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 Sérsveitin skarst í leikinn vegna Kourani á Kleppi Innlent Sýrlendingar samþykkja að taka við Kourani Innlent Refsing Kristjáns Markúsar milduð Innlent Bara „random“ að rassskella stjúpdóttur sína og vinkonu hennar Innlent Minnst ellefu hundar drepist við Geirsnef: „Áfall að sjá dýrið sitt hlaupa í dauðann“ Innlent Leikskólagjöld einstæðra foreldra í Reykjavík gætu allt að þrefaldast Innlent Heimilar banatilræði í Venesúela og íhugar árás Erlent Óttast um geðheilsu foreldra nái breytingarnar fram að ganga Innlent Ók á brott eftir að hafa keyrt á hjólandi dreng Innlent Ítarlegar frásagnir af kynnum við „Andy“ í nýrri bók Giuffre 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 Sérsveitin skarst í leikinn vegna Kourani á Kleppi Innlent Sýrlendingar samþykkja að taka við Kourani Innlent Refsing Kristjáns Markúsar milduð Innlent Bara „random“ að rassskella stjúpdóttur sína og vinkonu hennar Innlent Minnst ellefu hundar drepist við Geirsnef: „Áfall að sjá dýrið sitt hlaupa í dauðann“ Innlent Leikskólagjöld einstæðra foreldra í Reykjavík gætu allt að þrefaldast Innlent Heimilar banatilræði í Venesúela og íhugar árás Erlent Óttast um geðheilsu foreldra nái breytingarnar fram að ganga Innlent Ók á brott eftir að hafa keyrt á hjólandi dreng Innlent Ítarlegar frásagnir af kynnum við „Andy“ í nýrri bók Giuffre Erlent