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Iceland goes to the polls in high-stakes EU referendum

Icelanders vote today on whether to resume EU membership talks in a high-stakes referendum. Polls show the race is too close to call, with a slim Yes lead eroding in the final stretch. Results are expected early on Sunday.

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Iceland’s EU referendum sees high preliminary voter turnout in expected close race

In Reykjavík, voter turnout was higher by noon than at the same time during the 2024 parliamentary election, local media reported.

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Clashes in Spain’s Ceuta month after mass migrant influx, residents try to block Red Cross aid

Tensions have risen after a military vehicle carrying four soldiers was “ambushed” in the early hours of Thursday by about 70 migrants, who attacked it with stones and other objects, a police spokesperson in Ceuta.

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EU institutions have marked the 10th anniversary of the bloc’s biggest enlargement in recent history.

On the 1st of May 2004, 10 new countries joined the EU.

They were: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

“Accession benefited both countiers joining the EU and established member states. Enlargement boosted growth and improved living standards in the acceding countries,” said EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Füle.

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