Norway’s seafood minister offers resignation

NORWAY’S latest seafood and fisheries minister has asked to step down after just five weeks in the post. Geir Inge Siversten was appointed in late January following a political bust-up within the Conservative coalition government. But he has already attracted controversy over his links with Masonic and business interests and for accepting severance pay from his…

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Norway seeks seafood minister to replace Nesvik

NORWAY looks set to get a new seafood and fisheries minister within the next 48 hours. The present incumbent, Harald Tom Nesvik said earlier this week he would step down, after his Progressive Party quit the Conservative led coalition government. The row centred on a decision by prime minister Erna Solberg to allow an ISIS terrorist…

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