Similarly, British terms predominate in the world of snooker, English billiards and blackball, regardless of the players' nationalities. The term blackball is used in this glossary to refer to both blackball and eight-ball pool as played in the Commonwealth, as a shorthand.
Icelandâs population increased by 1% since last year, and about 12% of those living here come from abroad, Statistics Iceland reveals in a new report. According to the report, released yesterday, the current population of Iceland is 329,100, up by 1% (3,429 people, to be exact) from last year. The largest municipality remains ReykjavÃ­k, where 121,822 people live, while the smallest is Helgafellssveit, in SnÃ¦fellsnes, which is home to 53 people.
Today Iceland, with its population of about 325,000, has EU 'candidate country' status and is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Schengen area, and is an EU partner promoting cooperation in northern Europe â all this without voting rights in the EU.wo thirds of Iceland's foreign trade is conducted with EU member states. The first attempt to disengage with Brussels in 2014 ended in public protests and calls to hold a national referendum on the issue.