Icelanders are heading to the polls on Saturday to vote in a referendum on whether the country should resume talks with the EU over membership.[796739][759980][743667][743416][730708][720516][698051] The referendum comes as Iceland faces economic and security challenges, with voters divided on the issue.[796739][743667] The country of just under 400,000 people applied to join the EU in 2009, following a financial crisis that devastated its economy.[743667][730708] The membership talks were suspended in 2013 when a eurosceptic government came to power.[759980][743667][743416] Iceland's decision is closely watched in Brussels, where geopolitics and international affairs have brought the vote forward.[796739][743667] The referendum is a 'knife-edge' vote, with the outcome hanging in the balance.[743416][730708] The campaign has focused more on Iceland's vital fishing industry, with turbulent international affairs bringing the vote forward.[796739][743667] Icelanders are being asked to decide on whether to restart talks on joining the EU, a decision that has been years in the making.[743667][720516] The usually genial country is been bitterly divided over a vote this weekend on whether to enter membership talks with the European Union.[698051]