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 Nafn mannsins sem lést vegna voðaskots Innlent Segja „fljúgandi Chernobyl“ hafa flogið í fimmtán klukkustundir Erlent Er enn að vinna úr því að hafa lifað Innlent Fólk hafi dreymt um að eignast flugstjóradress Innlent Leita Cessnu sem hvarf nærri Nuuk Erlent Íris segist ekki sækjast eftir sæti í Hafnarfirði Innlent Kynferðisbrotum sem leiða til greiðslu bóta hefur fjölgað verulega Innlent Tveir handteknir vegna Louvre ránsins Erlent Gómuðu aftur manninn sem þeir slepptu fyrir mistök Erlent Meirihluti fólks geti ekki keypt íbúð í nýju lánakerfi sem sé að teiknast upp 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 Nafn mannsins sem lést vegna voðaskots Innlent Segja „fljúgandi Chernobyl“ hafa flogið í fimmtán klukkustundir Erlent Er enn að vinna úr því að hafa lifað Innlent Fólk hafi dreymt um að eignast flugstjóradress Innlent Leita Cessnu sem hvarf nærri Nuuk Erlent Íris segist ekki sækjast eftir sæti í Hafnarfirði Innlent Kynferðisbrotum sem leiða til greiðslu bóta hefur fjölgað verulega Innlent Tveir handteknir vegna Louvre ránsins Erlent Gómuðu aftur manninn sem þeir slepptu fyrir mistök Erlent Meirihluti fólks geti ekki keypt íbúð í nýju lánakerfi sem sé að teiknast upp Innlent