Icelanders reject EU-accession talks, broadcaster RUV reports

REYKJAVIK: Icelanders have voted to stay out of the European Union, broadcaster RUV reported on Sunday (Aug 30), rejecting a government push to reopen membership talks and siding with those who said Iceland's fishing waters were too important to risk.Some votes from one constituency are pending but these were not expec

Icelandic voters reject a measure to reopen negotiations to join the European Union, national broadcaster reports

Icelanders have voted to stay out of the European Union, broadcaster RUV reported on Sunday, rejecting a government push to reopen membership talks and siding with those who said Iceland's fishing waters were too important to risk

REYKJAVIK – Icelanders have voted to stay out of the European Union (EU), broadcaster RUV reported on Aug 30, rejecting a government push to reopen membership talks and siding with those who said Iceland’s fishing waters were too important to risk.A “no” vote will disappoint Brussels, as some officials had cast Iceland

No camp looks to have prevailed, holding 52.5% of votes with only a few left to be counted, says public broadcaster Iceland appears to have ⁠rejected ⁠the government’s proposal ​to hold ⁠accession talks with ⁠the ​European Union, ‌the public ‌broadcaster RUV has ‌reported, with only a small ‌number of votes ​left to co

Icelanders are to vote Saturday on whether to resume entry talks with the European Union amid growing global insecurity, in a referendum seen as going down to the wire.