Trump's Greenland threats cast a shadow on Iceland's vote on whether to trigger EU membership talks - AP News

Trump's Greenland threats cast a shadow on Iceland's vote on whether to trigger EU membership talks  AP News

Close race as Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU

Turbulent international affairs have brought the vote forward, but the campaign has focused more on Iceland's vital fishing industry.

Sovereignty, farming and fishing: Iceland votes on its future with the EU

Country holds a knife-edge referendum that cuts across political divides on taking step closer to Brussels after Trump threats towards Greenland For a long time, the prospect of becoming the third generation to run his family farm was an exciting one, says Davíð Clausen Pétursson. Icelandic farmers were starting to get higher prices for their meat and milk, debt was no longer an occupational prerequisite and innovation was on the rise. Continue reading...

By Miranda Bryant in Hvammur, Þorlákshöfn and Reykjavík

Iceland holds knife-edge referendum on EU membership talks

The Nordic nation shelved earlier plans to join the EU over fishing rights, but geopolitics, including Trump's threat to seize Greenland, has prompted a rethink.

Icelanders vote in referendum on whether to resume EU membership talks

Iceland will vote in a tight referendum on Saturday on whether to reopen membership negotiations with the European Union. Reykjavik applied for EU membership in 2009, following a financial crisis that devastated its economy but a eurosceptic government suspended the process in 2013.

By FRANCE 24

Iceland referendum could put EU membership talks back on the table

Icelanders will vote on Saturday on whether to resume negotiations to join the European Union, with the result expected to be finely balanced after a campaign dominated by questions of sovereignty, fishing and the country’s place in an increasingly uncertain geopolitical landscape.

By RFI