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Marriage losing out to capitalism in Eastern Europe

CHANGE OF HEART In many formerly communist countries now waiting to join the EU, young people are embracing their new-found freedoms by shunning marriage

AFP , BUDAPEST

The trend has also shown up in Hungary.

Bori has lived with her boyfriend for seven years and now they have a two-year old child, said the 27-year-old media researcher in Budapest, who did not want to give her last name.

"There are a lot of negative stereotypes about marriages, that most of them end in divorce," she said.

"Instead of legally chaining myself to somebody, as a modern woman I want to prove that with a career and a family, I can be happy in a relationship."

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