https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has expressed reservations about a recent court decision decriminalising assisted suicide, in comments to the Corriere della Sera newspaper published Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190929/italian-pm-expresses-doubts-over-assisted-suicide Sun, 29 Sep 2019 13:06:10 +0200 italian-pm-expresses-doubts-over-assisted-suicide Pope Francis on Friday again spoke out against assisted suicide and euthanasia, days before a top Italian court is to examine the thorny question in the largely Roman Catholic country. https://www.thelocal.it/20190920/pope-decries-euthanasia-as-italian-court-considers-assisted-suicide-law Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:03:32 +0200 pope-decries-euthanasia-as-italian-court-considers-assisted-suicide-law "We don't carry out euthanasia as often as it is asked for," says Dutch GP Carin Littooji, advocating for assisted dying on a bench usually reserved for bishops in the Vatican. https://www.thelocal.it/20171118/doctors-at-vatican-to-debate-ethics-of-euthanasia Sat, 18 Nov 2017 12:34:58 +0100 doctors-at-vatican-to-debate-ethics-of-euthanasia An Italian DJ has undergone assisted suicide in Switzerland, two days after criticizing Italy's government for postponing debate on living wills legislation. https://www.thelocal.it/20170227/italian-dj-dies-in-switzerland-after-government-delays-assisted-dying Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:02:37 +0100 italian-dj-dies-in-switzerland-after-government-delays-assisted-dying Italian pro-euthanasia campaigners on Tuesday said that a terminally ill patient who travelled to Switzerland to end their life changed their mind at the last minute. https://www.thelocal.it/20150624/euthanasia-patient-changes-mind-at-last-minute Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:41:20 +0200 euthanasia-patient-changes-mind-at-last-minute UPDATED: Some 460 Italians, who were either terminally sick or suffering from debilitating illnesses, tried to end their lives at “right to die” clinics in Switzerland last year, the coordinator of Italy’s Euthanasia Law campaign told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20141104/hundreds-of-italians-sought-right-to-die-in-2013 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:41:00 +0100 hundreds-of-italians-sought-right-to-die-in-2013 An American man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for stabbing his wife in Alessandria, north-west Italy, in what he described as euthanasia to end her suffering. https://www.thelocal.it/20131112/american-jailed-in-italy-for-wifes-mercy-killing Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:31:00 +0100 american-jailed-in-italy-for-wifes-mercy-killing