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 Steinn liggur á grúfu og skríður niður Esju Innlent Þrjú látin: Heyrðu öskur þegar hringt var í neyðarlínu Erlent Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Vita æ meira um skaðleg áhrif rafsígarettna Innlent Sautján ára stúlka í haldi vegna innflutnings gerviópíóða Innlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir rangfærslur eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Öskjuhlíðartimbrið komið til Eskifjarðar Innlent Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti 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 Steinn liggur á grúfu og skríður niður Esju Innlent Þrjú látin: Heyrðu öskur þegar hringt var í neyðarlínu Erlent Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Vita æ meira um skaðleg áhrif rafsígarettna Innlent Sautján ára stúlka í haldi vegna innflutnings gerviópíóða Innlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir rangfærslur eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Öskjuhlíðartimbrið komið til Eskifjarðar Innlent Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti innlent