REYKJAVIK: Icelanders began voting on Saturday (Aug 29) in a referendum on whether to resume membership negotiations with the European Union, in a tight race that will be closely watched in Brussels.The country of just under 400,000 people applied to join the EU in the wake of a 2009 financial cr

Iceland votes on whether to start EU membership talks

Iceland is set to hold a national referendum on Saturday, deciding the fate of the Nordic country to join the European Union. In a knife-edge referendum, around 273,000 eligible voters are answering...

Voters are being asked to answer ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to the question: ‘Should Iceland resume accession negotiations with the European Union?’

Icelanders will vote in a referendum on Saturday whether to resume entry talks with the European Union amid growing global insecurity. Voters are not being asked to decide just yet if they want to join…

Iceland will vote Saturday in a tight referendum on whether to reopen membership negotiations with the European Union. Reykjavik applied for EU membership in 2009, following a financial crisis that devastated…