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Coronavirus: Government explains ‘contradictory’ new measures

2020-11-30

Amid mounting criticism over apparent discrepancies in its latest raft of Covid-19 measures, the government on Monday scrambled to explain why it had decided to

Municipal wedding officers ousted, only mayors and their deputies can officiate

2020-09-04

Municipal staff are no longer able to perform marriage ceremonies in Cyprus following a decision by the ministry of the interior to only permit mayors

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Coronavirus: no handshakes, kissing, hugging or dancing at weddings or christenings

2020-08-22

The health ministry on Saturday expanded on the protocols for weddings and christenings limiting the time for congratulatory greetings and forbidding handshakes or greeting with

Coronavirus: Following complaints, ministry reiterates regulations for large gatherings

2020-07-27

The health ministry on Monday reiterated that weddings, concerts and festivals are allowed only under specific terms after authorities received complaints about irregularities in events

Hold off on any plans for September mass gatherings, very large weddings, health ministry warns (Updated)

2020-07-22

The health ministry on Wednesday urged organisers planning unrestricted mass social gatherings, including concerts, festivals and very large weddings from September 1, to hold off

Coronavirus: 90 per cent of Paphos weddings rescheduled for later in 2020 and 2021

2020-05-29

Ninety per cent of weddings in Paphos have been rescheduled for later in 2020 and the next three years because of the coronavirus pandemic, a

Cyprus has highest rate of marriages in the EU

2020-02-14

Cyprus has the highest marriage rate in the EU, a Eurostat report published on the occasion of Valentine’s Day showed. In 2018, the European Union

People marrying later but before 34 years old

2018-12-31

The average age of marriage in Cyprus is 30 years old, while one in three marriages ends in divorce, the national agency for demographic and

Paphos municipality funds boosted by civil marriages

2018-02-20

Paphos municipality made over €610,000 from civil marriage ceremonies during 2017, it emerged on Tuesday. In total, 1,310 weddings took place, an increase on the

Midnight marriages usher in Australia’s same-sex wedding laws

2018-01-09

At the stroke of midnight and in the early hours of Tuesday morning dozens of same-sex couples exchanged wedding vows across Australia as laws making the nation

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