Chris, If you look on the netherlands embassy website, you will see they have a consulate in cowbridge, you will be able to submit your paperwork there for free (only paying a charge for special delivery of docs) The visa normally takes 10-14 days to be issued and you can use this to go to spain. a...

If the problem is the Spanish embassy because they are rude you can try with another Schengen embassy (German, Italy, Portugal.....). You can step inside Spain with every Schengen visa.

Actually Ireland is even worse. Divorce only became legal in 1997 and the separation period is four years, rather than three. In Malta divorce is still banned. Same reason as in the Republic of Ireland - excessive influence of the Roman Catholic church upon successive governments. I was sure that P...

Marco 72 wrote:

alexdra wrote:As I can see the rest of the Europe doesn't have such kind of issue.

Actually Ireland is even worse. Divorce only became legal in 1997 and the separation period is four years, rather than three.

I cannot believe !! So there is some country even worst than Italy !! Here divorce is legal since 1976.

"extracomunitarian girlfriend"? My god, I struggled to find out what "extracomunitarian" meant! For anyone who's interested, the word means "someone who is not a citizen of the European Union". Get it? The word "extracomunitario" is commonly used in Italy to ...

As I can see the rest of the Europe doesn't have such kind of issue.
That means just in Italy, thanks to the Vatican presence, we miss the main human rights.
OK, thank you guys ... see you

I don't see that as propaganda. His is just another site ( millions blog these days) to discuss an issue close to his heart. In any case, one can always question his motives rather than his language. In my view, he has just asked a question on this board and the link is to a site containing a perso...

Actually this OP is blatantly advertising his website. Do a search on Google for his made-up word and you will see that he his own propaganda machine: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=extracomunitarian+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a I am advertisi...

I don't see that as propaganda. His is just another site ( millions blog these days) to discuss an issue close to his heart. In any case, one can always question his motives rather than his language. In my view, he has just asked a question on this board and the link is to a site containing a perso...

joesoap101 wrote:These draconian divorce laws are prominent in catholic countries.

Draconian is the right term !! Thanks ... I will use it !

In Italy we have a big issue: the procedure to get divorce ... it needs about 4 years !! But I don't want to talk about it. I am getting crazy and mad managing my love relationship withy my extracomunitarian girlfriend (I am italian she is serbian). We cannot get married because I am waiting 4 years...