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 í mótorhjólaslysinu Innlent Fimm handteknir eftir að skoti var hleypt af Innlent Þungt haldinn eftir árekstur á Hafnarfjarðarvegi Innlent „Kom hvergi nærri samræði hans við barnunga stúlkuna“ Innlent Alvarlega særður eftir hnífstunguárás Innlent Maður leiddur út í járnum í lögregluaðgerð í Tryggvagötu Innlent Airbnb-íbúðir leigðar undir fölsku flaggi Innlent Mennirnir enn í haldi lögreglu Innlent Leggja til að veiðigjaldið verði innleitt í skrefum Innlent Vonar að minnihlutinn sýni ábyrgð svo ekki þurfi að beita ákvæðinu aftur 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 í mótorhjólaslysinu Innlent Fimm handteknir eftir að skoti var hleypt af Innlent Þungt haldinn eftir árekstur á Hafnarfjarðarvegi Innlent „Kom hvergi nærri samræði hans við barnunga stúlkuna“ Innlent Alvarlega særður eftir hnífstunguárás Innlent Maður leiddur út í járnum í lögregluaðgerð í Tryggvagötu Innlent Airbnb-íbúðir leigðar undir fölsku flaggi Innlent Mennirnir enn í haldi lögreglu Innlent Leggja til að veiðigjaldið verði innleitt í skrefum Innlent Vonar að minnihlutinn sýni ábyrgð svo ekki þurfi að beita ákvæðinu aftur Innlent