Referendum fails as voters prioritise control over fishing grounds over pro-EU government’s push for geopolitical stability.

The Nordic nation shelved earlier plans to join the EU over fishing rights, but geopolitics, including Trump's threat to seize Greenland, has prompted a rethink.

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.

Voters went to polls on Saturday on issue considered too close to call