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 Vön því að hringja í fullorðna karlmenn á fölskum forsendum Innlent Játa frelsisviptingu og rán en hafna manndrápi Innlent Aldrei kynnst neinum sem harkaði jafnmikið af sér Innlent „Ég er fimmtíu kíló, ég get ekki stoppað hann“ Innlent „Hann var hræddur, eiginlega alveg skíthræddur“ Innlent Tilgangurinn að ná í „easy money“ Innlent Yfirmaður heraflans er á móti hernámi og vill semja Erlent Hættir hjá borgarstjóra og aðstoðar nú ráðherra Innlent Hættir sem ritstjóri Kveiks Innlent Hækkar frítekjumark vegna hækkunar örorkulífeyris 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 Vön því að hringja í fullorðna karlmenn á fölskum forsendum Innlent Játa frelsisviptingu og rán en hafna manndrápi Innlent Aldrei kynnst neinum sem harkaði jafnmikið af sér Innlent „Ég er fimmtíu kíló, ég get ekki stoppað hann“ Innlent „Hann var hræddur, eiginlega alveg skíthræddur“ Innlent Tilgangurinn að ná í „easy money“ Innlent Yfirmaður heraflans er á móti hernámi og vill semja Erlent Hættir hjá borgarstjóra og aðstoðar nú ráðherra Innlent Hættir sem ritstjóri Kveiks Innlent Hækkar frítekjumark vegna hækkunar örorkulífeyris Innlent