Swedish FM cleared:

A Swedish anticorruption prosecutor said Tuesday he had closed an inquiry into Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, concluding no crime was committed when she obtained a Stockholm rental apartment from a union.

Special prosecutor Alf Johansson at the National Economic Crimes Bureau opened a preliminary inquiry in January after daily newspaper Aftonbladet revealed details about the apartment obtained by Wallstrom, a 61-year-old Social Democrat and the undisputed star of the government.

The influential municipal workers’ union Kommunal had allowed the minister to move into a rent-stabilised apartment, bypassing a queue for ordinary tenants. (AFP)