Icelanders voted to stay out of the European Union, referendum results showed on Sunday, as they rejected a government push to reopen membership talks and sided with those who said Iceland's fishing waters were too important to risk.

Icelanders will vote on Saturday on whether to resume negotiations to join the European Union, with the result expected to be finely balanced after a campaign dominated by…

Renewed geopolitical turmoil has brought fresh urgency to an issue Icelanders have debated on and off for decades, with fishing rights a key sticking point.