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 Hundarnir þegar aflífaðir en ákvörðun um lógun ólögmæt Innlent Amma ræsti neyðarhnapp við enn eina árás dóttur sinnar Innlent Öryggisráðið ákveður að taka yfir Gasa-borg Erlent Lést við flúðasiglingar í Vestari-Jökulsá Innlent Dvalarleyfi langtum dýrara í hinum Norðurlöndunum Innlent Maður féll í Vestari-Jökulsá Innlent Telja að lífvörður myndi aðeins gera ferðamenn kærulausari Innlent Fann hagtölur sem honum líkar og hélt óvæntan blaðamannafund Erlent Keppa við Kínverja og Rússa um að koma kjarnakljúfi til tunglsins Erlent Nauðsynlegt að fólk fái úrræði til að vernda sig frá djúpfölsunum 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 Hundarnir þegar aflífaðir en ákvörðun um lógun ólögmæt Innlent Amma ræsti neyðarhnapp við enn eina árás dóttur sinnar Innlent Öryggisráðið ákveður að taka yfir Gasa-borg Erlent Lést við flúðasiglingar í Vestari-Jökulsá Innlent Dvalarleyfi langtum dýrara í hinum Norðurlöndunum Innlent Maður féll í Vestari-Jökulsá Innlent Telja að lífvörður myndi aðeins gera ferðamenn kærulausari Innlent Fann hagtölur sem honum líkar og hélt óvæntan blaðamannafund Erlent Keppa við Kínverja og Rússa um að koma kjarnakljúfi til tunglsins Erlent Nauðsynlegt að fólk fái úrræði til að vernda sig frá djúpfölsunum Innlent