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 Funduðu aftur fram að miðnætti: „Vont að þingmenn stjórnarandstöðunnar séu móðgaðir“ Innlent Kvikugangur talinn ná langleiðina að flugvallarstæði Hvassahrauns Innlent Stöðug og jöfn jarðskjálftavirkni Innlent Hinir handteknu alveg ótengdir Innlent Erlendir ferðamenn gripnir glóðvolgir Innlent Stöðvuðu smygl á tuttugu þúsund Oxycontin-töflum Innlent Þurfa ekki að skila Stálskipaauðnum Innlent Þingkonur þjarma að heilbrigðisráðherra Innlent Alþingi hafi átt að vera upplýst Innlent Kvarta sáran yfir vopnakaupum Evrópu Erlent
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 Funduðu aftur fram að miðnætti: „Vont að þingmenn stjórnarandstöðunnar séu móðgaðir“ Innlent Kvikugangur talinn ná langleiðina að flugvallarstæði Hvassahrauns Innlent Stöðug og jöfn jarðskjálftavirkni Innlent Hinir handteknu alveg ótengdir Innlent Erlendir ferðamenn gripnir glóðvolgir Innlent Stöðvuðu smygl á tuttugu þúsund Oxycontin-töflum Innlent Þurfa ekki að skila Stálskipaauðnum Innlent Þingkonur þjarma að heilbrigðisráðherra Innlent Alþingi hafi átt að vera upplýst Innlent Kvarta sáran yfir vopnakaupum Evrópu Erlent