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  "id": 4413475,
  "title": "World : Iceland Narrowly Rejects Restarting EU Membership Talks In Referendum",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/world-iceland-narrowly-rejects-restarting-eu-membership-talks-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T09:48:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2600999"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "BRUSSELS, Aug 30 (Bernama-dpa) -- Iceland has narrowly rejected restarting talks on joining the European Union in a referendum, with 52.8 per cent voting against and 47.2 per cent in favour, according to official results on Sunday, reported German Press Agency (dpa).",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "🔴 Iceland rejects restarting EU accession talks in referendum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/iceland-rejects-restarting-eu-accession-talks-in-referendum",
        "published": "2026-08-30T09:31:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "'Fishing, sovereignty and economic policy': Why Iceland voters rejected EU membership in referendum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/fishing-sovereignty-and-economic-policy-why-iceland-voters-rejected",
        "published": "2026-08-30T10:45:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Iceland says 'No': Four takeaways from the EU accession referendum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/iceland-says-no-four-takeaways-from-the-eu-accession-referendum",
        "published": "2026-08-30T11:05:28.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}