedented decision that a married woman's social media posts showing photos of her while intoxicated on various social sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, was a "violation" of her husband's personal rights and was therefore grounds for divorce and compensation.

Over 5.1 million babies were born in the European Union (EU) in 2016. In eight of the 28 Member States, the majority of babies were born outside marriage, while in eight other member States two-thirds of babies were born to married parents.

Proportion of births outside marriage highest in France, lowest in Greece

A significant drop in Indian girls being forced into marriage has led a global decline in the number of child brides, the United Nations said on March 6.

Bride and groom drive municipality bus on their wedding day in Turkey’s south

A recent survey carried out by the Women’s Research Center at Ankara’s Gazi University has shed light on the severity of the problem of child marriages in Turkey, with many girls forced into marriages to “cover up sexual abuse,” daily Cumhuriyet reported on Jan. 21.

The Sofia Administrative Court dismissed the complaint of a young woman with DK initials against Sofia City's refusal to recognize her marriage to a woman in the UK. This is known by the decision of Judge Snezhanka Kyoseva from the eighth of January this year, writes Dnevnik.