Just now we had the Norwegian minister of Trade, Sylvia Brustad, over for lunch! The discussions was about the conditions for small companies like us at Confetti. A nice chat for an hour and a half!
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The Røkke pressconference
This afternoon, one of the biggest investors and most discussed CEO in Norway, Kjell Inge Røkke, had his long awaited press conference, about the sales of Aker shares, and the heated discussions with the minority owner, the Norwegian State. 
It was a blow out!
You really have to understand Norwegian to get a grip on this one, but it was, I my mind, one of the most memorable press conferences in recent Norwegian history.
You should check it out at Dagbladet, VG, NRK and Dagens Næringsliv, and of course, read all about it on Twitter. Really amazing stuff! From a communicative and PR-minded person like me, he and his staff did a fabulous job.
The Norwegian government and Aker
Yet again, the Red/Green coaliation shows all the signs of making political harakiri, this time the Aker-case. The oppsition have happy days, poundering the message that the Government shouldn’t be involved in business, the way we do here in Norway, which means highly imvolvmeny from the state in different areas, especially related towards oil/energy and finance.
Kjell Inge Røkke has done a deal which is great for him, and now the Governments representative Berit Kjøll is doing what she can to try to convince us that she has been fooled. Trust me, this thing has just started, and somebodys gonna’ fall!