Ukraine: Viva Odessa! Couples tie the knot at new 24 hour registry office

Couples in Odessa now have the opportunity to tie the knot at a Las Vegas-like round-the-clock wedding centre after a traditional Ukrainian-styled cottage opened up as a registry office earlier in August.
The new office was the brainchild of Odessa Regional Governor Mikheil Saakashvili who inaugurated the centre about a week ago.
Despite only being open for a short time dozens have tied the knot at the location, including Pavel with his wife Julia, who spoke about their experience shortly after the marriage ceremony on Wednesday. "We were trying normal marriage registry offices, and there you need to write one application after another. It is long to wait and uncomfortable so we decided to try this one, especially because it is the opening, a pilot project," said Pavel.