Issued on: 26/02/2026 - 13:10
Iceland will in the coming months hold a referendum on joining the European Union, Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir told a press conference in Poland. Iceland in 2013 abandoned EU membership talks after four years of negotiations, but a rise in the cost of living and the ongoing war in Ukraine in recent years rekindled the island nation's interest in joining the bloc, polls have shown.
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