Finland’s Supreme Court has overturned a decision to jail a mentally ill man who claimed he burnt down a fur shop during a meeting with his doctor. Read the full story

A man in Sweden is accused of fraudulently claiming several million kronor in benefits after forcing his daughter to fake a mental illness for 11 years. Read the full story

An elderly woman has died and another person remains in hospital in Finland after contracting a very rare form of food poisoning from organic Italian olives. Read the full story

A man has been arrested in Umea, northern Sweden, after his seven year-old son was stabbed to death at home. Read the full story

At the end of a debate on the handling of the H1N1 pandemic, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) today endorsed the conclusions of its Health Committee, which were published on 4 June last. Read the full story

“It was only a matter of time when it would show up here,” said Haraldur Briem, the main epidemiologist working on H1N1 in Iceland, which has now been confirmed in the country. Read the full story

Haraldur Briem, Chief Epidemiologist at Iceland’s Directorate of Health, this morning met with civil protection officers from the police. He is also meeting this morning with other health and public protection officials to decide what needs to be done to protect Iceland from the developing global swine flu pandemic. Read the full story