Italy Italy's Constitutional Court rejects referendum on euthanasia A petition for a referendum on the right to die had collected more than 750,000 signatures last August, well above the threshold required to trigger a vote. 16/02/2022
Health 10% of healthcare workers struggle with suicidal or self harm thoughts New research in Australia, which mirrors previous findings in Europe, lays bare the scale of the struggle that healthcare workers are experiencing. 10/02/2022
Health Assisted dying pod you can 3D print yourself approved in Switzerland A review of the pod found no legal obstacles preventing its use in Switzerland, but critics fear its goal to "democratise" voluntary euthanasia with AI brings new risks. 08/12/2021
Germany German family deaths linked to fake COVID certificate, says prosecutor The man suspected of killing his family and himself left a note indicating that he was afraid of being arrested after obtaining the fake certificate, investigators say. 07/12/2021
The Cube Russian orthodox monk who denied the COVID-19 pandemic is jailed Father Sergiy was arrested in December 2020 after giving sermons that urged believers to "die for Russia". 30/11/2021
Portugal Portugal's president vetoes law legalising euthanasia President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said the wording of the second draft still needs "clarification". 30/11/2021
Netherlands 'Suicide powder' may have killed dozens, say Dutch prosecutors Only strict medically-approved assisted suicide is legal in the Netherlands. 27/10/2021
Belgium Belgium vows crackdown on rape after suicide of 14-year-old victim Belgium's government has proposed doubling the maximum sentence for rape after a 14-year-old victim killed herself just days after she was assaulted and filmed in Ghent. 04/06/2021
The Cube Twitter 'maliciously violating' Russia's content laws, says watchdog Russia's communications regulator says Twitter has failed to remove more than 2,800 illegal pieces of content since 2017. 01/03/2021
Russia Russia: Suspect found dead after 3 people killed in bus stop shooting Russian authorities say the suspect in Monday's fatal shootings in the Nizhny Novgorod Region has been found dead. Three people were killed and three others wounded when a gunman opened fire at a bus stop in central Russia. 13/10/2020
France Meet the woman campaigning for her right to die just for being old Jacqueline Jancquel plans to have assisted suicide in December 2020. She’s 76 years old: she has no terminal illness, she’s not in a lot of pain. 22/08/2020
View The loss of Caroline Flack has put the impact of online abuse on mental health in sharp focus ǀ View The tears on the cheeks of those who mourn the death of Caroline Flack are yet to dry, but now is the time to stop this from happening to anyone else. 26/02/2020
Germany German court rules assisted suicide ban violates citizens' rights A judge said in a ruling that a 2015 law, which banned assisted suicide when being conducted on a “business basis”, was unconstitutional 26/02/2020
world news Suicide rates fall among LGBT+ community in Sweden, Denmark Suicide rates among lesbians and gay men are falling as the stigma around homosexuality fades, but are still much higher than among straight people, a study released on Thursday has found. 14/11/2019
France French student unions demand poverty relief after attempted suicide There are calls for more financial aid for students in difficulty after a young man set himself alight in Lyon in a protest over precarity. 13/11/2019
Italy Italy's top court rules assisted suicide not always a crime The constitutional court was asked to examine the case of Fabiano Antoniani, aka DJ Fabo, a music producer, left tetraplegic and blind by a traffic accident five years ago. 25/09/2019
Europe News World Suicide Prevention Day: Countries need better prevention strategies - WHO On World Suicide Prevention Day we speak to a psychologist about young people at risk, and a Police Trade Unionist about the pressures on officers in their public role. 10/09/2019
world news Suicide: One person dies every 40 seconds, WHO reveals The United Nations agency said the most effective ways to reduce the number of suicides would be for governments to restrict access to pesticides. 09/09/2019
Netherlands Dutch teen's controversial death 'no question of euthanasia' CORRECTED A Dutch teenager who has detailed her struggles with sexual assault, depression, and anorexia has died at home but reports of 'euthanasia' incorrect. 04/06/2019
France Will France's new 'suicide prevention units' reduce police deaths? To battle a spike in suicides among its police force, the French government has opened "suicide prevention units" to help police officers. But will they be enough to turn the trend around? 30/04/2019
United Kingdom Instagram bans graphic self-harm images after teenager’s suicide Social media giant Instagram has announced that it is banning all graphic images of self-harm from the site as part of efforts to “support and protect the most vulnerable” users. 07/02/2019
View If someone threatens suicide on social media, here's what you can do Most people don’t know what to say or do when someone makes a statement like Pete Davidson's in “real life”. 19/12/2018
France Poet's suicide letter sold at auction A suicide letter written by the French poet Charles Baudelaire has been sold at auction for 234,000 euros 05/11/2018
Venezuela Government officials say suicide, while opposition party say murder An Venezuelan opposition lawmaker has died while in custody at the state intelligence headquarters in Caracas, but conflicting reports from government officials and the opposition have led to confusion over what actually happened 09/10/2018
world news Look back: Golden Globe Race 1968 Suicides, capsizes, and a man who went round the world again — the extraordinary Golden Globe race of 1968. 24/09/2018
Greece Greek camp at Moria: reaching boiling point NGO's and human rights groups have urged Greece to take action to render its camps fit for human habitation as Moria camp on the island of Lesbos exceeds capacity of 3,200 to over 9,000 asylum seekers 19/09/2018
