‘Lazio in love’: Italian region offers couples €2,000 wedding payment

Initiative aimed at boosting Covid-hit sector is open to Italians and foreigners who marry this year

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Whether the nuptials are in Rome, in a castle or on a beach, authorities in Lazio are giving 2,000 (1,670) to couples who get married in the region as they seek to salvage the wedding sector from the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

The initiative, called In Lazio with love", is open to Italians and foreigners who marry or have a civil union in the region between 1 January and 31 December 2022.