Assisted dying
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French MPs to debate legalising euthanasia
A bill to legalise euthanasia goes before a deeply divided French parliament on Thursday, with right-wingers planning to torpedo any vote with thousands of amendments and the government not taking sides.
France Telecom's ex-boss faces court over string of staff suicides
France Telecom's former CEO Didier Lombard rejected any responsibility for the suicides of his employees when he faced court, a decade after a wrenching restructuring plan cost thousands of employees their jobs.
Bosses at French telecoms firm to stand trial over suicide of 35 employees
A decade after a wave of suicides at France Telecom in which 35 employees took their own lives, the telecoms giant and its former CEO go on trial on Monday for "moral harassment".
UN body weighs in on French right-to-die case
A UN committee has asked France to suspend any decision to withdraw life support for a man kept alive in a vegetative state for a decade, weighing in on a bitterly-disputed legal case which has torn his family apart.
French euthanasia doctor cannot return to work, European court rules
A French doctor struck off for killing terminally ill patients cannot return to work, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday.
'It's a massacre': One French police officer commits suicide every four days
One police officer in France takes their own life every four days, a shocking new report reveals, sparking renewed concern among the forces of law and order and unions.
In France someone commits suicide every hour, so what needs to be done?
France continues to have one of the highest suicide rates in Europe with new figures revealing someone takes their life every hour. But why does France still have such a high rate and how it can it be solved?
British soldier 'kills himself after Riviera housing scam'
A former British soldier has killed himself after his family reportedly fell victim to a conman promising a new life in southern France, according to reports.
Thousands spend night stuck on trains across France
A train ran into someone on the tracks in central France on Monday evening, prompting a huge series of delays.
France Telecom heads may be tried over worker suicides
French prosecutors have called for telecommunications giant France Telecom, now renamed Orange, and its former executives to face trial over a wave of employee suicides, an investigation source said Thursday.
French teen broadcasts own suicide live on social media
A French 19-year-old used the Periscope app to stream live footage of herself jumping in front of a train near Paris, after naming a man who she said had raped her.
French farming hit by '600 suicides a year'
Farmers are speaking out about the difficulties of the agricultural industry, as an estimated 600 are killing themselves each year.
France: 27 people a day commit suicide, report reveals
Some 27 people commit suicide each day in France according to a new report, although the real figure could even be higher.
Father saved by son, 5, commits suicide
The story of the five-year-old French boy who jumped on his bike at night to save his dad's life, took a tragic turn when three days later when the father committed suicide.
Paris attacks: Suicide vests mark a new threat
The suicide vests used by Friday's attackers in Paris - a first in France - were made by a highly skilled professional who could still be at large in Europe, intelligence and security experts say.
French sisters commit suicide on Brittany beach
Two sisters have been found dead on a beach in western France, after apparently committing suicide to escape an incurable illness.
French euthanasia doctor in suicide bid
An emergency room doctor in France who was convicted of poisoning a terminally ill patient has attempted to kill himself, sources close to the case said on Saturday.
Court convicts French euthanasia doctor
A French appeal court on Saturday partially overturned the acquittal of a French emergency room doctor for the poisoning deaths of seven terminally ill patients, handing him a suspended two-year sentence.
French bodies found in Swiss nature reserve
Swiss police said they found the body of a French man and his two young children at the base of a cliff on Friday, in what appeared to be a possible murder-suicide. Another body was found nearby.
Video deepens row over Frenchman's 'right to die'
The case of a brain-damaged Frenchman who seems set to be taken off life support shook France anew on Wednesday, after his friends and family uploaded a video which they say proves that he is "far from the end of his life".
Europe backs France on right to die verdict
Europe's rights court upheld on Friday the decision of a French court to allow a man in a vegetative state to be taken off life support, in a ruling that could become a benchmark on the continent.
France passes law to ease 'end-of-life' distress
UPDATED: French MPs gave the green light on Tuesday to a controversial law that would allow medics to place terminally ill patients into a deep sleep until they die.
France unveils plan to cut police suicides
France’s interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has unveiled a new plan to tackle the taboo subject of suicides in the police force after a sharp rise in the number of officers taking their own lives.