Iceland rejects EU-accession talks plan in referendum

BREAKINGBREAKING, The ‘No’ camp had 52.5 percent and the ‘Yes’ camp had 47.5 percent with only a few ballots left to count, public broadcaster RUV reports.Published On 30 Aug 202630 Aug 2026|Updated: 6 minutes agoUpdated: 6 minutes ago⁠Iceland has rejected the government’s ⁠proposal to ⁠hold accession talks with the European Union, ‌public broadcaster RUV reported, with only a small number of votes left to be counted.The “No” camp had 52.5 percent of votes and the “Yes” camp 47.5 percent, with only a few ballots left to be counted in one of Iceland’s six voting districts, online ballot counting on RUV showed on Sunday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Vote count under way in Iceland’s knife-edge EU referendumlist 2 of 3Iceland rejects EU-accession talks plan in referendumlist 3 of 3Iceland votes in a tight race on whether to resume talks to join the EUend of list“The nation rejects accession negotiations with the EU,” RUV reported.The result deals a heavy blow to Brussels, which had been keen to welcome a new wealthy member and had expressed a willingness to compromise with Iceland on the fisheries sector and other thorny issues to facilitate its accession.Brussels had ...