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Ex-journalist Norway\’s new seafood minister
NORWAY’S Labour Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen is to take over the job of running the country’s fisheries and seafood ministry – at least for the time being. He replaces Geir Inge Siversten, who resigned after just 39 days in the post – one of the shortest in Norway’s history. Siversten stood down amid controversy over accepting severance money from…
Read MoreEx-journalist Norway\’s new seafood minister
NORWAY’S Labour Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen is to take over the job of running the country’s fisheries and seafood ministry – at least for the time being. He replaces Geir Inge Siversten, who resigned after just 39 days in the post – one of the shortest in Norway’s history. Siversten stood down amid controversy over accepting severance money from…
Read MoreNorway\’s \’salmon tax\’ dead in the water
NORWAY’S Labour Party has come out against imposing a 40 per cent flat rate tax – dubbed the salmon tax – on the country’s fish farming companies. Instead it wants to see a tax based on output or on how much land and fjord water a fish farm takes up, with most of the revenues going…
Read MoreNorway\’s \’salmon tax\’ dead in the water
NORWAY’S Labour Party has come out against imposing a 40 per cent flat rate tax – dubbed the salmon tax – on the country’s fish farming companies. Instead it wants to see a tax based on output or on how much land and fjord water a fish farm takes up, with most of the revenues going…
Read MoreNew Norwegian fisheries minister named
NORWAY’S new fisheries minister is Geir Inge Sivertsen, according to reports on Norwegian news channels this morning. The Conservative politician was Secretary of State in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and was mayor of Lenvik municipality in Troms from 2011 to 2019. Prior to becoming mayor, he was CEO of Nor-Team Entrepreneur Business at…
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