REUTERS – May 5 - Italy hosted its first divorce fair, offering services such as life coaching and beauty advice to a booming number of separating couples in the Catholic country. The fair, which was held in Milan on May 8-9, aimed to help divorcing people start a new, happier life. A growing number of Italian couples file for divorce every year, according to Italy's statistics agency ISTAT. More than 130,000 couples split or got divorced in Italy in 2007, up more than 3% from the previous year, ISTAT said. On the other side, the number of marriages nearly halved since 1972 to ~246,000 in 2008. FULL ARTICLE @ REUTERS
