MPs set out assisted suicide bill
A group of MPs from the German coalition government presented a bill on Wednesday which would hand doctors the right to perform assisted suicide.
More Germans seek assisted dying abroad
A study revealed today that more people traveled to Switzerland to undergo assisted dying from Germany than from any other country in 2012.
Half of Germans prefer suicide to nursing care
Around half of Germans would chose assisted suicide over becoming dependent on nursing care in their old age, a survey released on Tuesday revealed.
New rules drive suicide firm to Switzerland
A German assisted suicide organisation said on Friday it had opened an office in Switzerland for fear of possible prosecution at home.
Assisted suicide law splits government
A row has blown up within the government about possible changes to German assisted suicide laws, after the justice minister said she wanted to enable not just relatives but also doctors and friends to help people to die.
Son jailed for three years for 'mercy-killing' mum
A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison for killing his mother several years after a riding accident left her in a vegetative state.
Football legend takes own life to beat cancer
German football legend Timo Konietzka has died – with the help of the Swiss euthanasia association Exit – after writing his own death notice, drinking a beer and seeing his grandchildren for a last time.
A third of doctors would help terminally ill die
More than one in three German doctors would consider helping a patient to commit suicide, according to survey which has been kept under wraps since last September.
Court rules euthanasia with patient consent ok
Germany's Federal Court of Justice on Friday overturned the conviction of a lawyer who advised the family of a comatose elderly woman to cut off her feeding tube in a landmark euthanasia case.
Doctors acquitted after helping British man to die
Two German doctors accused of illegally helping a severely ill British man die in 2004 were acquitted Monday amid an emotional national debate on euthanasia.