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 Telur sig hafa orðið vitni að aðdraganda drápsins Innlent Óvænt ávarp forsætisráðherra: „Við munum verja lýðveldið Ísland“ Innlent Fangaverðir á sjúkrahús eftir hópárás fanga Innlent Trump hrósaði forsetanum fyrir færni í eigin móðurmáli Erlent „Þjóðin þarf að fá að vita hvernig þau hafa hagað sér á bak við tjöldin“ Innlent Sauð upp úr þegar Bryndís sagði Hildi fylgja vinnureglum Innlent „Það er orrustan um Ísland“ Innlent „Alvarleg yfirlýsing frá formanni flokks“ Innlent Þykir leitt að hafa valdið uppnámi Innlent Stúlkur látnar afklæðast til að athuga með blæðingar 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 Telur sig hafa orðið vitni að aðdraganda drápsins Innlent Óvænt ávarp forsætisráðherra: „Við munum verja lýðveldið Ísland“ Innlent Fangaverðir á sjúkrahús eftir hópárás fanga Innlent Trump hrósaði forsetanum fyrir færni í eigin móðurmáli Erlent „Þjóðin þarf að fá að vita hvernig þau hafa hagað sér á bak við tjöldin“ Innlent Sauð upp úr þegar Bryndís sagði Hildi fylgja vinnureglum Innlent „Það er orrustan um Ísland“ Innlent „Alvarleg yfirlýsing frá formanni flokks“ Innlent Þykir leitt að hafa valdið uppnámi Innlent Stúlkur látnar afklæðast til að athuga með blæðingar Erlent