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 „Við ætlum að upplifa stóra drauminn hans Kristians Helga” Innlent Skipstjóri handtekinn í Reykjavíkurhöfn Innlent Ákvörðun dómsmálaráðherra gríðarleg vonbrigði Innlent „Þeir verða að geta varið sig“: Hættir við að hætta vopnasendingum Erlent Lögreglan lýsir eftir Hebu Ýr Innlent Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent Bandamenn fá hótunarbréf um 25 til 40 prósent toll Erlent Lögregla lýsir eftir heilabilaðri konu á Akureyri Innlent Einu verslun Þingeyringa lokað Innlent Öll tölfræði um málþófið á einum stað: Íslandsmet á næsta sólarhring 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 „Við ætlum að upplifa stóra drauminn hans Kristians Helga” Innlent Skipstjóri handtekinn í Reykjavíkurhöfn Innlent Ákvörðun dómsmálaráðherra gríðarleg vonbrigði Innlent „Þeir verða að geta varið sig“: Hættir við að hætta vopnasendingum Erlent Lögreglan lýsir eftir Hebu Ýr Innlent Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent Bandamenn fá hótunarbréf um 25 til 40 prósent toll Erlent Lögregla lýsir eftir heilabilaðri konu á Akureyri Innlent Einu verslun Þingeyringa lokað Innlent Öll tölfræði um málþófið á einum stað: Íslandsmet á næsta sólarhring Innlent
Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent
Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent