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 Vilja að nemendur borgi allt að 180 þúsund til að skrá sig Innlent Tuttugu þingmenn mættu ekki á þingfund Innlent Kerecis bjargaði lífi skallaarnar í tæka tíð fyrir fjórða júlí Innlent Sex fluttir á sjúkrahús eftir umferðarslys í Hörgársveit Innlent Búið að boða til nýs fundar Innlent Tuttugu og fimm stúlkna saknað úr sumarbúðum vegna flóða Erlent Lítill munur á bitum bitmýs og lúsmýs Innlent Lögregla hleypti manni inn sem hafði læst sig úti Innlent Mótorhjólakappi fluttur á sjúkrahús eftir að hafa fipast við akstur Innlent Sósíalistum bolað úr Bolholti 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 Vilja að nemendur borgi allt að 180 þúsund til að skrá sig Innlent Tuttugu þingmenn mættu ekki á þingfund Innlent Kerecis bjargaði lífi skallaarnar í tæka tíð fyrir fjórða júlí Innlent Sex fluttir á sjúkrahús eftir umferðarslys í Hörgársveit Innlent Búið að boða til nýs fundar Innlent Tuttugu og fimm stúlkna saknað úr sumarbúðum vegna flóða Erlent Lítill munur á bitum bitmýs og lúsmýs Innlent Lögregla hleypti manni inn sem hafði læst sig úti Innlent Mótorhjólakappi fluttur á sjúkrahús eftir að hafa fipast við akstur Innlent Sósíalistum bolað úr Bolholti Innlent