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Katrin Jakobsdottir

Former Prime Minister, Government of Iceland

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Europe

Iceland votes in knife-edge referendum on restarting EU accession talks

Around 265,000 Icelanders decided on Saturday whether to reopen membership negotiations shelved in 2015, with geopolitical pressure from Washington and Moscow reshaping a debate once dominated by fishing rights.

By Marek Jankowski · 29 August 2026 · 7 min read

Europe

Iceland votes on restarting EU membership talks as Arctic security shifts

Saturday's referendum divides a nation of 390,000 between familiar domestic concerns over fish and currency and a new geopolitical calculation driven by Trump's Greenland ambitions.

By Peter van den Berg · 28 August 2026 · 9 min read