Posts Tagged ‘Progress Party’
Fish farmers anxious as Norway faces political turmoil
NORWAY’S fish farmers were nervously looking over their shoulders yesterday as the prospect of a general election and a possible left leaning Labour led government loomed. The country has been plunged into political crisis after the Progress Party decided to leave Erna Solberg’s Conservative coalition administration. The storm centres on a decision to allow a…
Read MoreNew fisheries minister pledges growth
NORWAY’S new fisheries minister has described Per Sandberg as one of the best ministers the seafood industry and the country has ever had. Harald Tom Nesvik was speaking at the handover ceremony, which took place during a lightning storm shortly after Sandberg resigned following his controversial visit to Iran last month with Bahareh Letnes, a…
Read MoreOslo names new fisheries minister
HARALD Tom Nesvik, who has written extensively about the seafood industry, was named as Norway’s new fisheries minister today. He replaces Per Sandberg who resigned following intense political pressure since taking a holiday in Iran last month with his new Iranian girlfriend. Sandberg has been under fire for the past two weeks, not as a…
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