Minister refused to meet opponent on TV 1. september 2006 14:21 Valgerður Sverrisdóttir utanríkisráðherra þingmaður Framsóknarflokkurinn Foreign Minister Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, who was formerly Minister of Industry, refused to meet Steingrímur J. Sigfússon leader of the Left Green party on discussion programme Kastljósið last night. Both of them had been invited to the state television programme to discuss the report of geophysicist Grímur Björnsson which criticised the Kárahnjúkar dam and was hidden from public view. Sverrisdóttir refused to meet her opponent on live television but accepted to be interviewed by herself. Sigfússon wrote an outraged open letter published in the papers today criticising RÚV state television. " In this way politicians can control discussion on important state matters on your show." According to Þórhallur Gunnarsson, editor of Kastljósið, they had to take back Sigfússon's invitation to the show because ot the Minister's refusal to meet him for discussion, and that the editors believed they would be able to counter the Minister with important questions themselves. News News in English Mest lesið „Fólk hefur hætt eða nánast verið bolað úr starfi síðan hún tók við“ Innlent Aðalsteinn volgur og Björg orðuð við oddvitann Innlent Táningar reka veitingastað: „Maður verður að hafa fyrir lífinu“ Innlent Stöðvarskyldan snýr aftur: Eykur öryggi farþega og neytendavernd Innlent Rýnt í ákærurnar: „Ég fékk nóg af hatri hans“ Erlent Segist hafa flækst í umfangsmikið fíkniefnamál fyrir hreina tilviljun Innlent Hildur vill leiða áfram en Guðlaugur loðinn í svörum Innlent Bein útsending: Rauða dreglinum rúllað út fyrir Trump Erlent Biðin eftir leikskólaplássi kostaði móður vinnuna Innlent SUS gefur fundarmönnum bol í anda Charlies Kirk Innlent
Foreign Minister Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, who was formerly Minister of Industry, refused to meet Steingrímur J. Sigfússon leader of the Left Green party on discussion programme Kastljósið last night. Both of them had been invited to the state television programme to discuss the report of geophysicist Grímur Björnsson which criticised the Kárahnjúkar dam and was hidden from public view. Sverrisdóttir refused to meet her opponent on live television but accepted to be interviewed by herself. Sigfússon wrote an outraged open letter published in the papers today criticising RÚV state television. " In this way politicians can control discussion on important state matters on your show." According to Þórhallur Gunnarsson, editor of Kastljósið, they had to take back Sigfússon's invitation to the show because ot the Minister's refusal to meet him for discussion, and that the editors believed they would be able to counter the Minister with important questions themselves.
News News in English Mest lesið „Fólk hefur hætt eða nánast verið bolað úr starfi síðan hún tók við“ Innlent Aðalsteinn volgur og Björg orðuð við oddvitann Innlent Táningar reka veitingastað: „Maður verður að hafa fyrir lífinu“ Innlent Stöðvarskyldan snýr aftur: Eykur öryggi farþega og neytendavernd Innlent Rýnt í ákærurnar: „Ég fékk nóg af hatri hans“ Erlent Segist hafa flækst í umfangsmikið fíkniefnamál fyrir hreina tilviljun Innlent Hildur vill leiða áfram en Guðlaugur loðinn í svörum Innlent Bein útsending: Rauða dreglinum rúllað út fyrir Trump Erlent Biðin eftir leikskólaplássi kostaði móður vinnuna Innlent SUS gefur fundarmönnum bol í anda Charlies Kirk Innlent