Referendum: Close race on EU accession talks in Iceland
In Iceland's referendum, a close race is emerging: according to initial results, opponents and supporters of resuming EU negotiations are almost neck and neck.
Iceland's referendum on resuming EU membership talks has yielded a narrow result, with 50.1% of voters rejecting the government's proposal and 49.9% supporting it, according to partial results from public broadcaster RUV. Around 152,000 of the 270,000 eligible voters had cast their ballots by Sunday. The outcome is expected to be confirmed on Sunday at noon, with five of six constituencies having been counted so far. The vote comes after Iceland abandoned EU accession talks in 2013.
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