World news about “Euthanasia” published by euronews.
EU eyes Italy vote with caution Italians go to the polls this weekend in a long-awaited election; robbers pull off a spectacular diamond heist at Brussels airport, and Belgium’s Senate… 22/02/2013
Belgium debates giving children the right to die Medical experts gave evidence to the Belgian Senate on Wednesday as the country’s upper house mulls giving children the right to die. Euthanasia has been… 20/02/2013
“Bella Addormentata” Italian director Marco Bellocchio’s new drama “Bella Addormentata”, or Dormant Beauty puts the spotlight on the ever controversial subject of euthanasia. The… 20/09/2012
Belgian doctors euthanaise deaf and blind twinsThe debate over euthanasia has erupted once again in Belgium following the death by lethal injection of two twin brothers who were deaf and blind. The pair… 16/01/2013
First Irish right-to-die-case is heard in courtA terminally ill woman has taken Ireland’s first right-to-die case to the country’s High Court. Fifty-eight-year-old Marie Fleming who is suffering from… 05/12/2012
UK man with locked-in syndrome loses right-to-die caseA paralysed man with a fully-functioning mind says he is “devastated” after losing a right-to-die case in Britain. Tony Nicklinson, 58, from Wiltshire in… 16/08/2012
British man wins chance to challenge UK’s right-to-die lawsA British man, who is paralysed from the neck down, has won the right to challenge the UK’s legal definition of murder – in a bid to be allowed to be helped… 12/03/2012
Mobile euthanasia sparks debate in NetherlandsA mobile euthanasia service has begun operating in the Netherlands. It is intended for people with incurable illnesses whose own doctors refuse to help them… 01/03/2012
Commission recomends British government to make assisted suicide legalA commission looking into assisted suicide in England and Wales has called on parliament to give doctors the right to help terminally ill people die. The… 05/01/2012
Zurich voters reject ban on assisted suicideVoters in the Swiss city of Zurich have decided against proposed bans on assisted suicide and so-called suicide tourism. Projections show nearly 80 percent… 15/05/2011
German court backs right to dieGermany’s highest civil court has delivered a landmark ruling supporting assisted suicide. The Federal Court of Justice was hearing an appeal by a lawyer… 25/06/2010
UK assisted suicide law to be clarifiedMultiple sclerosis patient Debbie Purdy has won her battle to have the UK’s law on assisted suicide clarified. The House of Lords – Britain’s highest court –… 31/07/2009
Coma case prompts Italy to rethink right-to-die-lawItaly looks set to frame new right-to-die legislation after Eluana Englaro died following 17 years in a coma. Doctors stopped feeding the 38-year-old on… 10/02/2009
Italian euthanasia row deepens after coma girl deathThe death of a long-term coma victim has further inflamed the heated euthanasia debate in Italy. Eluana Englaro died last night, four days after doctors at… 10/02/2009
Woman in Italian right-to-die case diesEluana Englaro, the woman at the centre of a right-to-die controversy in Italy, has died in hospital. Her case had deeply divided the country. While her… 09/02/2009
Euthanasia battle in Italy goes to the SenateThe battle continues in Italy between those in favour and those against letting a woman, who has been in a coma for 17 years, die. The Senate is holding… 09/02/2009
Right to die: Italy PM accused of politikingDemonstrators have been showing their support for an Italian woman’s right to die. Eluana Englaro has been in a coma after a traffic accident in 1992. Her… 08/02/2009
Italian Government moves to save coma girlItaly’s government has issued an emergency decree to prevent Eluana Englaro, who has been in a coma for 17 years, from having her feeding tubes disconnected… 07/02/2009
Institutional battle grows over euthanasia in ItalyAn institutional battle is developing in Italy over the fate of Eluana Englaro. The Supreme Court of Appeal decided on Friday to allow doctors to switch… 06/02/2009
Italian right-to-die woman moved to hospitalEluana Englaro, a comatose woman who has come to symbolize the right-to-die movement in Italy, has reportedly been moved to a hospital in the north-eastern… 03/02/2009
Assisted suicide film defended amid UK outcryAmid an outcry over its broadcast, family and filmakers have been defending a documentary on assisted suicide showing a man’s final moments. Motor neurone… 11/12/2008
Outcry over assisted suicide on televisionA British TV channel is under fire for showing the final moments of a terminally ill man taking his own life. Critics say Sky was wrong to serve it up as… 11/12/2008
Constitutional crisis in Luxembourg over euthanasiaLuxembourg’s parliament is on a collision course with its monarch over his refusal to sign a bill legalising euthanasia. Grand Duke Henri says he is opposed… 03/12/2008
