World Divorce News

Divorces in a populous Chinese area have doubled annually over the past five years — and there’s no slowdown in sight.

What to Get the Person who has Everything — Including a Divorce More often than not, divorce is a traumatic time that canpush people to — or sometimes beyond — their emotional and psychological limits. And because of this, it’s difficult to know what to say, or how to comfort, a recently divorced family member, […]

FALMOUTH, ENGLAND — If it’s true that you’re never too old tofall in love, it’s only logical that you’re never too old to fall out of it, either. Such is the case with an elderly couple from the county of Cornwall in England, who set a new world record this year as the oldest couple […]

PARIS — They say that Paris is the city of love, or “l’amour”, but you might not have guessed that this past weekend. New Start, France’s first divorce fair, drew more than 4,000 people with exhibits and seminars offering everything fromlegal adviceto tips on how to meet new partners. New Start is the latest in […]

MALAYSIA — Many marriages end in divorce, but not all of these breakups are inevitable. There’s the frequent case in which two spousescouldsave the marriage if they wanted to, but they either don’t have any faith left in therelationshipor don’t want to put in the work necessary to save a marriage. Is there a way […]

ROME — Now here’s a political leader whose suaveness and marital dishonesty make Bill Clinton look like a rank amateur. Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, 72, fell deeper into scandal today, as an audio recording regarding his alleged tryst with acall girl, Patrizia D’Addario, surfaced in public. Italian alternative weekly magazineL’Espressoposted the recording, which contains […]

ROME — Since April, Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been embroiled in controversy over hisimpending divorceand his alleged affair with an 18-year-old aspiring model. Berlusconi’s estranged wife, Veronica Lario, spoke publicly about the situation for the first time since she announced the likely divorce, in a June 11 letter to the Italian newspaperCorriere della […]

How does recession affect marriage and divorce? According to a new British study, which surveyed divorce lawyers across the U.K., the steep drop in housing prices is causing married couples to shy away from divorce.