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Andrew Thorpe

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson under fire after aide admits to eel fishing without licence, lying to police

Amid fresh uncertainty regarding Sweden's bid to join NATO and an ongoing violent crime wave in Stockholm, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has been caught up in a scandal involving eel fishing.

Mr Kristersson was reported to a parliamentary committee on Monday by the main opposition party after admitting he was aware a top aide had been caught fishing for eels without a licence and then lying to authorities about it when he appointed that aide as his state secretary.

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