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 Myndskeiðið segi ekki alla söguna Innlent Útlit fyrir nauman sigur frjálslyndra og fyrsta samkynheigða forsætisráðherra landsins Innlent Reynsluboltum sagt upp í skugga ráðgjafabruðls Innlent Fólk sæki um námsmannaleyfi í annarlegum tilgangi Innlent Séreignarleiðin gerð varanleg og nýtist til tíu ára Innlent „Alveg brjálaður yfir því að hann sé að hjóla á götunni“ Innlent Létu sleðaveðrið ekki fram hjá sér fara Innlent Svona lítur fyrsti húsnæðispakki ríkisstjórnarinnar út Innlent Fjórir látnir í Jamaíku og tuttugu á Haítí Erlent Karlmaður lést í Bláa lóninu 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 Myndskeiðið segi ekki alla söguna Innlent Útlit fyrir nauman sigur frjálslyndra og fyrsta samkynheigða forsætisráðherra landsins Innlent Reynsluboltum sagt upp í skugga ráðgjafabruðls Innlent Fólk sæki um námsmannaleyfi í annarlegum tilgangi Innlent Séreignarleiðin gerð varanleg og nýtist til tíu ára Innlent „Alveg brjálaður yfir því að hann sé að hjóla á götunni“ Innlent Létu sleðaveðrið ekki fram hjá sér fara Innlent Svona lítur fyrsti húsnæðispakki ríkisstjórnarinnar út Innlent Fjórir látnir í Jamaíku og tuttugu á Haítí Erlent Karlmaður lést í Bláa lóninu Innlent