About 11,000 couples have applied to the country's courts to end their marriage during the past year. This is also the highest record figure ever recorded in Albania.
During 2021, the number of lawsuits for divorce marked a 16% increase compared to 2020, a year in which there was a decrease in the number of requests for separation due to isolation from the pandemic.
While compared to five years ago, the increase in requests for marriage dissolution has increased by nearly 35.6%.
According to the report of the Ministry of Justice, the number of lawsuits for dissolution of marriage registered by the courts has been increasing from year to year.
During the past year, Tirana had the largest number of divorce requests, over 2,800, followed by Durrës with over 1,000, and Elbasan in third place with 971 cases for divorce. These are the municipalities that also have the highest population in the country, TV Klan reports.