Brussels, 12/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 12 September, Iceland's Foreign Affairs Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson announced the suspension of accession negotiations with the European Union.
“We have dissolved the team and negotiating groups, and no further summit will take place. The EU has decided that there will be no further funding as part of the pre-accession aid instrument” [€5.8 million for 2013], Sveinsson stated during a speech to the Icelandic parliament. “The...